Health was the topic of the month for the Health Awareness Campaign held on the 28th September 2008 at the Shah Alam Buddhist Society situated in Bukit Rimau, Shah Alam with focus on creating awareness on the vitality of health to the public. With the slogan “Health for Life”, this campaign centered in giving the limelight of maintaining good health in aspects of both mentally and physically. The Health Awareness Campaign’s main purposes were to empower, educate and encourage the public to care for their health by applying the basic knowledge of prevention and early detection of several diseases. Serving as another annual yearly project highlighted that is carried out each year, this is already the 3rd time in a row that the same Health Awareness Joint Project was held. Due to the upcoming PMR examinations and also the Final Year End Examinations, only 7 Board of Directors were allowed by our Leo Advisor to aid assistance in this project. Despite the small amount, we were dominant enough to cover up for the empty spaces of tasks. The Lions really did use our manpower because we were almost constantly on the move.
We were divided into different tasks although we helped out almost everywhere. But no one was complaining as each of us had our Leo spirit soaring high within ourselves. Some of us whom are able to converse in mandarin were asked to help out in the registration counter whereas the rest was just running about helping around. There were several booths there such as the free health screening, diabetes and blood sugar, stoke, blood pressure, Body Mass Index, Kidney Health, Eye Screening, blood donation bank, Dietician consultation and even Chinese “sinseh” consultation. The Kidney Health booth was the busiest and we helped them out by directing them to fill the forms and to wait for their turn. The same goes for the blood donation bank. We also helped stick up the posters promoting good health and food pyramid all around the hall.
We then welcomed the arrival of RCC Lion Chan Kee Oi who came to visit around the Health Awareness Campaign and took a few photographs with him.
We were also given a lavish vegetarian meal with some high fibre bread and low sugar Milo drinks during lunch break. Then, we continued with our work as the people kept coming persistently. Numerous talks on Stroke, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes were commenced in a special VIP room just next to the hall. We took the opportunity to lash out an invitation to the HIV/AIDS speaker to come over to our school to give a talk. Without hesitating, he agreed after giving us his contact number. Around 12.30 p.m., a colouring and drawing contest was held on the stage of the hall. Approximately 20 children took part in both the contest. It was a great sight to see the children all worked up to win something. The results of the competition were announced and the Lions picked out the 5 best posters out of the all for both categories. It was then that something hilarious happened when the winner was announced, it was found out that the winner have forgotten to write down his/her name. This resulted in the Lions to walk around the place holding up the poster to acknowledge the winner. Luckily for the winner, she was found accompanying her parents at the blood donation bank.
The price-giving ceremony took place after that and 10 prizes were given away. The whole event ended approximately at 2.15p.m. after the entire blood donation procedures have finished. We stayed to pack the chairs and tables, cleaned up and arranged the whole place into order. After a group photograph and exchanging thank yous, we bid the Lions goodbye and went home, beaten to the bones but big smiles were plastered on our faces.
All in all, this Health Awareness Campaign was a huge success with a total of 150 packets of blood donated from the public. Truly, we had a splendid time and the early wake on that Sunday morning had not gone down the drain actually.
Organizing Chairperson : Leo Chew Yin Shang, President & Lion Khor Lee Kean
( A project by Leo Club Of SMK Batu Lapan & sponsoring Lions CLub, Lions Club Of Shah Alam Coty )
Venue : Shah Alam Buddhist Society Centre
Date : 28th September 2008, Sunday
We were divided into different tasks although we helped out almost everywhere. But no one was complaining as each of us had our Leo spirit soaring high within ourselves. Some of us whom are able to converse in mandarin were asked to help out in the registration counter whereas the rest was just running about helping around. There were several booths there such as the free health screening, diabetes and blood sugar, stoke, blood pressure, Body Mass Index, Kidney Health, Eye Screening, blood donation bank, Dietician consultation and even Chinese “sinseh” consultation. The Kidney Health booth was the busiest and we helped them out by directing them to fill the forms and to wait for their turn. The same goes for the blood donation bank. We also helped stick up the posters promoting good health and food pyramid all around the hall.
We then welcomed the arrival of RCC Lion Chan Kee Oi who came to visit around the Health Awareness Campaign and took a few photographs with him.
We were also given a lavish vegetarian meal with some high fibre bread and low sugar Milo drinks during lunch break. Then, we continued with our work as the people kept coming persistently. Numerous talks on Stroke, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes were commenced in a special VIP room just next to the hall. We took the opportunity to lash out an invitation to the HIV/AIDS speaker to come over to our school to give a talk. Without hesitating, he agreed after giving us his contact number. Around 12.30 p.m., a colouring and drawing contest was held on the stage of the hall. Approximately 20 children took part in both the contest. It was a great sight to see the children all worked up to win something. The results of the competition were announced and the Lions picked out the 5 best posters out of the all for both categories. It was then that something hilarious happened when the winner was announced, it was found out that the winner have forgotten to write down his/her name. This resulted in the Lions to walk around the place holding up the poster to acknowledge the winner. Luckily for the winner, she was found accompanying her parents at the blood donation bank.
The price-giving ceremony took place after that and 10 prizes were given away. The whole event ended approximately at 2.15p.m. after the entire blood donation procedures have finished. We stayed to pack the chairs and tables, cleaned up and arranged the whole place into order. After a group photograph and exchanging thank yous, we bid the Lions goodbye and went home, beaten to the bones but big smiles were plastered on our faces.
All in all, this Health Awareness Campaign was a huge success with a total of 150 packets of blood donated from the public. Truly, we had a splendid time and the early wake on that Sunday morning had not gone down the drain actually.
Organizing Chairperson : Leo Chew Yin Shang, President & Lion Khor Lee Kean
( A project by Leo Club Of SMK Batu Lapan & sponsoring Lions CLub, Lions Club Of Shah Alam Coty )
Venue : Shah Alam Buddhist Society Centre
Date : 28th September 2008, Sunday
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