so lately i have been doing a lot of charity work this holiday. since i'm having a two month break i've decided to do some charity work so i can keep myself busy. my parents actually support this idea of mine because it keeps me busy and i won't have my face glued to my technology devices while having my soul sucked into tumblr and doctor who (a.k.a. just two of my biggest obsessions)
what i have done so far was donate my hair for wig companies to make special wigs for cancer patients that are kids and volunteer for this thing called the make a wish foundation.
in case you didn't know, the make a wish foundation is a big and well known non profit organisation in america but they also have one in almost every other country as well. their job is to grant wishes for unfortunate or ill kids below the age of seventeen. most of these kids are usually cancer patients who only have a few more months to live. they have kids' wishes to grant almost everyday.
so last friday was the first time i volunteered and my job was to buy snacks for the kid that we were going to visit on a $200 budget. the kid for that day's wish was to have a laptop and to also have a nice dinner with his family. he's a five year old malay boy who is having bone cancer and only has one leg. he walks using wooden crutches and he doesn't have any hair on him due to all the chemotherapy treatments he has been having. our plan for him was to let him and his family spend three days at the hilton hotel and treat them to a nice buffet dinner.
what we planned for him was to decorate another hotel room which is next to the one his family is staying in and decorate it with all his favourite things like sweet, board games, toys, etc. apparently my job was to buy the food for the room and guess what. i had a $200 shopping budget so you could say that i went a little mad with all the junk food ☺ after that i went to the hilton hotel and helped to decorate his room with a bunch of his favourite things. there was a mini ball pit, a toy car that you could actually drive, a race car track toy set, a bunch of board games, the laptop and all the food.
and so after that all of the volunteers (including me) had dinner with them and it was great because the food was good + all you can eat buffet + free of charge. and now seriously, what is better than free unlimited amounts of good food? one thing that you should know about me is that i eat a lot and i love food so yeah no wonder i'm fat.
there even was a clown there and i didn't take any pictures of that clown because clowns are evil and i hate them. after the dinner we surprised them by letting them finally enter the room. their reactions were priceless and it really made all the hard work worth it ☺ ☺ ☺
honestly i absolutely felt really great because it just made my heart melt to see someone like him who didn't have much longer to live to be so happy and cheerful. the entire time he was just hopping on his one leg with his wooden crutches and smiling all the way and it made me realise that if people like him can accept all the difficulty in their lives and learn to deal with it, then so can i. and what made me feel the happiest of all was that i managed to make him that happy.
what i have done so far was donate my hair for wig companies to make special wigs for cancer patients that are kids and volunteer for this thing called the make a wish foundation.
in case you didn't know, the make a wish foundation is a big and well known non profit organisation in america but they also have one in almost every other country as well. their job is to grant wishes for unfortunate or ill kids below the age of seventeen. most of these kids are usually cancer patients who only have a few more months to live. they have kids' wishes to grant almost everyday.
so last friday was the first time i volunteered and my job was to buy snacks for the kid that we were going to visit on a $200 budget. the kid for that day's wish was to have a laptop and to also have a nice dinner with his family. he's a five year old malay boy who is having bone cancer and only has one leg. he walks using wooden crutches and he doesn't have any hair on him due to all the chemotherapy treatments he has been having. our plan for him was to let him and his family spend three days at the hilton hotel and treat them to a nice buffet dinner.
what we planned for him was to decorate another hotel room which is next to the one his family is staying in and decorate it with all his favourite things like sweet, board games, toys, etc. apparently my job was to buy the food for the room and guess what. i had a $200 shopping budget so you could say that i went a little mad with all the junk food ☺ after that i went to the hilton hotel and helped to decorate his room with a bunch of his favourite things. there was a mini ball pit, a toy car that you could actually drive, a race car track toy set, a bunch of board games, the laptop and all the food. 
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| it actually has lights and an engine that works. |
there even was a clown there and i didn't take any pictures of that clown because clowns are evil and i hate them. after the dinner we surprised them by letting them finally enter the room. their reactions were priceless and it really made all the hard work worth it ☺ ☺ ☺
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| ngawww how adorable ☺ |
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| such a cutie ☺ she loved the ball pit the most |
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| the older brother driving with swag ✌ |
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| burying herself in balls |
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| finally got his laptop |
honestly i absolutely felt really great because it just made my heart melt to see someone like him who didn't have much longer to live to be so happy and cheerful. the entire time he was just hopping on his one leg with his wooden crutches and smiling all the way and it made me realise that if people like him can accept all the difficulty in their lives and learn to deal with it, then so can i. and what made me feel the happiest of all was that i managed to make him that happy.
i miss the whole bunch of them. especially his little sister because she was the cutest ☺ i hope i get to have more opportunities in the future to volunteer and help people like this because seeing the smiles on everyone's face is the best reward of all ♡
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