Movie Day with House of Joy

 Another successful yet meaningful event organised by Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter(SCSC). In conjunction with the Stress Free Carnival held on 29^th and 30^th of April, the ‘Buy Ticket for Them’ booth was set up with the aim to promote the spirit of social responsibility amongst students by participating in community services and reaching out to those underprivileged kids. A total of RM1,000 was successfully raised by the SCSC members and all these money were channelled to House of Joy at Taman Paik Siong, Puchong in order to support the basic need of the orphans, in terms of shelter, food and schooling materials.

 

 

On 3^rd May 2014, SCSC members brought the orphans of House of Joy for a blockbuster movie, i.e. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at Golden Screen Cinema located at IOI Mall. A total of 26 SCSC members, 18 orphans, aged from 5 to 13-year-old, and 2 caretakers of House of Joy were involved in this event.

 

We reached House of Joy approximately 1pm. It was delightful to finally meet the kids and also to see the big, bright smiles on the kids’ faces which brought joys to our heart. Before getting to know more about the kids, all SCSC members were busy working like bees to transfer all the sponsored items from the bus into the orphanage house. Excitingly, the kids also gave us helping hands to move all the sponsored items as part of their gratitude. The sponsored items include Lam Soon cooking oil, FOS slippers, SAN REMO pasta sauce, noodles, NUKLEUS innerwear, VICO beverages, sanitary pads, KAO detergents and KDK fans. We would like to show our utmost gratitude to all the generous sponsors.  Not only it helped us to bring happiness to the kids but most importantly it assists the kids’ daily needs.

  

After all the sweat of moving all the sponsored items, we finally had time to mix around with the adorable kids. All of us mingled around with them to lessen the awkwardness between the SCSC members and the kids. We shared laughter, joke around, tell stories and etc, which clearly shows a smile on each of the kids’ faces.

 

 

After the bonding session, the kids queued up to get on the bus for the departure to IOI Mall. During the journey, most of us spent a wonderful time getting to know more one another. We shared and talked about hobbies, dreams and all the things under the sun. We had great fun and laughter. Without fail as usual, the SCSC members took selfies with the kids too!

Upon arriving IOI Mall, the kids were exicited and energetic, they all can’t wait for the show to start and to watch their superhero- Spiderman in action. Movie tickets were then swiftly distributed to the kids. Besides that, the kids were given popcorns and mineral water as complementary so that they could enjoy the movie even more.

 

Time passes fast, the 2-hour movie ended with no regrets. By looking at the kids’ faces, it is unquestionable that they truly enjoyed the superhero movie. Before departing back to House of Joy, everyone was with a heavy heart to say goodbye. At the end, SCSC ended the session by having a group photo session to capture the memorable moment.

 

 

Back at the orphanage house, the kids’ teary eyes tells us that they were unwilling leave us that soon. With no choice, we gave our last farewell to all the awesome kids and hoping we get to see them again one day in the future. All the funds raised at the ‘Buy Ticket for Them’ was passed to the person-in-charge of House of Joy, Ms Leshley.  

 

 

Undoubtedly, that this was the best event ever organised by us throughout the semester! The reason is simple, because we learnt a valuable lesson to appreciate every moment we have and most importantly every second we spent with the kids touched their heart deeply.  “Think big, dream big, believe big and the results will be big.” Hopefully all the kids are able to achieve their dreams and we wish them all the best!

Written by: Soo Lim Lee (Enaly)
Editor: Chang Yan Ee (Lydia)