Funthalon 2011 is an event organised by Volunteer Management (VM) of the NTU Welfare Services Club (WSC). The one-day event was held in NTU, on 18th June 2011.
There were 27 participants, aged 7 to 14, from Dreams @ Kolam Ayer. This is the first time VM is working with Dreams @ Kolam Ayer, and it is hoped that Funthalon 2011 can create more opportunities for future collaborations between us.
In addition, Funthalon 2011 was a great platform for the committee members to interact with the children and better prepare themselves for the planning of the annual event, Kids’ World 2011.
The children were split into 5 groups and each group comprised of a Group Leader, 2 committee members and about 5 children. We started with some Icebreakers to allow the children to know the volunteers, and it was also a form of warming up for the activities that followed.
After the Icebreakers, the groups gathered and played a series of station games. The games were designed to cultivate a spirit of teamwork among the participants. Games like “100 Seconds No NG” and “Pencil Case” required effective communication amongst the group members for successful completion. Furthermore, the games required participants to be more active and they were more competitive in nature. It was hoped that through the games, the group members would be able to foster stronger bonds among themselves.
Despite spending a short 3 hours together, I believed that most of the committee members would agree with me that they had spent a meaningful afternoon with the children.
As for the children, I hope that the event has imprinted their minds with wonderful memories and may the skills that they learned through the games be beneficial for them in their promising future. And we hope to see the children at Kids’ World 2011. It will definitely be a yet another fun-filled experience for our friends from Dreams @ Kolam Ayer.
Funthalon 2011 is an event organised by Volunteer Management (VM) of the NTU Welfare Services Club (WSC). The one-day event was held in NTU, on 18th June 2011.
There were 27 participants, aged 7 to 14, from Dreams @ Kolam Ayer. This is the first time VM is working with Dreams @ Kolam Ayer, and it is hoped that Funthalon 2011 can create more opportunities for future collaborations between us.
In addition, Funthalon 2011 was a great platform for the committee members to interact with the children and better prepare themselves for the planning of the annual event, Kids’ World 2011.
The children were split into 5 groups and each group comprised of a Group Leader, 2 committee members and about 5 children. We started with some Icebreakers to allow the children to know the volunteers, and it was also a form of warming up for the activities that followed.
After the Icebreakers, the groups gathered and played a series of station games. The games were designed to cultivate a spirit of teamwork among the participants. Games like “100 Seconds No NG” and “Pencil Case” required effective communication amongst the group members for successful completion. Furthermore, the games required participants to be more active and they were more competitive in nature. It was hoped that through the games, the group members would be able to foster stronger bonds among themselves.
Despite spending a short 3 hours together, I believed that most of the committee members would agree with me that they had spent a meaningful afternoon with the children.
As for the children, I hope that the event has imprinted their minds with wonderful memories and may the skills that they learned through the games be beneficial for them in their promising future. And we hope to see the children at Kids’ World 2011. It will definitely be a yet another fun-filled experience for our friends from Dreams @ Kolam Ayer.
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! :)
Funthalon 2011 is an event organised by Volunteer Management (VM) of the NTU Welfare Services Club (WSC). The one-day event was held in NTU, on 18th June 2011.
There were 27 participants, aged 7 to 14, from Dreams @ Kolam Ayer. This is the first time VM is working with Dreams @ Kolam Ayer, and it is hoped that Funthalon 2011 can create more opportunities for future collaborations between us.
In addition, Funthalon 2011 was a great platform for the committee members to interact with the children and better prepare themselves for the planning of the annual event, Kids’ World 2011.
The children were split into 5 groups and each group comprised of a Group Leader, 2 committee members and about 5 children. We started with some Icebreakers to allow the children to know the volunteers, and it was also a form of warming up for the activities that followed.
After the Icebreakers, the groups gathered and played a series of station games. The games were designed to cultivate a spirit of teamwork among the participants. Games like “100 Seconds No NG” and “Pencil Case” required effective communication amongst the group members for successful completion. Furthermore, the games required participants to be more active and they were more competitive in nature. It was hoped that through the games, the group members would be able to foster stronger bonds among themselves.
Despite spending a short 3 hours together, I believed that most of the committee members would agree with me that they had spent a meaningful afternoon with the children.
As for the children, I hope that the event has imprinted their minds with wonderful memories and may the skills that they learned through the games be beneficial for them in their promising future. And we hope to see the children at Kids’ World 2011. It will definitely be a yet another fun-filled experience for our friends from Dreams @ Kolam Ayer.
