{Back to School 1.0}
Many thanks to all members and volunteers of International Song Tao Charity Foundation for participating in Back to School 1.0 held on 29 December 2019.
Getting ready to start a new term is an exciting time for the children. Unfortunately, not every child gets to experience the excitement as their family might not afford to buy them school supplies. International Song Tao Charity Foundation is collaborating with SJK(C) Tiong Hua Kok Bin and SJK(T) Methodist school to provide the children with school supplies such as bags, uniforms and shoes.
At 9:45am in the morning, all participants gathered at Pusat Pakaian Hari-hari in Meru, Klang. The two schools mentioned each selected 20 students for this programme through which they were provided with new school supplies.
Upon arrival at the meeting point, Ms Lee Si Yin (assistance of Vice President) briefed the volunteers on their job scope and things to take notes on.
First batch of the children from SJK(C) Tiong Hua Kok Bin arrived at the meeting point. Each child was given our recycle bag as a souvenir.
The children lined up and waited patiently for their turn to select their uniform with the help of the shop assistants and the volunteers.
The children were separated into two groups – one group began by choosing their school uniform first, while the other group of children began by choosing their shoes first.
The shop assistants and the volunteers helped the children to get the correct socks size.
After selecting their new uniform and shoes, the children lined up and waited for their turn to get the school bag and stationery.
The children happily received their new bag and stationery from the volunteers.
After lunch, some of the volunteers headed to the other school – SJK(T) Methodist to take attendance of the children who were going to receive the new school supplies.
Ms Lee Si Yin gave a quick briefing to the children and divided them into two groups before going back to the meeting point at Pusat Pakaian Hari-hari.
Similar to the first batch of children, when the second batch of the children arrived, one group began by choosing their school uniform first while the other began by choosing their shoes first.
The shop assistants and the volunteers got more familiar with the work flow, therefore the time taken was shorter for this batch as compared to the first batch of children.
Some of the children are prefects of their school, therefore their uniforms are different from the other children.
After selecting their uniforms, Ms Color Pang (Public Relation) gathered the children and explained to them about the aim of this programme.
The last station was to redeem their new bag and stationery. Every child gratefully said ‘thank you’ to the volunteers.
We hope to get more volunteers to join us in our future events to reach out to the needy and spread the love. We welcome all good Samaritans to provide more care and give back to the society.
A simple act like goods donation or money donation to unfortunate family or children, can make them feel loved and appreciated by the society. “Children are our future – Let’s give our future a good start”.
