Pek Kio’s Youth Executive Committee (YEC) organised this year’s Moulmein Active Day on 13th April 2013 at Velocity @ Novena Square, where we held a street netball competition in conjunction with our annual blood donation drive.
The event was a success as it drew an estimated crowd of about 800 people throughout the entire event.
The street netball competition was jointly organised with PLAYER events, a sports events planning management which was a tremendous success as we saw 120 players from 17 different teams who battled it out in the 2 main categories – Under 19 Girls and Mixed Open respectively. National Junior
College students joined us in the event planning and contributed tremendously to our publicity, manpower and logistics.
The enthusiasm and sporting spirit of players made the event a must watch, as even members of the public joined in amongst the spectators to catch a glimpse of the talented competitors despite the sweltering heat that afternoon. The netball competition finally came to an end with 8 teams who walked away cash prices and 2 teams, namely “XYZ” and “Mixed Ponies” who emerged as the champions in their respective categories.
As the netball event progressed through the afternoon, our blood donation drive was held concurrently in the shopping mall. We had an overwhelming response as we saw 130 donors who came forward to donate blood to save lives of those in need of such blood donations. It was also heart-warming to witness 1st time donors from the general public and our youth group coming forward to play a part in giving back to the society through this blood donation drive.
The event was brought to a close by Hwa Chong Institution's music and dance group!
It was an eventful day for our youths as we were glad that our event was a success where we were able to fulfill our goals to promote a sense of giving through the blood donation and promote a healthy lifestyle and establish friendships through sports and games.
A beautiful note from the NJC girls who joined us for the project planning :
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Through these 4 months of organizing Moulmein Active Day (MAD), we had an incredible experience working with a group of enthusiastic people from the Pek Kio Youth Executive Committee (YEC) in Pek Kio CC, who took their precious time off their busy schedules to serve the community holeheartedly. MAD is an annual event held in Novena, Velocity to promote healthy lifestyle for Moulmein residents and also the public. Specifically for this year, a blood donation drive was held in conjunction with a street netball competition. Like us, a number of the YEC members are students studying in Junior Colleges and Secondary Schools, while there are a few who are working grown adults.
We attended meetings with Pek Kio YEC and the staff of PLAYERS event, and participated actively in discussions to plan out the event from scratch, from the programme outline, logistics, budgeting, to aesthetics display. As we are still amateurs in organizing public events, the YEC and PLAYERS guided us along really well and made sure that we picked up as much as we can in the planning process.
Through this experience, we have learnt countless things from the YEC. For the three of us, it was our first time organizing a public event and we realized how crucial it was to work out every single minute detail in order for the event to run smoothly and successfully. Not to forget, we have forged new friendships with people that were strangers to us just months before. We were awestruck and inspired by the enthusiasm of the YEC members and willingness to welcome us into their Pek Kio family. (They are always treating us to meals, sharing jokes and videos!) This event also provided us with a great opportunity to be exposed to various challenges and obstacles that we need to overcome in the future, for example evaluation of the situation and having foresight on what may possibly go wrong and getting prepared for
them. This exposure definitely enlightened us about what goes on behind the
scenes and allowed us to feel a greater passion to become an active citizen who serves with honor and most importantly, with our heart.
We would like to extend our gratitude to Pek Kio YEC and PLAYERS for being
such amazing “shifu” (masters) and also Ms Winnie Lim for providing us with this opportunity.
By: Yong Zifong, Leow Kexuan & Loy Yongwei. (National Junior College)
The event was a success as it drew an estimated crowd of about 800 people throughout the entire event.
The street netball competition was jointly organised with PLAYER events, a sports events planning management which was a tremendous success as we saw 120 players from 17 different teams who battled it out in the 2 main categories – Under 19 Girls and Mixed Open respectively. National Junior
College students joined us in the event planning and contributed tremendously to our publicity, manpower and logistics.
The enthusiasm and sporting spirit of players made the event a must watch, as even members of the public joined in amongst the spectators to catch a glimpse of the talented competitors despite the sweltering heat that afternoon. The netball competition finally came to an end with 8 teams who walked away cash prices and 2 teams, namely “XYZ” and “Mixed Ponies” who emerged as the champions in their respective categories.
As the netball event progressed through the afternoon, our blood donation drive was held concurrently in the shopping mall. We had an overwhelming response as we saw 130 donors who came forward to donate blood to save lives of those in need of such blood donations. It was also heart-warming to witness 1st time donors from the general public and our youth group coming forward to play a part in giving back to the society through this blood donation drive.
The event was brought to a close by Hwa Chong Institution's music and dance group!
It was an eventful day for our youths as we were glad that our event was a success where we were able to fulfill our goals to promote a sense of giving through the blood donation and promote a healthy lifestyle and establish friendships through sports and games.
A beautiful note from the NJC girls who joined us for the project planning :
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Through these 4 months of organizing Moulmein Active Day (MAD), we had an incredible experience working with a group of enthusiastic people from the Pek Kio Youth Executive Committee (YEC) in Pek Kio CC, who took their precious time off their busy schedules to serve the community holeheartedly. MAD is an annual event held in Novena, Velocity to promote healthy lifestyle for Moulmein residents and also the public. Specifically for this year, a blood donation drive was held in conjunction with a street netball competition. Like us, a number of the YEC members are students studying in Junior Colleges and Secondary Schools, while there are a few who are working grown adults.
We attended meetings with Pek Kio YEC and the staff of PLAYERS event, and participated actively in discussions to plan out the event from scratch, from the programme outline, logistics, budgeting, to aesthetics display. As we are still amateurs in organizing public events, the YEC and PLAYERS guided us along really well and made sure that we picked up as much as we can in the planning process.
Through this experience, we have learnt countless things from the YEC. For the three of us, it was our first time organizing a public event and we realized how crucial it was to work out every single minute detail in order for the event to run smoothly and successfully. Not to forget, we have forged new friendships with people that were strangers to us just months before. We were awestruck and inspired by the enthusiasm of the YEC members and willingness to welcome us into their Pek Kio family. (They are always treating us to meals, sharing jokes and videos!) This event also provided us with a great opportunity to be exposed to various challenges and obstacles that we need to overcome in the future, for example evaluation of the situation and having foresight on what may possibly go wrong and getting prepared for
them. This exposure definitely enlightened us about what goes on behind the
scenes and allowed us to feel a greater passion to become an active citizen who serves with honor and most importantly, with our heart.
We would like to extend our gratitude to Pek Kio YEC and PLAYERS for being
such amazing “shifu” (masters) and also Ms Winnie Lim for providing us with this opportunity.
By: Yong Zifong, Leow Kexuan & Loy Yongwei. (National Junior College)