Updates Updates Updates !!!

Time flies and we are nearing the end of the semester =P Yes exams are just around the corner, but it also means that good things are coming too =P

07/10/12

As we are heading towards the end of the month, here's the highlight for the month of october. On 07/10/12, the VM crew headed to Siloso beach and had a great day of fun and bonding =P (Thanks logs for the planning and execution of the event).

I bet no one will forget the water bombs, throwing people into the sea, spinning in darkness and wacked by water bombs. Oh wait, how can we forget Xian Zhang's ultimate performance in the poison ball game where he took everyone out of the game ? haha and the reward for being the last man standing is to be the first person to be thrown into the sea =P

What's next? Oh James was coming from a distance and yes, since everyone requested it, James was dropped into the sea as well =P

While our dedicated logs went to collect the lunch for everyone, we had the inter-VM beach captain ball games. A big thanks for all the VM alumni who joined us =P

After lunch, Vmers were on a photo hunt at Sentosa island.. exploring places we wouldnt have go otherwise.. taking pictures and yes with tourist too -P

The great day ended with a nice dinner at astons =P Lots of chit chatting and bonding =P

At a personal note, thank you everyone for your participation in  the event. Also, I would like to take the opportunity to show my appreciation to the effort everyone is putting in. In particular Shu Min and Wei Jie who has really put in a lot of effort in organizing the events =P Cheers everyone !!

Please stay tune for the next update



Ken (p.s : Please pardon me eh, it's the first time I Blogged)



We would like to welcome our new batch of VMers! :)

VM Running Man!!
On 8th Sept, we had our 1st VM orientation plus bonding session. VMers first gathered at Bras Basah Station at 10am. Immediately, they are split into 4 groups and given missions to complete around town areas. VMers were super enthusiastic and enjoyed themselves! Our final mission was based on the popular korean variety show "Running Man" where VMers have to find clues and eliminate members from the other teams at Fort Canning Park. This really tests the abilities, as well as, the agility of VMers. VMers love the games! :)

VM 12/13! :)

VM 1st Meeting




HI ALL!

This is a long overdue post... but it is never too late to say that Golden Generation 2012 was a success! ((:


Golden Generation is a 1-day event for the elderly under the care of Telok Blangah Crescent Moral Neighbourhood Link. This event was held on the 1^st April 2012 (Sunday), mainly within Labrador Nature Reserve. In this event, we have recruited 33 students from NTU and NIE with little or no experience in volunteering work. We hope that through this pilot project that VM has initiated, we are able to create a new avenue for non regular volunteering students to contribute their service. This is in line with our objective of promoting the spirit of volunteerism among the student population.



Eye Am Aware 2012 is happening on 25th March 2012(Sunday)!!

Eye Am Aware is a March event held in collaboration with the Singapore Association for the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) and NTU WSC Regular Services Projects Visually Handicapped(RSPVH) . It is a one-day food hunt held in locations along the SMRT Circle Line to engage both the VH beneficiaries and student volunteers from NTU. This event provides a brand new experience for the participants to travel around the various Circle Line train stations.

Stay tuned for more updates!=)

HEY ALL!

VM has started a new initiative, which is to provide a new platform for NTU students to interact and mingle around with the elderly! We thank you for the overwhelming sign up during Kids' World 2011, and we hope that you will be equally passionate about serving this golden generation (:

AS SUCH, introducing Golden Generation 2012!



This event is a pilot project initiated by VM, specially for raising awareness and understanding of underprivileged elderly in Singapore. Through interactive games and communication with the younger generation, VM hopes to enrich the lives of the elderly and at the same time, provide a new avenue for NTU/NIE students with little or no experience to be involved in this act of kindness.

The actual event will be held on the Sunday 1st April 2012, from 9am to 2pm, mainly within Labrador Park.

The recruitment drive will be on Thursday 8th March 2012, from 9am to 5pm, at North Spine. Applicants are also able to send their applications to g.generation.vm@gmail.com latest by 10th March 2012. Successful applicants will be notified via SMS.

