The grannies and grandpas arrived at the coffeeshop well before 9 am
for the free breakfast session organised by Project Awareness. There
were about 50 volunteers who turned up, including student groups and
members of the People's Association's Teens' Network Club.
The volunteers helped usher the arrivals, man the food stalls, serve the
elderly who have difficulties queueing up or carrying their food,
engaged them in small talk and even went up to the flats to assist some
of the elderly residents to come down.
They ate, they talked and they laughed. The joy on the faces of the
grannies and hrandpas was the only reward that the volunteers were
looking forward to. The handshakes and expressions of thanks brought
extra encouragement and the volunteers were deeply touched as much as
the folks who were invited for this free breakfast.
We may not be able to feed 100 people but we can feed at least one. Not
all of us can do great things but all of us can do small things with
great love. These were the words of Mother Theresa. Today, not only did
the volunteers feed more than 100 people, they also succeeded in doing a
small service for the old folks with great love!
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