In the months of September and October, members of the SSA Hoju Group (Treasure Longevity Group) and the Soka Volunteer Group participated in “Wish Upon A Silver Star” community fund-raising project organised by the North East Community Development Council (CDC) and NTUC FairPrice Foundation.
In the months of September and October, members of the SSA Hoju Group (Treasure Longevity Group) and the Soka Volunteer Group participated in “Wish Upon A Silver Star” community fund-raising project organised by the North East Community Development Council (CDC) and NTUC FairPrice Foundation.
The spirit of volunteerism is very much alive and celebrated as seen in the cheerful smiles and enthusiasm of the 160 Soka volunteers who turned up early at the Soka Youth Centre on the morning of June 16 for a day of learning.
On the morning of January 31, about 40 members of the Soka Volunteer Group (SVG) accompanied 24 beneficiaries from the Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) on an outing to Chinatown.
Soka Volunteer Group members (SVG) have been reaching out to members of the public along Orchard Road, as well as members of SSA at the various centres
On Sunday, August 19, 500 volunteers from SSA gathered in 35 teams of four to six persons and busied themselves with distributing food packs to some 300 families in the vicinity of Lengkok Bahru and Bukit Merah housing estates.
While busy with preparation for the Lunar New Year, 35 Soka Volunteer Group (SVG) members halted their chores to accompany 20 beneficiaries from the Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) on a joyous excursion to Chinatown on January 12th.
Despite the drizzle on 2 October, 300 members of SSA Regional Headquarters 6 (RHQ6) participated in the Mental Wellness Carnival held at the open field next to the Paya Lebar MRT station. This event was organised by Silver Ribbon (Singapore) to commemorate World Mental Health Day. The main activities of the event served to promote awareness of mental wellness and reduce prejudice against people with mental illness.
Responding to the request for exercise classes for senior citizens, six members of the Soka Volunteers Group took lessons at the Health Promotion Board to qualify as exercise trainers. With the new skills, these volunteers started an exercise class with 28 senior participants.
27 May 2011 was a memorable day for some 20 senior citizens and 10 members of the Soka Volunteers Group (SVG) coming together for the last time, after more than three months of weekly handicraft sessions. (See earlier report published in SSA Times issue 414, page 5) This last gathering saw the volunteers happily engaged themselves in the singing of sentimental Oldies in English, Mandarin and Cantonese to entertain their elderly friends. Everyone happily participated by clapping and humming along with the tunes.
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