Hope to see ya there! :)

Apologies all!

this is a little late, but never to late to know that Kids' World 2011 was a huge success! HURRAY! (:

Kids’ World 2011 was held on 13th to 15th December in NTU and Bollywood Veggies Farm. This has been a signature annual event for Volunteer Management (VM), whereby we aim to bring more fun and laughter into the lives of the disadvantaged children, while inspiring NTU students to devote more time and effort into such meaningful events.

This year, we have decided to increase both the intake of children and volunteers, so as to extend the reach to more participants for Kids’ World 2011. From the overwhelming sign up rate during our recruitment drive, we have recruited 130 student volunteers, which is an increase of 30 from last year. To further broaden our outreach, we invite children from some Family Services Centres (FSCs) whom we have never worked with before.In all, we had 111 children from Thye Hua Kwan Moral Service Centre (Bukit Panjang), Central Singapore Nurture Programme @ OnePeople.sg, Fei Yue Student Care Centre (Choa Chu Kang) and Nurture Programme @ First Toa Payoh. It was indeed heartwarming to see the familiar faces among the children and volunteers, having known that they had enjoyed themselves thoroughly in the previous Kids’ World event.


In addition, to encourage children to care more for the environment, our excursion on Day 2 was to Bollywood Veggies, an organic farm located at Kranji. Children had fun playing treasure hunts and doing up their own Christmas decorations and scarecrows in the farm.


Games on Day 1 and Day 3 held in NTU were designed to cultivate more team spirit and strategic planning among the participants. In addition, as we had grouped the children from different FSCs together in the same group, we hope to create a more interactive environment for the children to communicate with one another.

Part of Kids’ World tradition is to have a simple and fun mass dance. Both the children and volunteers danced to the catchy tune of “Happy Boys and Girls” by Aqua, which is in line with our theme for this year’s event: Mr. and Little Miss. The easy steps got the children dancing on their feet whenever the song was played.


Finale night on the third day was also exceptionally exciting as all the children came together to perform what they had planned over the 3 days. Some groups sang Christmas songs in conjunction with the coming festive season while some danced to various popular songs. After the performance, each group was given a cake with their group names written on it and the children enjoyed the cake cutting session while happily chatting within the group. A final photo taking session with their group marked the end of the tiring yet fun filled three day event. The children then bade farewell to the brothers and sisters who had taken good care of them over the 3 days. We look forward to seeing these happy faces again next year!


We will like to thank our generous sponsors and partners who have helped VM and Kids’ World 2011 in one way or another. This event would not be possible without donations from Lee Foundation, Tan Chin Tuan Foundation, Young ChangeMakers, and Nanyang Technological University Student Affairs Office. In addition, many thanks to the following sponsors for their generous in-kind donations: BJ Food Pte. Ltd., Charriol, Cosmo Gourmet Catering, Delcie’s Desserts and Cakes Pte Ltd, Ego Pharmaceuticals Singapore, Frolick, Happy Eyes Group Pte Ltd, Ice Cube Café, KFC, Lomolicious, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, My Glamour Place, Nanyang Optical Co. Pte. Ltd., National Youth Council, Public Utilities Board, Singapore Kindness Movement, Spectacle Hut, The Jands, Exclusive Telco Sponsor M1 Limited and lastly, Official Recreational Entertainment Sponsor K Box Entertainment Group Pte. Ltd.

lookinf forward to Kids' World 2012! hope to see you supportive sponsors and volunteers still (:

With Kids' World 2011 just around the corner, we sincerely thank our sponsors who has generously donated cash and in kind items to the disadvantaged children who will be participating in the camp. The sponsors are:

Exclusive Telco Sponsor

Official Recreational Entertainment Sponsor

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts (:

Kids' World 2011 in just 2 days' time!! (:

Updates Updates Updates !!!

Time flies and we are nearing the end of the semester =P Yes exams are just around the corner, but it also means that good things are coming too =P

07/10/12

As we are heading towards the end of the month, here's the highlight for the month of october. On 07/10/12, the VM crew headed to Siloso beach and had a great day of fun and bonding =P (Thanks logs for the planning and execution of the event).

