The Making of an Outreach

Less than a week from now, our group, JGC, will be having our 1st Christmas Outreach. Ngayon palang, I wanna share how much I learned from this experience. It's been priceless for me.

..2 weeks ago, I felt helpless. I learned na iba pala yung WILLING lang sa DEDICATED to make this happen. I got pressured kasi I feel like Im doing it on my own - with a very little effort on my friends' part. I was kinda disappointed. As if naman ginusto ko to mag-isa? As far as I remember, lahat kasi kami nagpledge.. That's how I felt. They cant blame me.. At that point, I said to myself, hindi pala masaya mag-organize.. 0_o

After a while I sought help from some outreach organizers. They made me realized na mali pala yun. I was wrong to expect that everyone can give the same efforts as Im giving. Nawawala na kasi yung sense of VOLUNTEERISM kung maya't maya ako nagro-roll call about their solicitations or any donations. It is supposed to be a fun activity for our group. After all, this is all about VOLUNTEERING, and not WORK. So now, I accepted the fact that everyone has priorities, and I just need to be thankful for whatever help they can share. Happy na ko ulit. And very excited! =)


On the other hand, Im so overwhelmed with the support I received from my friends, specially from the blogosphere and online buddies - mind you, I have never met these people at all. And along this journey, I met a lot of very kind hearted people. This is the best part.


Now let me share you some of the things that we'll give the kids this Sunday..

pangarap na Jollibee Kiddie Party


ang mahal pala ang jollibee party!
pero fully paid na yan


yellow for the girls, blue for the boys


loot bag goodies
thank you sa sponsor


small toys inside each loot bag
thank you sa sponsor


another set of items to give away
thank you sa sponsor


cute loot bags
thank you sa sponsor


3 feeding bottles and 3 spare tsupon and 3 lampin
5 sets


3 sando + 3 underwear + 3 mejas + toothbrush
64 sets


folder, envelope, cartolina, scotch tape, glue,
scissors, crayons, bond paper, oslo paper, art paper
64 sets


super cute slippers with sling bags for each kid! aylavet!
thank you sa sponsor


food supplies
wala pa yung 2 sacks of rice


photo printer with photo paper and continuous ink
thank you sa sponsor


cookie lollipops!

Actually there's a lot more! Pero secret muna yung iba.
Now, binabawi ko na yung sinabi ko before.. Masaya pala magprepare ng isang outreach! =)

Maraming salamat sa nagsponsor ng kids at nagdonate in any form they can give. Special mention sa couple who I met recently. Grabe, Im so overwhelmed.

-----> Im officially closing our solicitation. Super super quota na.
and I wont be accepting anymore volunteers too. Quota na din.

excited ka na ba magvolunteer? >(^o^)<
thank you sa sponsor