This year some of our seniors has come together to initiate the Education Outreach programme. We met up from August 2014 to plan ahead for our activity with the children on February 26, 2015. As we needed the money to do something, we did a fundraising activity on Christmas Bazaar at our school. We sold mini kimbob's and BBQ on that day. Surprisingly, the BBQ has already been sold out just in the morning. So we had no more for the afternoon. Some people who bought in the morning wanted to eat again and so a lot of people came back in the afternoon to buy some more. But since we didnt have anymore and we couldnt even order more because the meat was unavailable, we pursued them to try the mini kimbob's that some of our Korean mothers has made. Some actually really liked it and bought 5 rows of it. However, there was a period of time wherein we had no customers at all and so we thought of 'buy 5 and get 1 more' theme. Fortunately, this worked really well. In no time, we sold all of our food in just half the afternoon and so we were able to go home earlier than expected. Our overall revenue was about more than 3000 peso which is a big success to us. From this money, we bought two or three bottles of shuttlecocks and six volleyball ball's for the children that we will visit on February 26. The left over money was bought for candies and other treats for the children after they will play dodge ball with us.
When we finally went to visit them on February 26, we first greeted the principle or the teacher that was in handle of the kids. Unexpectedely, they gave us corns and drinks for us to have while waiting for the kids to settle down in the court. It was really delicious as we were quite hungry that time. We were also really grateful for their generosity towards us. When the kids finally gathered around the court for us to have a mini activity with them, we were quite surprised with the number of students. They were all from grades one to six, they were about 50 or more students. To play dodgeball, we first divided the group into girls and boys as boys may hurt the girls. Then into this we divided them once more into two groups. Joanna and I handled one of the girl's group and Jae Sun and Julie handled the other team of the girls. At first, they were really shy especially the girls and so we started the game. After a while, they got the hang of it and so they had fun. The girls kept on screaming when the other team had the ball. It was really fun seeing them laugh and smile and enjoying the game. The boys' team was handled by our boys. They also had fun and seemed contented. When it was already 4:30pm, the children still wanted to play more but since they had to be dismissed, we had no choice but to end the game and our meeting with them. We first lined them up and gave them the candies and treats that we bought for them. They all liked it and some even wanted to have some more and so we tried to even it out with the others. After giving them the treats, we gave them the sport materials that we bought for them. The teacher was really grateful and he thanked us very much. The kids were also very happy to see the new supplies that they will be able to use soon. We told the teacher that these volley ball balls are not expensive ones and so they can be relieved and use it as they like to. A thing that concerned me a bit was that, the things that we provide them with and the enjoyment that was given to the kids could not be continously provided for and so it is a bit sad for us and for them as well. However, I believe that giving at least this small happiness to them was a pleasure and a great appreciation to all of us and so through this activity the value is within our own memories that we had on this day. Our seniors hope that next year, the next seniors or juniors would continue this service activity and help out more schools.
Afterwards, the children did a 'thank you' song for us which we were happy to see.
We also took photos altogether with some of the teachers and some of the kids.
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