Project Paint aLive
Members:
Jiang Wensen
Wang Kaiyuan
Wong Qi Han
Yang Yuxin
Zhu Dao Yuan
You Siang Lin
Special Thanks to:
Teacher Mentor
Mr Robert Tan, Wengsoon Private Limited
Mr Anderson Tan, En Community Services
Teacher John, SCAS
Teacher Loo Yean Kwan, SCAS
Zunaidah bte Shahul Hamid, Principal, SCAS
SCAS
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
The 1 month break in June put our lessons on hold, but not our project. During the holidays, Team Paint aLive continued to fine-tune our workplan and began the preparation for our major event at the second half of the year.
We started to prepare the items that we are going to sell, the exhibition itself and so much other stuff, with much pride and enthusiasm. The designs for the items to be sold are completed easily, but still we felt that something was missing. It was only when we went back to our objective, on the advice of the teachers at SCAS, that we realised what.
With all thoughts on our fund-raising and how to make the carnival a success, we somehow overlook a very important objective of ours - raising awareness. This seems to be an easily accomplished objective but we can safely say that this is not so.
Raising awareness is a far more complicated issue than many may thought. A bookmark printed with the children's drawing does show you the children's motor abilities, but is it worth keeping? If some inspiration messages were printed onto it as well, then isn't it more meanful for one to collect these bookmarks? Everytime they look at the bookmarks they will be reminded of the kids at SCAS, who are ever so joyful and optimistic, thus gaining a source of motivation for themselves as well as have a deeper thoughts with the children with cerebral palsy.
A small change to the bookmark is simple and possibly unnoticed by some, but it will sure goes a long way to spread the awareness around. Afterall, that's what our project is about.
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