The committee of Project Summer on Sand 2008 would like to thank all honoured guests, sponsors, donors, volunteers, participants, and everyone who played a part in making our event a success!...
Written by: Ho Sim Yee
On 26 July 2008, Project SOS held our finale event at East Coast Park Castle Beach and it was a HUGE SUCCESS!
We arrived bright and early to prepare and add on the finishing touches to our event setup. Soon after, the children from Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home joined us at East Coast Park Castle Beach. Each child was attached to one freshman and brought to the designated Play Area. There, the children experimented with the different tools, aided by the freshmen If they gave up using a certain tool because they could not build the structure they wanted, our freshmen were there to guide and encourage them to try again as it was the only way to succeed. The children also became more confident seeing that they could build something beautiful with their own hands, having come down for more than just 1 session.
Meanwhile, guests began filling in and the performances started proper. First, we have two talented singers from The Ark who melted away the audience with their voices.
Next, d’Hoppers from the National University of Singapore took up the stage and gave a splendid hiphop dance performance that wow-ed the audience and earned them a resounding round of applause.
Following that, Eugene, a volunteer with the Magic of Lawrence and Priscilla, entertained the audience with eye-opening magic tricks. His friendly interaction and playful engagement with the audience made it an extremely enjoyable segment for both the adults and the children in the audience.
The audience eagerly awaited the arrival of our guest-of-honour, Mr Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports, and Ministry of Transport. He arrived shortly after, accompanied by Mr Benjamin Chen, Chairperson of Project SOS, and Ms Chong Sin Hui, Vice-Chairperson of Project SOS.
Performances resumed with Urban Kids from Kids Performing giving us lively renditions of various popular songs such as hits from the High School Musical 2. Their vibrancy spread across the entire audience and amazed everyone with their spectacular performance.
Now it was time for Mr Benjamin Chen, our Chairperson, to give a short speech describing the different phases of Project SOS as well as thanking everyone who helped to make the project a successful one.
Finally, we reached the highlight of the day – the launch of our sandcastle display! Mr Teo went up on stage and penned his well wishes for the children on a flag and placed the flag in front of the central sandcastle to declare the official launch of the sandcastle display.
The sandcastle display titled Singapore a Home for Everyone consists of five sandcastles, symbolizing the five ideals of Singapore – democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality, connected by a wall. The display occupied an area of approximately 60 square metres and were built over a period of three days by a team comprising of 135 undergraduates from SMU and 45 children from Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home and EN Community Services Society The central castle symbolized a safe haven for the children from the beneficiaries.
Karate experts from Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Association Singapore were up on stage next. The audience marveled at their moves and found their martial arts performance very refreshing.
Winnie+Fiona, a band from Singapore Management University, rounded up the day’s performances with their strong vocals and accompaniment.
Mr Teo then proceeded for photo-taking sessions with the sponsors, beneficiaries, and organizing committee of Project SOS.
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