Dear friends and family,
Christmas Celebration at Blue Stars on Wed, 28 Dec 2011
Dec 28th was an eventful day
! In addition to our dedicated regular volunteers, we had new volunteers (Terry, Sharon with her gals
, Teresa’s family and 15 Ephesians from the Church of St.Anthony
) who joined us as packers for the day. From sorting of t-shirts (thanks to Michael who donated more than 1,000 t-shirts to this Christmas celebration 
), slippers, biscuits, toothpaste & drink sachets to fastening the goody bags, everyone was fully engaged.
Our day was made exceptionally sweet with the arrival of the FoodEdge Gourmet truck which delivered bags and trays of delicious cakes and pastries for the migrants (thank you, Mr Singh for your donations). By 5pm, we had all the 6 cars loaded with about 1,080 goody bags and sweets (..thanks Ellery, for responding to our SOS call) and together with Father’s van
, we set off for the dormitory.
The distribution was made extra special when the Ephesians "doubled" as carolers for the evening. Henry, the guitarist, led the carolers (aka the tamarind sister
s) and belted out a medley of Christmas carols 
amidst the hustle and bustle of food & goody bags distribution. All went well until the rain came and we had to re-organize the queue. Minutes later however, the team decided to suspend the distribution due to overcrowding. During the interval, the carolers, who had been singing non-stop, entertained the migrants with another medley of soothing carols! Distribution resumed after order was restored and by 8.15pm, all 1,080 goody bags, over 800 portions of pastries/cakes, 150 packets of chicken rice & 150 packets of egg pratas (donations from Shawyn, our chicken rice sponsor) were distributed. Cheers to all
!
A series of photos will be sent to you for your viewing pleasure. Heartfelt thanks to all for your loving contribution and participation.
Our next soup kitchen is on this Wed, 4 Jan 2012…and sizzling Sambar is back on the menu!
Distribution in Little India @Isthana Restaurant, 1C Rowell Rd
Meals (sponsored by United Texmac, SMTA and TAFF) served for the month of December:
3 Dec: 101 meals
10 Dec: 96 meals
17 Dec: 118 meal
24 Dec: 122 meals
31 Dec: 122 meals
Happy 2012 !
Blessings,
Janice
Mobile: 9189 3883
"We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love…"
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Trinity Soup Kitchen – Expenditure (28Dec2011).xls
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