Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter: M.A.D. CSR Event (Sem 1, 2016)

M.A.D Event (Make A Difference)

SOS

On the 20^thand 21^th of April, Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC) organized a CSR event, named, Make A Difference (M.A.D). The objectives of this event are to help the students to release stress and to collect donations for Phyllis Caring home.

To encourage students to reduce stress, we have conducted stress ball tutorial, giving out lollipop and candies and also having a confession board with the title – ‘Before I Die’. The purpose of doing this is to encourage people to pursue their dreams during both their highs and lows. There were also experiential games for students to have a brief experience how handicaps feel and how they go through their daily lives.

During the event day, we had a booth to teach students on how to make a stress ball which would be helpful for them to release their stress. Thankfully, many students were interested and had spent time to participate in making stress balls. Besides, we also gave out some hand-made stress balls and invitation cards to lecturers to invite them to participate in our event. Most of the lecturers appreciated and liked the idea of stress ball.

Apart from stress ball booth, we also had confession board and gave out lollipops on both days. SCSC committee members approached students to draw a ‘Lucky Paper’ from a box around the Sunway University College study area. The paper drawn would decide whether they will get a lollipop or candy. Inspirational quotes were stick together with the lollipop and candy which would help motivate students who are stressed out with studies. It was such a wonderful experience to be able to see the smiles from students when they received candies.

The most attractive part in the event was the confession board. It has successfully attracted many people to visit our booth who had participated to write wishes and confessions on the board. We believe that everyone have a dream they would want to achieve, we hope that students would pursue their dreams with both passion and perseverance.

Donations to Phyllis Caring Home

Contributing back to the society can display great sense of responsibility and awareness of what is going on in our society. During our SOS event, we also had a donation booth where we would collect both cash donations as well as daily necessities to donate to an old folk’s home in PJ called Phyllis Caring Home. However prior to the event, we have visited the home in order to go through the things that they are lacking. After collecting sufficient amount of items and cash, we have made another round of visitation to Phyllis Caring Home to deliver and assemble the items accordingly.

We have gratefully received great responses from both students and staffs of Sunway University College. At the end of our event, we have successfully raised a total of RM1,360 and daily necessities. The items donated to the home were:

Stand Fan x 2

Rice Cooker x 1

Cutting Board x 1

5 Layer Stoker x 1

Dishwasher x 20

Toilet Cleaner x 3

Laundry Powder x 5

Mosquito Spray x 3

Curry Powder x 3

Eggs x 2 Dozens

Onion x 2 packs

Banana x 1 bunch

Corns x 3

Garlic x 1 pack

Potato x 1 pack

Papaya x 2

Jacob Biscuits x 1

It was such a great and meaningful experience to be able to give back to the society, as the great Mother Teresa once said, “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving”. We would definitely visit the home again and conduct more CSR Events in the future.