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Chithirai Pournami/Mini Thaipusam 2012!!

                                

                            Once again, ANOTHER SUCCESS!!! :D

                                  Hello everyone! We finally did it again for the year 2012!

                            We manage to serve another 1500 people on 5th of May 2012.

On the 5th of May, it was yet another clear and beautiful Saturday morning, and the YC members gathered together at the Waterfall temple in Penang, to set up the stall where we were going to serve.

                                                               Preparing to set the tables!

Amount of cars in the morning at 7.45am.

The crowd

Setting up to tie the banner.

As the YC members were preparing, some of the senior YC members were on the way to the Hilltop temple to worship Lord Murugan.

                                                       VEL VEL!!!! =D

The food arrived at around 12.15pm. It was the perfect time to serve the devotees as they were all coming down from the Hilltop temple and would be feeling exhausted and hungry. So, the YC members helped each other to rearrange the tables and arrange the food systematically. 

The Food finally ARRIVED!!!!

     

Unpacking the eco food containers/foam.

  

Arrangement of places going on.

DISH NO.1 : RICE

 

DISH NO.2 : SAMBAR

DISH NO.3 : LONG BEANS

DISH NO.4 : TAUKUA SAMBAL

                                                    

DISH NO.5 : MIX CABBAGE ( In yellow )

DISH NO.6 : TOVAYAL

Devotees patiently waiting for the food to be served...

The two young gentlemen who were incharge for the eco food containers/foam distributions.

                 

                  And so, the YC members started serving at 12.45pm. Everybody were so excited!

Everybody taking food with a smile on their faces.

More people!

Serving on the go!!

*smiles*

A cute Little boy with his mummy waiting for their turn!

=)

EVEN MORE serving!! =D

A little changes in the arrangements as well as topping up the food!

                     

Grandma happily taking food!

The YC members were all feeling happy to be serving the devotees! Soon it was almost 3pm, and the food gradually was finishing as many devotees came back for another round to take the food. The event ended around 3.15pm. All the YC members were tired but it was a PLEASURE serving the devotees!

All devotees enjoying their meal!

Happily serving with a smile on their face!! :D

All the Food finished!!! 

Thank you once again to everybody for helping us through the day!!! Cheers* :D

Report by,

-Darshiini Vig-

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Watch out for YOUTH CARES PENANG at Penang's Chitrapornami celebrations. 

It's time for our annual food donations. *wink*

Star Gazing with the Children!!!

This was an opportunity not only the kids but some of YC's members as well. How many of us are exposed to the world beyond us? =)

The Youth Cares members once again held a charity event on 17th of March 2012 for the month of February and March. The charity was held at Rumah Kebajikan Seri Cahaya. The theme for this event was star gazing and the objective was to expose the children to astronomy.

The event started at 8.30pm. The reason being it starting late was because stars and planets are much more visible to our naked eyes at night. Since, children these days love experiencing and exploring new things, the YC members decided to give these adorable children the chance of a life time.

Here are some photo's before we get started :

A group photo session.

The children preparing for the briefing

The Telescope used for the star gazing, SKY WATCHER!!

Everybody excited to get to know new things

Mr. Jivagaran (Standing) and Mr. Veerayan (Sitting Down)

Priyanka, the most hyper kid.

Patiently waiting....

At 9.00pm the YC members started the event with Mr. Jivagaran  briefing the children about star gazing and on how to use the devices in order to see the planets that is far far away from Earth. As he briefed the kids, questions were also asked to the children to test their knowledge, in order to know how much these kids knew about the solar system..

There goes the pictures :

Mr. Jivagaran giving the first briefing

All excited to answer questions!!

The Sun 

Mr. Veerayan setting up the Sky Watcher!

Second briefing by Mr. Veerayan.

Once the briefing was done, all the kids and the YC members had a chance to look into the telescope to see the planet Mars. But before that, Mr. Veerayan showed a few short clips of the planet Moon, Jupiter and Saturn. It was a great opportunity for the kids and as well as for the YC members. It was about 11.00pm when we started to view the planets. It was really mesmerizing.

Pictures up :

Short clips on the go!!

JUPITER

THE MOON

SATURN

More briefing...

The end results after briefing the children about astronomy!

Vijay, the happy go lucky boy!

STAR GAZING STARTS....

After the star gazing, the children had some light refreshment prepared by the YC members. Before forgetting, the YC members gave some rations for the home. It was almost 12am, it was already very late for the children as they have to wake up at 5am. And so, the YC members cleaned up the place.

The rations we bought for the orphanage

Light refreshment time...

Mr. Veerayan searching for other planets.

Wee.... =D

Peace Everyone!!!

After that, before leaving, the YC members said Thank You, Goodnight and Goodbye!! 

Reported by,
- Darshiini Vig -