15 December 2012 - It is still ten days to Christmas but the Santas and Santarinas of 1Month 1Charity decided to drop in to St Barnabas Home in Klang to bring Xmas gifts and spread Xmas cheer to the kids there. Even without the traditional Christmas turkey or Christmas pudding, the local food spread of fried meehoon, curry chicken, KFC, cupcakes and curry puffs were appetising enough. Vitagen and soft drinks in assorted flavours were the thirst-quenchers of the day.
We arrived in our individual "sleighs" around 12 noon with the goodies. Food and drinks were unpacked and laid out on the table. Christmas presents, school bags and school uniforms arranged orderly for distribution. The school bags and school uniforms are part of 1Month 1Charity's Back-To-School program for the year.
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| Let's have one photo before the Party begins |
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| The kids waiting in anticipation |
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| Santa Chew giving the customary welcoming speech with George, the Caretaker |
Started off with filling our tummies, the young Santa and Santarina volunteers; Tony, Chuah brothers, Sonia and Chloe were a great help in coordinating the food line. The well-mannered kids made their job a piece of cake. Yours truly took charge of the drinks tables n discovered that these kids preferred Vitagen over soft drinks, a useful info to keep in mind for future parties.
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| Kids in line for makan |
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| Meehoon, curry chicken & KFC served here |
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| Mostly request of "Vitagen please" |
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| Two of the helpful young Santas, Chuah & Tony |
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| Ong with Tony |
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| Hey, I used to play this when I was young |
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| OK Kids, get yourselves under the Christmas tree |
After food, comes entertainment - Christmas Songs Sing-Along with Max the Guitarist, followed by games. Again the young Santa and Santarina volunteers came to the rescue and helped made the game events a fun-filled one.
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| Little Andrew with Max |
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| Getting ready for an old-time favourite - Musical Chairs |
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| Blowing the Balloons - another old-time favourite not meant for the faint-hearted me |
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| Signing the Christmas Card for the kids of St Barnabas |
Okay, time to get down to serious business and the moment the kids have been waiting for .... Christmas presents!!! Santa Chew and Santa Yong presented each kid with the gift of their choice, school bags and school uniforms. Earlier on, Santa Chew already received the kids' Christmas wishes from George, their Caretaker and since they have been nice and good this whole year, Santa Chew decided to fulfill their wishes. With the help of his kind friends, who unfortunately was unable to attend this party, these kids got their heart's wish.
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| Santa Chew with one of the Kids |
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| Santa Yong & his Princess with another of the Kids |
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| Happy faces captured in photo |
The party ended on a happy note, for both the Kids and the Volunteer Santas and Santarinas. The Kids went back hugging their gifts and the volunteers went home hugging happy memories of the day.
Merry Christmas!
