October Update

The Domestic Helper Open Day planning has been going well! We're going to begin to contact churches early and mid November, and the logistics of the event are mostly confirmed. There are teachers who volunteered for various workshops, so that has been going well too. We have the design ready and we ordered 1000 flyers and a pull up banner for publicity. We have meetings 1-2 times a month.

MAD Brainstorming - September

Senior year is going to be pretty busy, and I want to do something meaningful during my last year for my mad project. I canceled out the other three ideas I originally had because they weren't as do-able or it didn't fit my schedule. I talked with the service learning office and they said that volunteering at orphanages are hard to work with in Hong Kong. For the library-related and music-related services, I can't do those because I'm busy 3-4 days afterschool, so timing is an issue.

That left me with one. I've been on the committee since last year, so I really enjoyed it. As I have a domestic helper myself, the issue of domestic helpers really speaks to me. So, I've decided to do the domestic helper open day as my mad project. I might switch mad groups because three other people in another mad group are doing the same one. If I can still switch, I'll switch over, but if not, I can still plan/work with them during other times.

12th Grade MAD Brainstorming - August

I'm part of the Domestic Helper Open Day Committee, and I'm one of the heads. I might want to do this as my MAD project, but I'm also interested in doing something outside of school. I know that Hong Kong has a couple of orphanages, and it seems pretty interesting to volunteer at one of those, but I'm not sure how I will be able to arrange that sort of thing. I've never heled out at one before, so I think it'll be a worthwhile experience. There's a list of service opportunities in school that are available, and a couple of those stick out to me. I'm also interested in the library work because I like to be organized, and I think that my skills will go along nicely with those kind of projects. I also saw some opportunities related to music, and I think I can also use my musical knowledge/skills to serve those who are interested in learning. Music plays a large part in my life, and I hope that those being served will be able to share my joy in music.

So, so far my MAD project ideas have been narrowed down to these four:
1) Domestic Helper Open Day
2) Volunteer at an orphanage
3) Help the ES/HS library
4) Music-related services

Other Services

• Tung Wah Cafe (summer)
• English oral practice (summer)
• English activities Days at ICS (before school started)
• English phonics course with GIN (august)
• Taught English on another Saturday with GIN (november)
• and more GIN - GIN852 volunteering (november) - I helped with the finance, was a Gang assistant, and fair booth assistant.

(pictures later)

English Oral Practice

I went to a service center in Shatin Wai and helped people around my age with their oral English. We used a variety of means to help them learn - articles, movies, skits, stories, etc. It was an enjoyable experience. I went every Friday for 8 weeks.

Domestic Helper Open Day

I'm also helping with the Domestic Helper Open Day in January.

I'm mostly helping with the art gallery display, booths, and clothing drive.

11th Grade MAD Update

Here are a couple of pictures of the previous services our service team went on:

Mid Autumn Festival:

We held a booth in the mid autumn festival the Shek Mun Estate hosted. We had beanbag games and tattoos.

Animal Shelter:

We helped out at an animal shelter and helped to clean cages, bowls, etc. We also had a chance to play with some dogs.

Dog Biscuits for Charity

 
We made dog biscuits for an organization that would use the funds to help the dogs in their shelter.

Board Game Service:

We had a day where we learned skills on how to use board games to help families communicate better.

Games at Shek Mun Estate:

We helped lead games for kids at the Shek Mun estate. We gave them prizes and overall had a lot of fun.
Passing out meal boxes to the homeless:

We passed out dinner to the homeless in Sham Shui Po. It was the first time I've done something of this sort, so it was a great experience.

During Christmas, we'll be hosting a Christmas fun day for children at ICS.