A Typical Day in Reach Out (RO)
By Dennis, RO
A typical day starts on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
After a week of work and school, volunteers and members
come together on this day to meet up with friends and to let
their hair down.
The day started with lots of smiles and "Hi-howare-
you?" as everyone is eager to find out what their friends
have been up to over the week. The feeling is not unlike
family members coming back home for a weekend gathering.
After the small talk, the various program group
leaders will go off and get ready for the day's activities.
Members will get to display their artistic talents in Personal Development where the group leader, with the help
of fellow volunteers will guide members through steps of doing some basic art and crafts. For the more sporty
members, there's always the sports segment where they can play a variety of games such as street soccer, badminton
During tea break, healthy snacks are served and this
is the time when volunteers will mingle with members. On the
first week of the month, there will be a little celebration for all
the birthday babies born in that month.
Then it's off to Integration Programmes. Members are taught basic skills like time and money concepts so that they
can be more independent and blend in with society. These are taught in a fun and informal manner to make it more interesting
for the members.
 After all the sitting around, the members are getting
all hyped up for Team Activities where they can sweat it out in
the various games and telematches prepared by the team leader
and volunteers.
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