I bet no one will forget the water bombs, throwing people into the sea, spinning in darkness and wacked by water bombs. Oh wait, how can we forget Xian Zhang's ultimate performance in the poison ball game where he took everyone out of the game ? haha and the reward for being the last man standing is to be the first person to be thrown into the sea =P

What's next? Oh James was coming from a distance and yes, since everyone requested it, James was dropped into the sea as well =P

While our dedicated logs went to collect the lunch for everyone, we had the inter-VM beach captain ball games. A big thanks for all the VM alumni who joined us =P

After lunch, Vmers were on a photo hunt at Sentosa island.. exploring places we wouldnt have go otherwise.. taking pictures and yes with tourist too -P

The great day ended with a nice dinner at astons =P Lots of chit chatting and bonding =P

At a personal note, thank you everyone for your participation in  the event. Also, I would like to take the opportunity to show my appreciation to the effort everyone is putting in. In particular Shu Min and Wei Jie who has really put in a lot of effort in organizing the events =P Cheers everyone !!

Please stay tune for the next update



Ken (p.s : Please pardon me eh, it's the first time I Blogged)



We would like to welcome our new batch of VMers! :)

VM Running Man!!
On 8th Sept, we had our 1st VM orientation plus bonding session. VMers first gathered at Bras Basah Station at 10am. Immediately, they are split into 4 groups and given missions to complete around town areas. VMers were super enthusiastic and enjoyed themselves! Our final mission was based on the popular korean variety show "Running Man" where VMers have to find clues and eliminate members from the other teams at Fort Canning Park. This really tests the abilities, as well as, the agility of VMers. VMers love the games! :)

VM 12/13! :)

VM 1st Meeting




HI ALL!

This is a long overdue post... but it is never too late to say that Golden Generation 2012 was a success! ((:


Golden Generation is a 1-day event for the elderly under the care of Telok Blangah Crescent Moral Neighbourhood Link. This event was held on the 1^st April 2012 (Sunday), mainly within Labrador Nature Reserve. In this event, we have recruited 33 students from NTU and NIE with little or no experience in volunteering work. We hope that through this pilot project that VM has initiated, we are able to create a new avenue for non regular volunteering students to contribute their service. This is in line with our objective of promoting the spirit of volunteerism among the student population.



Eye Am Aware 2012 is happening on 25th March 2012(Sunday)!!

Eye Am Aware is a March event held in collaboration with the Singapore Association for the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) and NTU WSC Regular Services Projects Visually Handicapped(RSPVH) . It is a one-day food hunt held in locations along the SMRT Circle Line to engage both the VH beneficiaries and student volunteers from NTU. This event provides a brand new experience for the participants to travel around the various Circle Line train stations.

Stay tuned for more updates!=)

HEY ALL!

VM has started a new initiative, which is to provide a new platform for NTU students to interact and mingle around with the elderly! We thank you for the overwhelming sign up during Kids' World 2011, and we hope that you will be equally passionate about serving this golden generation (:

AS SUCH, introducing Golden Generation 2012!



This event is a pilot project initiated by VM, specially for raising awareness and understanding of underprivileged elderly in Singapore. Through interactive games and communication with the younger generation, VM hopes to enrich the lives of the elderly and at the same time, provide a new avenue for NTU/NIE students with little or no experience to be involved in this act of kindness.

The actual event will be held on the Sunday 1st April 2012, from 9am to 2pm, mainly within Labrador Park.

The recruitment drive will be on Thursday 8th March 2012, from 9am to 5pm, at North Spine. Applicants are also able to send their applications to g.generation.vm@gmail.com latest by 10th March 2012. Successful applicants will be notified via SMS.

Hope to see ya there! :)

Apologies all!

this is a little late, but never to late to know that Kids' World 2011 was a huge success! HURRAY! (:

Kids’ World 2011 was held on 13th to 15th December in NTU and Bollywood Veggies Farm. This has been a signature annual event for Volunteer Management (VM), whereby we aim to bring more fun and laughter into the lives of the disadvantaged children, while inspiring NTU students to devote more time and effort into such meaningful events.

