Bag O' Sunshine - National Museum

Bag O' Sunshine - Trip to National Museum

Date: 20 March 2010

Time: 1pm to 6pm

Venue: National Museum

No. of people: 125

Kebun Baru Youth Executive Committee brought 100 elderly Kebun Baru residents from the Ang Mo Kio Family Service Centre (FSC) to the National Museum last week. Five student leaders from Mayflower Secondary School also helped out in this event.

At the museum, everyone was split into three groups, taking turns to visit the Singapore Living Gallery, the Singapore History Gallery and the special exhibition, The Quest for Immortality showcasing the Egyptian culture and mummies.

The Living Gallery was the most popular, showcasing Singapore's food traditions and fashion and notwithstanding some initial language barriers, many of the elderly were enthusiastic in sharing with our youths about the various artefacts on display and reminiscing about the good times back in the 60s and 70s.

At the end of the visit, vouchers were presented to the elderly and everyone went back enriched with a little more knowledge about Singapore's history and culture.

The YEC is grateful to the AMK FSC for this collaboration and to the Mayflower students for their strong sense of volunteerism.