ESN Carnival 2009

Dear Volunteer Leader/Coordinator,

Re: Proposal for Carnival 2009 for Elderly

With the successful and positive responses gathered from elderly and volunteers for ESN Carnival 2008, once again, the committee members of Elderly Sector Network (ESN) is organizing ESN Carnival 2009 for beneficiaries from various voluntary welfare agencies for elderly this coming September, tentatively planned on the 05/09/09, Saturday, from 2pm to 4.30pm.

The main objective of the carnival is to infuse a sense of togetherness as a community of volunteers serving the elderly sector, to promote sharing, interactions and learning among volunteers and beneficiaries alike, and to provide an afternoon of beyond volunteering experience of fun, cheer and company to the elderly by the combined efforts of volunteers.

It is going to be a fun and interactive event comprising of carnival stalls (food, craft, games and bazaar), activities such as photo-taking with mascot and a mini-concert, and last but not least, lucky draw where the beneficiaries get to walk away with goodies such as grocery items and other basic necessities. In addition, prior to the carnival, there will be a T-shirt design competition, which we hope that volunteers from all participating agencies will be able to take part. More details will be released at a later date.

We also hope to engage volunteers and beneficiaries from your agency to participate not only as visitors to the carnival, but also to set up stalls, and showcase their talents during the concert.

Therefore, we will like to invite around 10-15 beneficiaries from your agency to come down and enjoy the carnival. In addition, we will like to invite your volunteers to set up 1-2 stalls and put up 1-2 performance items during the concert. A reply form is attached for your completion. Please return the reply form on or before 6th July 2009.

We sincerely hope you and your fellow volunteers will join us in making the carnival a success and an enjoyable outing for the beneficiaries!

If you have any queries, please feel free to email me at josephinecxa@yahoo.com. Thank you very much!

Yours sincerely,

Cui Xian
Event Coordinator, ESN
24/06/2009