Project Home Sweet Home
Sunday, December 13th 2020
9.30am - 1pm (GMT+08:00) / 3 hours 30 minutes
9.30am - 1pm (GMT+08:00) / 3 hours 30 minutes
NOTE: A pre-event briefing recording and information deck will be sent to you before the event via email. Please look out
We love the idea of distributing goodie packs to less privileged families and elderly to tide through a month or so. But we @ The Volunteer Switchboard have decided to take this up a notch. So read on!
We believe in the notion that “everyone should make an effort to give back to society in whatever way possible, however small.” So to achieve that, we are partnering with the younger families for the packing and distribution of food to the elderly in their own neighbourhood! This will happen after we spend the morning interacting with the younger families at Jalan Kukoh. And by doing so, we hope that these families can get to know their elderly neighbours a little better from interactive activities including a goodie distribution exercise, and forge stronger bonds between them.
YOUR ROLE AS A VOLUNTEER
========================
- Watch the pre-event briefing (recording will be sent to you)
- Know and complete the things pre-event to-dos (information will be sent to you via email)
- Be punctual so that volunteers in the same group can start on time
- Engage and interact with the residents.
- Having coffee and chit chatting with elderly
- Assist resident volunteers in packing and distribution of supplies.
- Introduce items to senior recipient families.
- Check with recipient families on supplies from the previous months.
- Be the eyes and ears for the community.
- Assist in activities (if any) planned for the residents.
- Most importantly: Do not be shy & HAVE FUN! Chat with the seniors!
EVENT FORMAT
=============
9:30 AM to 12:15 PM (4 Reporting Time)
- Volunteer registration and take attendance
- Briefing for volunteers on what to expect and instructions
- Packing of goodies
- Heading out to distribute goodies and chat with the seniors (topics of the month)
12:15 PM to 12:45 PM
- Debrief and wrap up
NOTES ON THAT DAY
===================
There will be staggered reporting time and designated reporting places. Volunteers will be designated a group/reporting time instead of the standard 9:30 AM reporting time. It will look something like this:
Group - Reporting Time
1 - 09:30 AM
2 - 10:00 AM
3 - 10:15 AM
4 - 10:30 AM
The reporting place will be on Level 4. Block 10 Jln Kukoh
Look for one of the people in green to register your attendance!
REGISTRATION POLICY
===================
- Events are subject to changes or cancellation at anytime prior to event.
- Should there be any changes about the event , registered and waitlist volunteers will be notified via email.
- Each volunteer registration allows a maximum of 5 people. We would highly encourage each individual to register for their account as the system would send an automated reminder to the registered email. If you are coming in a group bigger than 5, please have another friend to register. This will help to update the volunteer count and the community know which event needs more volunteers.
- Volunteers are highly encouraged to update your registration if there are changes to your attendance. And you can help the us anticipate the number of volunteers turning up, and how many more to recruit.
- In view of COVID19 situation, VSB highly recommends children or people of vulnerable groups (e.g. seniors above 60 years old, but not limited to) to be staying at home as much as possible. This is also in line with the guidelines of the national agency. Hence, parental consent is applicable to volunteers below the age of 18 years as of the date of event registration. A consent form must be completed and signed by a parent or guardian and either submitted to VSB in advance on the day of duty.
- As part of national guidelines, would require volunteer names as per their NRIC/Passport. Please indicate your name as per NRIC/Passport on your registration and for all of your volunteer buddies you are registering for in the comments section of the registration form.
We love the idea of distributing goodie packs to less privileged families and elderly to tide through a month or so. But we @ The Volunteer Switchboard have decided to take this up a notch. So read on!
We believe in the notion that “everyone should make an effort to give back to society in whatever way possible, however small.” So to achieve that, we are partnering with the younger families for the packing and distribution of food to the elderly in their own neighbourhood! This will happen after we spend the morning interacting with the younger families at Jalan Kukoh. And by doing so, we hope that these families can get to know their elderly neighbours a little better from interactive activities including a goodie distribution exercise, and forge stronger bonds between them.
YOUR ROLE AS A VOLUNTEER
========================
- Watch the pre-event briefing (recording will be sent to you)
- Know and complete the things pre-event to-dos (information will be sent to you via email)
- Be punctual so that volunteers in the same group can start on time
- Engage and interact with the residents.
- Having coffee and chit chatting with elderly
- Assist resident volunteers in packing and distribution of supplies.
- Introduce items to senior recipient families.
- Check with recipient families on supplies from the previous months.
- Be the eyes and ears for the community.
- Assist in activities (if any) planned for the residents.
- Most importantly: Do not be shy & HAVE FUN! Chat with the seniors!
EVENT FORMAT
=============
9:30 AM to 12:15 PM (4 Reporting Time)
- Volunteer registration and take attendance
- Briefing for volunteers on what to expect and instructions
- Packing of goodies
- Heading out to distribute goodies and chat with the seniors (topics of the month)
12:15 PM to 12:45 PM
- Debrief and wrap up
NOTES ON THAT DAY
===================
There will be staggered reporting time and designated reporting places. Volunteers will be designated a group/reporting time instead of the standard 9:30 AM reporting time. It will look something like this:
Group - Reporting Time
1 - 09:30 AM
2 - 10:00 AM
3 - 10:15 AM
4 - 10:30 AM
The reporting place will be on Level 4. Block 10 Jln Kukoh
Look for one of the people in green to register your attendance!
REGISTRATION POLICY
===================
- Events are subject to changes or cancellation at anytime prior to event.
- Should there be any changes about the event , registered and waitlist volunteers will be notified via email.
- Each volunteer registration allows a maximum of 5 people. We would highly encourage each individual to register for their account as the system would send an automated reminder to the registered email. If you are coming in a group bigger than 5, please have another friend to register. This will help to update the volunteer count and the community know which event needs more volunteers.
- Volunteers are highly encouraged to update your registration if there are changes to your attendance. And you can help the us anticipate the number of volunteers turning up, and how many more to recruit.
- In view of COVID19 situation, VSB highly recommends children or people of vulnerable groups (e.g. seniors above 60 years old, but not limited to) to be staying at home as much as possible. This is also in line with the guidelines of the national agency. Hence, parental consent is applicable to volunteers below the age of 18 years as of the date of event registration. A consent form must be completed and signed by a parent or guardian and either submitted to VSB in advance on the day of duty.
- As part of national guidelines, would require volunteer names as per their NRIC/Passport. Please indicate your name as per NRIC/Passport on your registration and for all of your volunteer buddies you are registering for in the comments section of the registration form.