A meaningful festival for residents

The Star, Monday December 31, 2012

RESIDENTS of Persatuan Rumah Amal Murni, Kajang (PRAM) rejoiced as 30 volunteers of IOI Group and the Yayasan Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng (Yayasan TSLSC) brought the festivity into their home during the Winter Solstice (Dongzhi) celebration recently.

After being served lunch, the residents — ranging from homeless destitutes to young adults afflicted with Down’s Syndrome — had a great time playing musical chair and trying their hands at paper windmill handicraft.

While some volunteers were busy making tang yuan (glutinous rice balls delicacy), the others enjoyed interacting with the residents and proceeded to entertain them with Mandarin songs.

During the “IOI Style” dance (a parody of Psy’s Gangnam Style), even IOI Group executive director Datuk Lee Yeow Chor and Yayasan TSLSC executive director Datin Joanne Wong sportingly joined in.

The December babies were then feted with birthday wishes. Wong and volunteers then served tang yuan to the residents.

The residents received goodie bags filled with personal neccesities and toiletries.

“It was nice to see all the smiles as we opened our hearts to help the residents of Rumah Amal Murni Kajang in celebrating this meaningful festival,” said Wong.