Celebrating Dumpling Festival

For each of us, the elderly and volunteers alike Merry May ended with a blast! We celebrated Dragon Boat Festival with games, songs, and of course, dumplings! Focus moment: The volunteers were in the unwrapping dumplings race. So much concentration and seriousness.

And this was the hawker center uncle who sold us the mouthwatering dumplings! He specially came down to serve the uncles and aunties his goods. No, just kidding, this is our dear volunteer Mohan.

And here comes the result of the race. Each elderly got to enjoy 1 filling dumpling.

"Oops, one dumpling doesn't seem that much. I have finished mine."

After makan session, let's play spot the difference. Featuring Clemence and Chanel with "A Thousand Years" and "Sundial Dreams".

It's real game time! This festival we played Fill in the blanks with idioms relating to the occasion and celebrated moral values. It was brain cracking but the uncles and aunties took the challenge and won many prizes still.

We ended the joyous Saturday with our ward-to-ward singing session which involved and entertained the elderly, the volunteers and even family members of the residents.

May birthday and Mother's day celebration

The Merry month of May is finally here! This month we celebrated the residents' birthday as well as Mother's day. Happy Mother's day to all the mothers out there, thank you for your unlimited love and continuous sacrifice! We sincerely thank SGcares volunteers who came down and made this celebration a joyous one and hope to see you all again and again :D Thank you Francis for the beautiful flowers. They indeed brought smiles to the aunties' faces.

Let's see what the delicacy our dear uncles and aunties enjoyed. This month we had: Soon kweh!

For residents who are unable to come down to the hall, food and drinks were brought up to their respective levels. Here's our delivery vehicle.

Finally it's birthday time! happy birthday uncles and Choun Hwai, our dedicated guitarist. We wish you health and happiness in years to come.

Before proceeding on to Bingo session, we exercised along with the song Char Kway Teow. The song sure brought up the energy level in the hall.

On the 31st of May, we'll be celebrating Dumpling Festival with songs, dances and of course, dumplings! Come down to All Saints Home (Tampines) to help out, make friends and enjoy! See you there :)

April Birthday Celebration

Now come to our April birthday celebration, may this day bring countless happiness and endless joy and live with peace and serenity. Happy Birthday to our residents and volunteers of the month.

We  feel very fortunate to have our volunteer Jeanette for making those delicious yam cake for our elderly =))

The volunteers were cutting the yam cake into small pieces and ready to serve the residents. 

We are so grateful to have them for taking their time to serve our elderly and our activities can be carried out smoothly.

 

The intimate moment captured where one of the resident is feeding her neighbour.

March Birthday Celebration

There is no better way to start off the month than to celebrate our dear residents' birthday. This month we had colourful Ji Dan Gao (Steamed Cakes):

Our meticulous and thoughtful volunteers did not forget to cut the cakes into bite-sized pieces so that uncles and aunties can enjoy the food. While working hard, our beautiful Carolyn also never fails to make jokes and entertain the rest of the volunteers :)

Introducing Crystal, one of our young and cheerful volunteers. This photo captures her tender moment with one of the residents. Her smile and cheerful disposition always brighten up the old folks' day.

And here is the main section of the celebration. Let's sing a birthday song and light up the candle on the delicious cake to celebrate the uncle's and auntie's birthday. We all wish them great health and happiness.

Uncle Goh cutting the cake to share the joy on his birthday with the other residents and the volunteers

After savouring 2 types of cakes, it's time for the residents to try out their luck with Bingo! The grand prize was boiled peanuts can, which surely excited many residents. Meanwhile, our volunteers were concentrating on helping the them check the bingo cards.

After a exhilarating Bingo! session, we wheeled the residents up and went from ward to ward to sing Tian Mi Mi, Xiao Cheng Gu Shi, etc. Our singing may not be perfect but the residents enjoyed themselves and always generously clap for us.

February Birthday Celebration

Here comes the first birthday celebration in the year of Horse. Aunties look so bright and they seem to be ready to slice the delicious cakes!

We are glad that our uncles and aunties definitely enjoyed the Chwee Kueh, many of them asked for second serving!

Behind the scene: Our volunteers busy preparing chwee kueh, coffee and tea to serve the residents.

After eating, let's do a small exercise! Edmund- our "real man wears pink" senior volunteer is leading the residents and other volunteers in acting out a very creative and entertaining song titled "Char Kway Teow". If you are curious, join us as a volunteer to find out more!

At the other end, Rae and Ivy were also actively cooking char kway teow..

As you can see, many residents won biscuits for striking one row of numbers in Bingo. But they still concentrated on checking to bag the grand prize: Brand Chicken Essence. Wow such high tension

Thanks Ah Boy for his enthusiasm and super loud and clear voice

As usual, after Bingo session was our singing session. We were happy many elderly sang along with us and appreciated our singing.