Service Learning

For a couple of weeks we have been learning about Service Learning. So, what not a great idea to have a field trip to the Christalite Methodist Home here in Singapore, to help us learn more about servicing? You might be wondering what the Christalite Methodist Home is. Well, the people who work there go and find people who have been abandoned by their family or have no family, so that those people can have a better life style. On Friday, April 26, our class went to the Christalite Methodist Home here in Singapore. When we got off the bus and walked through the gate, one of the first things I noticed about  home was that it was pretty big. We also noticed a lot of the people who were living there were sitting outside. On our way to a room, we were greeted by a lot of those people who were sitting outside. When we were inside the room, the people who worked there asked for a volunteer from our class to teach us how to play Bingo, since we were going to play Bingo with the old folks there. After learning how to play Bingo, we had some extra time before we could actually play, so we had a tour of the building. We saw the therapy room, and all the facilities the old folks were able to use, the person who was showing us around also told us that the walls were painted by students. Not long until we were finally able to play Bingo with the folks in the Multi-Purpose Hall. While the kids in my class with jobs were preparing what they had to do, the kids without jobs went to look for a person who was there to play Bingo with. Sadly, after a few rounds of playing Bingo it was time to say good bye. I think that going there made me feel great because it was really fun to play with them, and to get to know them was a great experience. I also felt happy about being able to put a big smile on their faces. I thought that that was a really fun experience, and I would love to go there again.