This year, we have decided to increase both the intake of children and volunteers, so as to extend the reach to more participants for Kids’ World 2011. From the overwhelming sign up rate during our recruitment drive, we have recruited 130 student volunteers, which is an increase of 30 from last year. To further broaden our outreach, we invite children from some Family Services Centres (FSCs) whom we have never worked with before.In all, we had 111 children from Thye Hua Kwan Moral Service Centre (Bukit Panjang), Central Singapore Nurture Programme @ OnePeople.sg, Fei Yue Student Care Centre (Choa Chu Kang) and Nurture Programme @ First Toa Payoh. It was indeed heartwarming to see the familiar faces among the children and volunteers, having known that they had enjoyed themselves thoroughly in the previous Kids’ World event.


In addition, to encourage children to care more for the environment, our excursion on Day 2 was to Bollywood Veggies, an organic farm located at Kranji. Children had fun playing treasure hunts and doing up their own Christmas decorations and scarecrows in the farm.


Games on Day 1 and Day 3 held in NTU were designed to cultivate more team spirit and strategic planning among the participants. In addition, as we had grouped the children from different FSCs together in the same group, we hope to create a more interactive environment for the children to communicate with one another.

Part of Kids’ World tradition is to have a simple and fun mass dance. Both the children and volunteers danced to the catchy tune of “Happy Boys and Girls” by Aqua, which is in line with our theme for this year’s event: Mr. and Little Miss. The easy steps got the children dancing on their feet whenever the song was played.


Finale night on the third day was also exceptionally exciting as all the children came together to perform what they had planned over the 3 days. Some groups sang Christmas songs in conjunction with the coming festive season while some danced to various popular songs. After the performance, each group was given a cake with their group names written on it and the children enjoyed the cake cutting session while happily chatting within the group. A final photo taking session with their group marked the end of the tiring yet fun filled three day event. The children then bade farewell to the brothers and sisters who had taken good care of them over the 3 days. We look forward to seeing these happy faces again next year!


We will like to thank our generous sponsors and partners who have helped VM and Kids’ World 2011 in one way or another. This event would not be possible without donations from Lee Foundation, Tan Chin Tuan Foundation, Young ChangeMakers, and Nanyang Technological University Student Affairs Office. In addition, many thanks to the following sponsors for their generous in-kind donations: BJ Food Pte. Ltd., Charriol, Cosmo Gourmet Catering, Delcie’s Desserts and Cakes Pte Ltd, Ego Pharmaceuticals Singapore, Frolick, Happy Eyes Group Pte Ltd, Ice Cube Café, KFC, Lomolicious, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, My Glamour Place, Nanyang Optical Co. Pte. Ltd., National Youth Council, Public Utilities Board, Singapore Kindness Movement, Spectacle Hut, The Jands, Exclusive Telco Sponsor M1 Limited and lastly, Official Recreational Entertainment Sponsor K Box Entertainment Group Pte. Ltd.

lookinf forward to Kids' World 2012! hope to see you supportive sponsors and volunteers still (:

With Kids' World 2011 just around the corner, we sincerely thank our sponsors who has generously donated cash and in kind items to the disadvantaged children who will be participating in the camp. The sponsors are:

Exclusive Telco Sponsor

Official Recreational Entertainment Sponsor

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts (:

Kids' World 2011 in just 2 days' time!! (:

Welfare Services Club is a non-academic constituent club in NTU which provide an umbrella of voluntary activities and social work.
We consists of 3 committees, namely Regular Service Projects (RSPs), Special Projects (SPs), and Supporting Committees (SCs).
Volunteer Management (VM) is currently one of the Special Projects under WSC.

Volunteer Management organizes events to expose the students and staff population of NTU, who are not regular volunteers, to volunteering. Every year, we will source for different beneficiaries which are those that we are not regularly helping out in. The events we organize differ yearly ranging from fund raisers to outings except for our annual 3 day camp for underprivileged children, Kids' World, in December.

Our events range from 1 day to 3 days for the beneficiaries and for every event we plan, we would need volunteers. Hence, this provides an avenue for students and staff who are unfamiliar with or are unable to volunteer regularly to be able to learn more about volunteering.

VM serves to act as a bridge which links the beneficiaries to a larger population and to potential regular volunteers.

We hope more volunteers like YOU will join our BIG family! :)

Updates Updates Updates !!!

Time flies and we are nearing the end of the semester =P Yes exams are just around the corner, but it also means that good things are coming too =P

07/10/12

As we are heading towards the end of the month, here's the highlight for the month of october. On 07/10/12, the VM crew headed to Siloso beach and had a great day of fun and bonding =P (Thanks logs for the planning and execution of the event).

