Sunday, December 04, 2005
Sharity gift box charity (3-12-2005)Today we headed to school for the Sharity gift box charity activity organized by NP Primers and Boy's Brigade Singapore. The objective is to go around HDB blocks, door-to-door to collect food for the less fortunate and needy.
I learnt that Singaporeans are not as stingy as you think! It's the lesser-fortunate that are actually more willing to donate than the richer!
Those who live in the sparsely furnished houses are more willing to donate than those who have extensive decorations and interior, but there were exceptions, there were some families who had prepared large packages for donation and we're more than happy to receive, it's a real joy to give. To the stingy families who didn't bother to answer the door at all and we obviously heard some occupant activity inside.
The shophouse shopkeeper was very generous as well, every time a monetary donation was made, we would go to that shop house to buy food and she'll always undercharge us. She even took out several plastic bags and threw in a lot of food stuffs of her own for donation. That's what we call shopping! It's really nice to meet such generous people. I'd rather give blood, food and my time rather than money. It's for a good cause.
But whatever it is, never forget that there will always be less fortunate people than us out there.
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