The man who was death SG can lah. i actually want to volunteer at dramaplus arts but i email them no reply
bluefrost SG hi ppl . i have been directed here. wan to donate my old computer. wonder if you guys are willing to accept it? in good working condition. juz a bit slow. come with free external moderm, mouse, keyboard.... pm me if you are interested.... but you will have to arrange for your own transport thanks
browniebaobao SG Hmm I dun have children storybooks liao.. maybe can donate some soft toys.. or y not ask the children to write down their wish list also.. then we can buy them the things that they want?
Rhonda SG As it is, I'm finding it tough to coordinate this. It's going to take much more resources and coordination and all that to plan a wish list thing. Unless there are folks here who are willing to commit to this and help, I won't be able to pull that off! OK, soft toys would be appreciated too! Now, to talk about collection... there are books, soft toys, a computer, and a stereo. Thing is, how to collect them?
Rhonda SG From what Peppermint shared in her post in Page 4, we all know how poor these kids are. If you don't have books, and don't intend to purchase new books, how about donating other stuff that they would need too? Like what Peppermint said, they even wish for things like combs! So, this season, after getting your bonus, spare a thought for the kids and get something for them!
elindra SG No bonus for me But I have a lot of soft toys to donate. I think maybe stationary and stuff might be good too especially for school Do you know how many kids are there? I mean if we can pool together an 'study essentials' goodie bag, it might be good.
browniebaobao SG I see whether my sis and buddy will want to donate their hello kitty soft toys away or not. They have the full collection.. really take up space. I still keep my soft toys that I got as xmas presents when I was a kid. Time to dig them out. I have been to a home or orphanage before.. but they are all muslim kids.. so we could not communicate at all...they only speak malay.
tare SG if we want anything to be done for xmas we gotta act fast rhonda think we need more info. and directions. like how old r the kids? how many of them? otherwise we might have to do wat peppermint did so to find out wat to get for them... if not, we'll keep on wondering wat to get... how many to get....etc... and if we can't fix a time and venue to collect everything at once to send down, we may need a temp "warehouse" to keep the stuff...
browniebaobao SG Ya. Need to liaise with them first ba.. let them know what we are bringing.. I hope we dun need to book a bus or whatever. I remember last time I went with girl guides, we really booked a bus and sent the stuff over.. Rhonda, if u need volunteer, do feel free to let me know. I will help if I can.
Rhonda SG tare, I think you need to read the posts! I have repeated the details many many times liao! I wanna peng sanz already!
Rhonda SG Yeah, I need volunteers! I desperately need volunteers!! OK, the details once more... 1) The kids are primary school age (7-12); 2) There are about 90 of them; and 3) They come from broken families and a few of them are fostered out. Only two of them are orphans; and 4) This is NOT for Christmas. We'll hand them the stuff in Jan 2006.
browniebaobao SG har? Jan? My common test and project presentations period!! actually the details can be found from the website..
Rhonda SG What we need to do so far : 1) Collect PC from bluefrost. 2) Collect books from ^spidee^, av98m and Deathy. 3) Collect soft toys from elindra. (This one's easy! ) Who else?? What else?? People, if you wanna donate stuff to the kids, please be more specific! Can I have volunteers to help collect the items? I can meet up folks in the town / Bouna Vista / Clementi area. I need help for the other areas. I'll also need someone who has a car to volunteer to pick up the PC and store it in his/her house until we're ready to collate everything and send it to the home.
Rhonda SG Oh! I've spoken to one of the staff there and I got the details from him. He says even if the kids cannot use the stuff, they can put it in their thrift shop for sale.
Rhonda SG Thrift shops... you've heard of Salvation Army's Thrift shops, right? Well, they have a similar one that operates the same way. Members of the public can turn up at their thrift shops to buy any of the items they see there.
