Jurong Spring CC Youth Club 裕泉民众俱乐部青年执行委员会: Project Home Run 2007

150 needy children from 4 Family Service Centers in Singapore in the Western part of Singapore congregated at Republic Polytechnic on 22nd Dec 2007, Saturday to relish the fun and games of the pre-Christmas Celebration jointly organised by the Youth Executive Committee (YECs) in the Northwest and Southwest Districts.

These children, aged between 6 and 12 years old, competed in a race which required them to complete tasks and collect puzzle pieces from various stations in order to complete the Big Jigsaw. The team which completes the stations in the shortest time recorded will emerge champion.

The objectives of the Project Home Run 2007 are to:
- raise awareness of volunteerism among youths
- inculcate independence and team work in the participants
- bring fun and joy during the holiday season to the participants

The children came from the following 4 Family Service Centers:
- Loving Hearts Multi-Service Center
- Clementi Student Service Center
- Touch Young Arrows
- CDAC Student Service Centers

The event was graced by Guest-of-Honour cum Project Adviser, Mr Liang Eng Hwa, Member of Parliament (MP) for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC and Adviser to Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (Zhenghua).

The Team Banner Design and Amazing Race marked the opening of the day's event as the 16 teams raced against each other to complete 7 preliminary stations. The event ended with a Christmas celebration and Prize Giving Ceremony.

Assembling and getting ready for the Amazing Race . . .

Kids cracking their brains about the Banner Design

Kids engrossed in their banner design

Station 1 : FIND IT ! --> Participants to find pieces of blue-coloured paper in the box containing song lyrics. Once they have all the pieces of paper, they are to arrange the words in order.

Station 2 : PASS IT ON ! --> Participants will pass a ball to each other using a Toy Racket held by their hand. Once the ball passes from start to end of the team queue, they will receive another puzzle piece.

Station 3 : MINEFIELD --> Participants will have to guide each other through a minefield. The person going through the minefield will be blindfolded and spun around 5 times. Mines are all coloured X's on the ground.

Station 4 : PASSING THE "BOMBS" --> Participants will have to pass the waterbombs down a line using only white towels and deposit the waterbombs into the red pail positioned at the end of each line.

Station 5 : SOLVE THE CROSSWORDS --> Participants will have to solve the crosswords within 10 mins

Station 6 : BUILD IT ! --> Participants are required to build the highest tower possible using only newspapers and scotch tape. Each tower has to stand for at least 10 seconds.

Station 7 : CHARADES --> Participants will be given 5 mins to solve 5 questions with movie themes. One representative from the team will act out the question for the rest to guess.