Fun Day for SoCO Kids a RHKYC Charity Foundation 10A Event

WORDS: LENA CHI

As part of its 10th Anniversary Celebrations, the RHKYC Charity Foundation organised a Fun Day at Kellett Island for underprivileged younger kids from the Society for Community Organization (SoCO) in Sham Shui Po.

26 kids and two young volunteers participated in the event which started with a cookie session. Since kids as young as four years old were participating, we kept it simple, providing each child with a dough mix which they shaped and decorated with jams, dried fruit, chocolate chips etc. Laughter and music filled the room and the kids had tremendous fun playing with the dough, making shapes and decorating the shapes before their creations were taken off to the kitchen to bake. Our goal was to boost their confidence, encourage interaction with others and provide the kids with a sense of accomplishment, and this was definitely achieved.

Lunch was followed by a fun filled activity on electronic educational devices donated by VTech. Since the instructions that came with the device were all in English, Calle and Katie Krokstäde helped with translating the instructions and young Egon Krokstäde also helped explain usage of the device to other kids. The room filled with the excited chatter from the kids who discovered they could play games and take funny pictures of themselves and their friends using the device. Soon the cookies were ready, and each child was given a box filled with the cookies they had made themselves. Their pride was evident in their smiles as they eagerly sampled and shared their creations with their accompanying parents/guardians.

Everyone had a great time and we received lots of lovely comments and thanks from the kids and their parents/guardians.

Many parties contributed to the success of this event and thanks are due to:

VTech: who kindly donated electronic educational devices;

Anonymous donor: for 28 sets of water colour markers, cartoon balloons and non-woven Smiley Face bags;

The software upgrade team: Calle Krokstäde, Joel Ho, Wallace Woo, Victor Chan and Clement Mak;

Instructor: Cindy Lee;

Volunteers on the day: The Krokstäde family and Clement Mak.

Staff of the RHKYC, in particular the F&B team, the PR team as well as the House team.