A Report on The ‘Light For Hope’ Project

On the 24^th of October, the Leo Club of SMK Assunta paid a visit to the Agathian’s Shelter. It is an orphanage for boys. The Light for Hope project was organized to help the shelter get ready for the upcoming Deepavali celebration. A total of eleven Leos took part in this project.

The Leos were gathered in school by 8.30 and we left for Agathian’s Shelter. At 9, we started off with an ice breaking game. All the children were told to stand in a circle with the Leos and introduce themselves. Leo Azarelle who was holding a rolled up newspaper passed it to one of the boys. Then, she would scream the name of another boy as the boy in the middle would try to hit his leg. It was an interesting game and everyone had fun.

After everyone had their turn, we moved upstairs to start decorating the home. The Leos had prepared block letters reading ‘Happy Deepavali’ and more. All the children gathered together and coloured the letters with crayons and colour pencils that the leos provided. A few of the older children even drew their own illustrations and put it up on the walls.

Once the children were done with the colouring, we asked them to design a ‘koolam’. ‘Koolam’ is an Indian decoration out of coloured rice symbolizing happiness and joy. The older children drew out a huge pattern and then helped the younger ones to decorate it with the coloured rice we had brought. All the Leos were amazed by the creativity of the boys. They had drawn and coloured the ‘koolam’ all by themselves. With the extra rice, a group of five boys made another ‘koolam’.

All in all it was a great day. Everyone had fun and we really bonded with the kids although most of them could only speak in Tamil. We were glad that we took part in the project because we had made the kids very happy.

Report by,

Leo Dhivyaa Mailvaganam

A Report on the ‘Happy Deepavali Gifts’

On the 19th of October 2011, The Leo Club of SMK Assunta made some Deepavali gifts for the teacher’s of our school in conjunction of the Deepavali celebration. The Leo’s thought of many interesting ideas but we finally came to a conclusion and decided to give the teachers Laddu which was placed in a lovely small golden bag with a small card wishing all the teachers ‘Happy Deepavali’!

The Leo’s went all out to get the materials that were needed to make the gifts. We ordered about 120 pieces of Laddu and bought 120 bags to put the laddu into. The Leo’s managed to get both the the Laddu and the bags for very reasonable prices. After a whole day looking for these items, the Leos went to one of our houses to get the packing started. One of the Leo’s were assigned to print out small cards saying ‘Happy Deepavali!’ on it with the Leo logo on the far right side of it. After it was printed out, the Leo’s cut it out one by one and placed it in each bag.

The Leo’s managed to finish packing the gifts really fast because they worked together and delegated well. The gifts were then counted and placed in a small box so that it would be easier to be carried around and given to the teachers. On the 21st of October 2011, a few Leo’s went around giving the teachers the Deepavali gifts and wished them all ‘Happy Deepavali!’. The teachers were really touched and happy when they received the gifts. They thanked the Leo’s too. Pictures were taken on that day as well.

Report by,

Leo Charmaine Ho

Upcoming Projects!

Dear leos,

Below are the details for the upcoming project, 'Light Of Hope'

Date : 24th October 2011

Time : 9-11 am (meet inside the school compound, Gate C at 8.15am SHARP)

Attire : leo t-shirt, jeans, and sport shoes

Place : Agathian's shelther home

People who signed up for this project

1. Kendra Hema

2. Isabelle

3. Azarelle

4. Natalie Yaw

5. Desiree Tan

6. Jessie Rose

7. Krystle Tan

8. Kavitha

9. Kimberley

10. Dhivyaa

11. Karen

12. Rebecca Raj

13. Hemalaxmi

* please check your emails as a permission slip has been sent to you and please print it out, fill it in, and bring it on monday ok. :)

* If you have any problems, please call NATALIE YAW (016-9973592) OR AZARELLE

(012-6380923)

THANKS !

ROAR!

A Report on the 'World Food Day Programme' at Taylor’s College

Last Sunday, on the 16th of October, the Leo Club of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Assunta were one of the many clubs and societies around PJ that attended Taylor’s College World Food Day program. This event, usually held in the U.S, was the first of its kind in Malaysia. The reason for this program was because hunger and malnutrition is widespread in the world. In order to help,Taylor's Education Group (TEG) pledged to pack and donate 1,000,000 meals through TEG World Food Day, they held a series of Meal Packaging Events at Taylor's University and Taylor's College campuses as well as Sri Garden Schools on 16 October 2011.

Most of the Leos that took part were Form 3’s. Some of them took the bus provided by the school to get to the college while others decided to come on their own. Once we got to Taylor’s College, the Interactors, Leos and a few normal students that also volunteered were ushered into the auditorium. There, we were given a briefing about what we would have to do.

Once the briefing was over, everyone moved to the hall where we would pack the meals. This was where the real fun began! About 12 people were assigned to a single line and there were about 22 lines. At the top of the line, there were huge plastic containers filled with soy protein, rice, dried vegetables and nutrient-filled flavoring. Four people would work together at that station, filling in the small packets with the food. Once they were done, a runner would bring the packets over to the weighing and sealing station.

At the weighing and sealing station, each packet would be measured so that its weight is between 165 to 175 grams. Once it was measured, it would be sealed and another runner would carry the sealed packets over to the counting and boxing station. There, exactly thirty six packets would be boxed and cellophane-taped. Everyone who volunteered worked tirelessly together and we finished packing about 360, 000 packets. We even finished it half an hour early!

Before we left Taylor’s College, we took pictures and bought the World Food Day T-shirt. All in all, it was a great experience! We had a lot of fun working together and hey, it was for a good cause. In the future, we hope more programs like this will be held.

Report by,

Leo Dhivyaa Mailvaganam.

Attention!

ATTENTION ALL LEO MEMBERS,

tomorrow(14/10/11) there will be a photoshoot for ALL LEOS form 5's and form 4's. PLEASE WEAR YOUR FULL LEO UNIFORM

and stay back until 1.30p.m. THANKS