I know this is late, but as the saying goes, its better late, then never! 
So here is an update of what RSPVH did during December and here is one of our own very events – also known as Knights of the Concrete Jungle. Do prep yourselves for a longggg longgg entry.
RSPVH’s (Knights of the concrete jungle) 2008
Held on: 13th Dec 2008, a bright Saturday
Time: from 12 noon till 6pm in the evening
On the 13th December in 2008, the RSPVH events team organized an event for our visually-handicapped beneficiaries. This event was concisely themed Knights of The Concrete Jungle as the activities of the day took place in a residential area of Tampines where HDB flats, parks and shelters formed the bulk of our locations. The beneficiaries were divided into 5 groups, the same groups as they had been divided for their weekly tuition. As we needed more manpower, we roped in our fellow RSPVH friends in the tuition and computer teams to help take care of the beneficiaries, especially those in the tuition group, who see the beneficiaries on a weekly basis and are more familiar with them.
The events that took place that day are as follows. Firstly, our beneficiaries go through 5 mini stations, which are held either in the playgrounds or void-decks of the neighboring HDB flats. These mini stations had a purpose, and that is, each station was meant to target – and test- the 5 senses that we possess. For each station, there were 2 station ICs made up of members from the events team, and here’s a short tidbit of each station:
1) Memory station – where the beneficiaries had to remember names of fruits
2) Taste (my station!) – where beneficiaries had the opportunity to taste 5 different flavours of sweets and guess the correct flavours for all 5
3) Sound – where the beneficiaries had to recognize different songs (believe me, they knew the Powerpuff girls songs better than us!)
4) Touch – where they were supposed to reach into a dark and deep box and take out items that the ICs wanted (such as a CD, a ping-pong ball etc)
5) Luck - where LUCK was a big factor in this game. This game involves the use of dice and is played like a snake and ladder game where you either advance or retreat till you reach the end point
For these games, the beneficiaries were either given Abilities or Cookie Points which can be used in their finale games or used to earn prizes respectively.
Now, the fun is not all over because the main part of the event is the finale games, where the benefiaries will get to play against each other at the same time, and unlike the mini games, finale games are held on a larger scale. The finale games are as follows:
1) World’s Longest Straw - Our beneficiaries play a series of games, go through some obstacles, in order to gather straws and form the world’s longest straw! One of the obstacles required our beneficiaries to answer questions that tapped on their general knowledge and I was so impressed because some of the questions were really tough and I wouldn’t have been able to answer if I was their age! Children nowadays know much more than my generation J
2) Knock Them Down! – For our 2nd finale game, our beneficiaries work with our volunteers to pass a sponge filled with water to each other such that the last person gets to fill up a bottle with water and try to roll the bottle to knock down as many cans as he can. This is a game where cooperation is very important and our beneficiaries can use the abilities they have earned in their mini games on their opponents, such as ’freezing’ them for 20 seconds.
To keep this entry as short as I can, the whole event was a success 
The planning procedure was long and at times tiring, but we learnt from the valuable feedback our seniors gave us and constantly tried to improve and make positive changes to our proposal J I am sure that it was fun for the beneficiaries, especially when we presented the beneficiaries their Christmas gifts their ‘tutors’ (members of our tuition group) got for them. However, it was an even greater experience for us, the event team, because usually we do not have as much interaction with our beneficiaries as those in the tuition team, and it was really wonderful to engage our beneficiaries and see their happy faces. Also, it was very heartwarming to receive a lot of support from the seniors, especially those who have already graduated, as it shows that RSPVH has a very strong and supportive network.
They say pictures speak a thousand words.. so here are some pictures taken during the event
during a mini game
during the finale game : knock them down!
in the midst of playing
one of our beneficiary with his present!