I bet no one will forget the water bombs, throwing people into the sea, spinning in darkness and wacked by water bombs. Oh wait, how can we forget Xian Zhang's ultimate performance in the poison ball game where he took everyone out of the game ? haha and the reward for being the last man standing is to be the first person to be thrown into the sea =P

What's next? Oh James was coming from a distance and yes, since everyone requested it, James was dropped into the sea as well =P

While our dedicated logs went to collect the lunch for everyone, we had the inter-VM beach captain ball games. A big thanks for all the VM alumni who joined us =P

After lunch, Vmers were on a photo hunt at Sentosa island.. exploring places we wouldnt have go otherwise.. taking pictures and yes with tourist too -P

The great day ended with a nice dinner at astons =P Lots of chit chatting and bonding =P

At a personal note, thank you everyone for your participation in  the event. Also, I would like to take the opportunity to show my appreciation to the effort everyone is putting in. In particular Shu Min and Wei Jie who has really put in a lot of effort in organizing the events =P Cheers everyone !!

Please stay tune for the next update



Ken (p.s : Please pardon me eh, it's the first time I Blogged)



We would like to welcome our new batch of VMers! :)

VM Running Man!!
On 8th Sept, we had our 1st VM orientation plus bonding session. VMers first gathered at Bras Basah Station at 10am. Immediately, they are split into 4 groups and given missions to complete around town areas. VMers were super enthusiastic and enjoyed themselves! Our final mission was based on the popular korean variety show "Running Man" where VMers have to find clues and eliminate members from the other teams at Fort Canning Park. This really tests the abilities, as well as, the agility of VMers. VMers love the games! :)

VM 12/13! :)

VM 1st Meeting




HI ALL!

This is a long overdue post... but it is never too late to say that Golden Generation 2012 was a success! ((:


Golden Generation is a 1-day event for the elderly under the care of Telok Blangah Crescent Moral Neighbourhood Link. This event was held on the 1^st April 2012 (Sunday), mainly within Labrador Nature Reserve. In this event, we have recruited 33 students from NTU and NIE with little or no experience in volunteering work. We hope that through this pilot project that VM has initiated, we are able to create a new avenue for non regular volunteering students to contribute their service. This is in line with our objective of promoting the spirit of volunteerism among the student population.



Eye Am Aware 2012 is happening on 25th March 2012(Sunday)!!

Eye Am Aware is a March event held in collaboration with the Singapore Association for the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) and NTU WSC Regular Services Projects Visually Handicapped(RSPVH) . It is a one-day food hunt held in locations along the SMRT Circle Line to engage both the VH beneficiaries and student volunteers from NTU. This event provides a brand new experience for the participants to travel around the various Circle Line train stations.

Stay tuned for more updates!=)

HEY ALL!

VM has started a new initiative, which is to provide a new platform for NTU students to interact and mingle around with the elderly! We thank you for the overwhelming sign up during Kids' World 2011, and we hope that you will be equally passionate about serving this golden generation (:

AS SUCH, introducing Golden Generation 2012!



This event is a pilot project initiated by VM, specially for raising awareness and understanding of underprivileged elderly in Singapore. Through interactive games and communication with the younger generation, VM hopes to enrich the lives of the elderly and at the same time, provide a new avenue for NTU/NIE students with little or no experience to be involved in this act of kindness.

The actual event will be held on the Sunday 1st April 2012, from 9am to 2pm, mainly within Labrador Park.

The recruitment drive will be on Thursday 8th March 2012, from 9am to 5pm, at North Spine. Applicants are also able to send their applications to g.generation.vm@gmail.com latest by 10th March 2012. Successful applicants will be notified via SMS.

Hope to see ya there! :)

Apologies all!

this is a little late, but never to late to know that Kids' World 2011 was a huge success! HURRAY! (:

Kids’ World 2011 was held on 13th to 15th December in NTU and Bollywood Veggies Farm. This has been a signature annual event for Volunteer Management (VM), whereby we aim to bring more fun and laughter into the lives of the disadvantaged children, while inspiring NTU students to devote more time and effort into such meaningful events.

