After days and days of detailed planning and hard work, the big day finally came. The Fun Pack might seem to contain a couple snacks and jellies that can be eaten up in less than a minute, but there is more to that. It contains our sweat, hard work and effort, and most importantly, a heart that would reach out to the less privileged through the money gotten from selling these fun packs. I made an announcement to the school in the morning informing them that our class would be selling those fun packs during recess and that we were looking forward to having their support. the turnout was much better than expected and Victorians from all levels came flocking down to buy our fun packs. Even the Secondary 4 Victorians came down to support us even thought they were in the midst of their Prelims. I was really touched by the overwhelming response and that there are so many kind souls out there.

Before Service Learning, i always thought that people from charitable organizations who always go about getting people to buy their handicrafts were weird. I felt that what they are doing was totally pointless. However, after this project, i suddenly came to to realize why these volunteers would take up time to sell these things for charity. Being able to use your own effort through orthodox methods with the intention of improving the lives of the less privilege really makes you feel differently about life.as the Chinese saying goes, " Its brings more fortune to give than to receive". It used to be an idiom that i would have to painstakingly memorize for a Chinese test, but now, after the Service Learning project, i truly understand what it means. Now, whenever i see volunteers out there selling items, i would always take out my wallet and grab a couple of dollars to buy them, whether i need it or not.

In my point of view, the hardest part of the whole project was to go around requesting people to buy those Fun Packs from us. Of course, there were people who came over on their own initiative and those people really made my day(: But there were also people who were really immature who came over to snide at us and gave meaningless remarks, when they had no intentions to buy it in the first place. To me, that was the hardest part as we still had to put up a smile despite their rude comments as we were doing a charity. Therefore, this project not only improved my life mentally, but socially as well.

I would definitely see myself staying involved in the community during my college years and adult years. If fact, i am already intending to join The Salvation Army after my O' Levels to do my part in the society. the reason behind this is that I really enjoy doing these donation runs to help the less privileged. I would also want to spend time during the weekends or whenever i am free to do voluntary work when i step out into the society to work in the future.






2.  Briefly write your reflection involved in carrying out the project.

You must also incorporate answers to the following pointers:

• How has the service-learning experience changed my thinking, attitudes, and actions towards others, myself and the community?
• What stands out as the best or worst thing that happened to you in your service learning experience? What did you learn from these experiences?
• Do you see yourself staying involved in the community during your college and adult years? Why or why not?

 (At least 50 words)