On 2nd November 2008, 9 Circle K members accompanied by the faculty advisor, Miss Debbie went to visit the Shaddai Shelter Home in Old Klang Road. This was the second time since our last visit to the home. We gathered at HELP main block at 9.30a.m and departed to the home at 10a.m by van. At 10.30a.m, we arrived at the destination. The main objective of this visitation was to find out what the orphanages wish for as Christmas is coming soon. We will do our best to fulfil all the wishes. Apart from that, we wanted to get each of the orphanage’s handprint for the banner as well.
We received a warm welcome by the person in charged – Mr. Anthony upon our arrival. We started off with some ice breaking games. The purpose of these games was to get to know the orphanage’s name as well as to introduce ourselves to them. We were surprised that some of the orphanages were very enthusiasm and active by getting involved in the games. We managed to take some pictures and videos during the activities.
Lunch was served at 12.30p.m. Everybody especially the orphanages were looking forward to have lunch. After satisfying our hunger, we continued with painting the banner. The banner will be hung up in HELP main block during the Christmas tree launch on 3rd November. We instructed the orphanages to wait for their turn to put their handprints on the banner. We helped them to paint their hand with different designs according to their choice of colours. Then, they would put their palm on the banner. All the Circle K members and Miss Debbie did the same as well.
Besides putting the handprints on the banner, we coloured the design of the banner as well. While some of the members were painting the banner, some would take charge of playing some games with the orphanages. With the cooperation of all the members and Miss Debbie, we managed to beautified and complete most parts of the banner.
After around four hours of visit, it is time for us to depart and head back to HELP. As a token of appreciation for accepting and welcoming us, some gifts were presented to the orphanages. We also took a group picture before leaving. In a nutshell, this visitation helped us realize that the little things we do can make a big different to others especially to the orphanages who need our love and support. We were also glad that all the orphanages had lots of fun with us. This visitation could be considered as a success and we planned to have another visitation in the future.