Missy Dawnut's Blurty

WORLD ANIMAL DAY @ SPCA

dun ever expect me to wake up at 7plus on a weekend for
anything else.... well i kinda figured that i have been rather
busy this yr and have not volunteered much.. so when the
email came in to request for volunteers, i did not hesitate :)
i did the shift today from 9am - 1pm selling merchandises
for fund raising.... the 2010 diaries and calendars are out
so remember to grab them at our roadshows ard the island!
for more details: www.spca.org.sg

volunteers doin all the preparation work b4 the doors are
opened

this is the sales booth i was manning

ppl starting to stream in

look at the amt of ppl at the pound looking at the doggies
that were up for adoption

the SPCA mascot

we even got a robot! look at the emcee on the top left
hand corner of the pic... he was the one controlling and
giving the robot a voice.. quite an interesting thing

there were many ppl of all ages and race who came to
support our cause... one gal left a great impression...
she looked like she was prob still in pri sch... she came
by the booth and told me that she wanted to get a
calendar but she said she only had coins... so i told her
well it doesnt matter... and she took out her coin purse
and emptied them on the table... it muz have been most
part of her piggy bank savings... it was really heartening
to see alot of these younger kids playing their part for a
good cause...

i think since i was 10..when spca went to sch to do a sch
talk, i already wanted to help... but i was still young and
penniless.. but i was quite adamant abt helping so i
bugged my dad to let me sign up for the membership
which was only $5 per yr... when i got to sec sch and
beyond, i saved up my pocket money to pay for the
membership fees... and last or sth, i decided to fork out
a few hundred dollars (since i now have the money) to
sign up for the life time membership...

been doin volunteer sales and sometimes outreach for
abt 6yrs... and after each session i jus feel good :) it has
to come from the heart... ppl who say "i think i will go
sign up to be a volunteer instead of jus donating money"
well usually i dun see them doin anything abt it.. so far
at least... w/o passion and not feeling strongly for a
particular cause... it is impossible to sustain... i think for
me.. without love i still can survive... but w/o things like
this (and my family, frens and hobbies i love), my life
will no longer be meaningful... i know i cant have the
best of both worlds.... so, i would rather give up love if
having it means i have to forgo sth...

anyway.... i hope that i can do more sessions in the comin
yr as work has been rather busy this yr...

also i m only hoping that the SPCA will have a nicer premise
when they move out of the current place in abt 2 yrs time i
think...

so keep your donations comin in no matter how big or small!
http://www.spca.org.sg/seasonalproducts1.htm