UPDATE: POCCH Visit

Here’s a proposed breakdown of the activities for tomorrow’s interaction with the kids from POCCH:

4:00 - 4:15  Name tags, groupings, group cheer
4:15 - 4:30  Activity #1: Ping-Pong Relay
4:30 - 4:45  Activity #2: Elbow Tag
4:45 - 5:00  Activity #3: Human Bingo
5:00 - 5:40  Merienda and Playground time
5:40 - 5:45  Group photos and load up the bus

For those who can make it, let’s meet in the Spirit Shop at 3:15pm to discuss the basics of the activities and what possible role/s you can fulfill for the afternoon’s event. If you have something at that time, then just come see me any time during the day (except 3rd block coz I have class) so I can brief you and answer any questions you might have.
A big THANK YOU to those who have emailed to say that they will be helping out. See you all tomorrow.

POCCH Visit on Tuesday, March 1

Photo courtesy of Ramona Kabigting

We have invited around 30 kids from the Philippine Outreach Center Children's Home in Subic town to come over to our campus for some much needed (and much awaited...by them in particular) interaction. These would be the same kids you got to interact with if you took part in the first visit to their Center last November. We need volunteers to help facilitate the games and activities so if you can make time, please come join the fun.

The plan is to get the kids here by 5pm 4pm (The kids will be let out from school early, so they will be picked up by 3:15 instead of 4pm), spend about 45 min for games and activities (which will be held down at the field behind the Lower School library), then serve them a meal (courtesy of Mrs. Kabigting...THANK YOU!!!). Hopefully we can get them back to the Center before 7pm 6:30pm.

If you would like to help plan and/or facilitate a game or activity, please get in touch with Ramona directly. If you were not part of the visiting group last November but would like to be involved, let us know by leaving a comment on this post (and send in a proposal as soon as you can).

For any questions or concerns, shoot me an email or come see me in the Spirit Shop.

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Inspiration From Within

As you try to figure out which activities you'd like to pursue for the year, I'd like you to check out this site, Leap Ahead  (click on the image to go to the site). Its a non-profit organization put up by Kristoffer Munden, a Brent Manila graduate who is now a senior at Boston College. Read his message here and learn how his experiences moved him to put up this foundation (be sure to read the comments).

Here's an article about him from the Boston College press.

Any worthwhile undertaking will have its challenges, but if you believe in what you are working for, you can make things happen. Kristoffer was in your place just a few years back. Hopefully knowing that a fellow Brentonian is making a difference will encourage and empower you to make things happen in our little corner of the world.

Good luck and happy planning =)

(Thanks for sharing this, Ms. Wright.)