On the morning of 10th of December 2010, as early as 8.30 a.m, 31 leos gathered at the bus stop of Assunta Secondary Girls school and waited for the bus to come. Next, our first stop was the Life Care old folks home. We sang joyful songs such as ‘Ruldolph The Red Nose Reindeer’, ‘Felice Navidad’ and many more Christmas songs. It was a real joy to see the smile and laughter on the faces of the old folks. Besides that, we also visited the Golden Age Nursing Home which is located at SS3, Kelana Jaya. We arrived there at 10. 45 am. The Leos caroled and also spent some time talking to the old folks.
Our next destination was the Agathian’s Shelther. Kids at the Agathian’s Shelther also joined us in singing and they danced along to the songs that were sang. Not only that, we also played exciting games with the kids, such as ‘Pass the Parcel’ and other thrilling games. After visiting 3 various homes, the leos had an one hour break from 1.00pm till 2.00 pm. At 2.15pm, we continued our caroling program at the Praise Emmanuel Children’s Home (PECH). We sang songs such as ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ and ‘Frosty the Snowman’ .The kids at PECH as well as the leos were having a great time playing games while they bonded together. We said our goodbyes to the kids at PECH at 3.15pm which was our last home for the day. Lastly, we arrived back at Assunta Secondary Girls School by 3.30 pm.
On the 11th of December 2010, which is our 2nd day of our Christmas caroling program, the leos visited the Sunshine Home which is an old folks home located next to the Assunta Hospital. Before we started, the leos gave a brief introduction about themselves and also the objectives of having this Christmas caroling program. Everyone including the old folks were having fun together. We ended our caroling program with a song title ‘We wish you a merry Christmas’ and we went around wishing all the old folks a very merry Christmas.
Next, we visited the Precious home which is an orphanage home. The kids there were very sweet and happy with the presence of the leos. We played a few games with the kids at Precious home such as ‘Statue Dance’ and ‘Pass the parcel’. The kids were also given choice of carols to sing together. All the leos were having a blast and amazing time with these kids.
Our last and final home for the program, was the Grace Villa Home Care. When we arrived, all the old folks were already happily waiting for us. We sang many Christmas songs accompanied by guitar played by one of the leos. Same as the other old folks home, the leos spent some time talking and bonding with them. We bid our last goodbye to the old folks home at 2.30pm, which means that it was the end of our Christmas caroling program. We arrived back at Assunta Secondary School at 2.50pm.
This year Christmas carolling was a real blast. Everyone, including the leos had a real joyful time. The leos also learned that Christmas is not only all about present, parties and songs but it is also about taking some time of our busy scheduled life and spending time with the less fortunate and the elderly like that saying that goes, 'It is better to give than to receive’.
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Leo Jessie Rose
hey, can i know who's the Organizing Chairperson for the christmas caroling project?
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