This year, we have decided to increase both the intake of children and volunteers, so as to extend the reach to more participants for Kids’ World 2011. From the overwhelming sign up rate during our recruitment drive, we have recruited 130 student volunteers, which is an increase of 30 from last year. To further broaden our outreach, we invite children from some Family Services Centres (FSCs) whom we have never worked with before.In all, we had 111 children from Thye Hua Kwan Moral Service Centre (Bukit Panjang), Central Singapore Nurture Programme @ OnePeople.sg, Fei Yue Student Care Centre (Choa Chu Kang) and Nurture Programme @ First Toa Payoh. It was indeed heartwarming to see the familiar faces among the children and volunteers, having known that they had enjoyed themselves thoroughly in the previous Kids’ World event.


In addition, to encourage children to care more for the environment, our excursion on Day 2 was to Bollywood Veggies, an organic farm located at Kranji. Children had fun playing treasure hunts and doing up their own Christmas decorations and scarecrows in the farm.


Games on Day 1 and Day 3 held in NTU were designed to cultivate more team spirit and strategic planning among the participants. In addition, as we had grouped the children from different FSCs together in the same group, we hope to create a more interactive environment for the children to communicate with one another.

Part of Kids’ World tradition is to have a simple and fun mass dance. Both the children and volunteers danced to the catchy tune of “Happy Boys and Girls” by Aqua, which is in line with our theme for this year’s event: Mr. and Little Miss. The easy steps got the children dancing on their feet whenever the song was played.


Finale night on the third day was also exceptionally exciting as all the children came together to perform what they had planned over the 3 days. Some groups sang Christmas songs in conjunction with the coming festive season while some danced to various popular songs. After the performance, each group was given a cake with their group names written on it and the children enjoyed the cake cutting session while happily chatting within the group. A final photo taking session with their group marked the end of the tiring yet fun filled three day event. The children then bade farewell to the brothers and sisters who had taken good care of them over the 3 days. We look forward to seeing these happy faces again next year!


We will like to thank our generous sponsors and partners who have helped VM and Kids’ World 2011 in one way or another. This event would not be possible without donations from Lee Foundation, Tan Chin Tuan Foundation, Young ChangeMakers, and Nanyang Technological University Student Affairs Office. In addition, many thanks to the following sponsors for their generous in-kind donations: BJ Food Pte. Ltd., Charriol, Cosmo Gourmet Catering, Delcie’s Desserts and Cakes Pte Ltd, Ego Pharmaceuticals Singapore, Frolick, Happy Eyes Group Pte Ltd, Ice Cube Café, KFC, Lomolicious, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, My Glamour Place, Nanyang Optical Co. Pte. Ltd., National Youth Council, Public Utilities Board, Singapore Kindness Movement, Spectacle Hut, The Jands, Exclusive Telco Sponsor M1 Limited and lastly, Official Recreational Entertainment Sponsor K Box Entertainment Group Pte. Ltd.

lookinf forward to Kids' World 2012! hope to see you supportive sponsors and volunteers still (:

With Kids' World 2011 just around the corner, we sincerely thank our sponsors who has generously donated cash and in kind items to the disadvantaged children who will be participating in the camp. The sponsors are:

Exclusive Telco Sponsor

Official Recreational Entertainment Sponsor

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts (:

Kids' World 2011 in just 2 days' time!! (:

Chairperson: Shu Min

Co-Chairpersons: Ken & Wei Jie

Secretary: Pei Xian

Financial Controller: Xian Zheng

Business Managers: Gar Wai, Jacelyn, Nicholas, Rui Xiang, Vivien

Logistics: Bryan, Jing Jie, Kenneth, Qian Yun

Publications: James, Jasmine, Shu Shan, Wei Hern

HR/Welfare: Dawn, Jian Wei, Mei Ping, Nicole

Programmers: Charlie, Jia-Min, Ruyue, Valentia, Vanessa

GLs: Cynthia, Huey Fen, Jolene, Julius, Khai Boon, Mandy, Renfang, Yu Shan


For queries, please email Shu Min at vm.chairperson@gmail.com

Alternatively, email us at vm.chairperson@gmail.com