Christmas Story Fun Day (17 December 2005)

NWS Volunteer Alliance celebrated Christmas with more than 30 children of Hans Andersen Club. Various programmes included team games, storytelling, and Santa Claus fashion design competition.

NWS Volunteer Alliance invited the social worker from Hans Andersen Club to conduct a training session for volunteers, focusing on children service skills and storytelling techniques. The volunteers practiced what they learnt in the Story Fun Day, in which they designed different games for more than 30 children to enhance their creativity and presentation skills.

For its first time, the Storyland series co-organized by NWS Volunteer Alliance and Hans Anderson Club was moved from indoor to outdoor, as about 32 children visited NWFB's bus depot in Chai Wan. The children, together with volunteers, showed their excellent creativity in the stories they made about buses.

NWS Volunteer Alliance launched another series of English phonics classes for about 70 K2 students of Moon Lok Kindergarten this year. The classes were characterized with interactive games and group tutoring to help students acquire basic knowledge of pronunciation and interest in English. More than 70 volunteers helped in this activity on six consecutive Saturdays.

As one of the corporate sponsors of Child Sponsorship Programme, NWS Holdings participated in the Sponsors' Day held annually by Po Leung Kuk. Ms Maria Cheung, Senior Manager V Corporate Communication, and Ms Bernadette Ho, a devoted volunteer, shared experience on stage on behalf of NWS Holdings. A game booth was also set up outside the venue for children and their families to enjoy a happy weekend together.

NWS Volunteer Alliance participated in the storytelling programme organized by Storyland of Hans Anderson Club. Volunteers read interesting storybooks and play games with primary school children to raise their interest and ability in reading and pronunciation.

To celebrate Chinese New Year, NWS Volunteer Alliance visited Po Leung Kuk and played games with some thirty children residing there. They also made creative ornaments with red packets together for decorating their living space.

NWS Holdings invited 50 children from Po Leung Kuk Houses to participate in its annual Sports Fun Day. Accompanied by volunteers of NWS Volunteer Alliance, they had fun in various game booths and other activities. The children also joined 50 staff members of NWS Holdings in forming a big "heart" that symbolized the Group's commitment in community care.