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The “Charlie Marlie” Project
3 January 2010 – TASK 1: Set the Mission
After Introduction Week, Charlie rangers had received a secret mission, contribute back to the society. In order to complete and succeed the mission, the rangers had their first meeting in Midvalley, The Garden Food court.
In this meeting, we discussed our goal on how to contribute back to the society. Vineeta, the project manager came out with numbers of suggestions such as having awareness campaign for wildlife/endangered species, charity visit, fundraise and etc. Of course the rangers also contribute their ideas as well. After brainstorming sessions, we determine the feasibility, suitability, and acceptability of those suggestions. Finally, we opt “Be with HIV Kids” as our project.
Then, we started discussing our “Charlie Marlie” plan’s missions and visions. We decided to have car wash to fundraise for the home and have a charity visit.
After dealing with Pn. Lannna, person in charge of Pusat Perlindungan Pemim for “Be with HIV kids” project, we realized we were unable to offer what they looking for. So we decided to stick to our initial fundraising plan and proceed will go to Agathians Shelter (an orphanage for boys that was founded in 2003 by a team of young adults).
So here is the amended Charlie Marlie plans:
Charlie Marlie Car Wash
Mission: fundraise RM 600
Target: Taman Jaya and Subang Jaya Neighborhoods
Charge: Amount that the customers willing to pay
Date: 10/01/10 & 16/01/10
Agathians Shelter House Visit
Mission:
Brighten and make kids happy, donate them the fund we raised and buy them some groceries.
Location:
Seksyen 18, Petaling Jaya,
46050 Selangor
10 January 2010 – Charlie Marlie 1st Car wash
Before the work, we gather in A&W which nearby Taman Jaya LRT station at 8.00am. As usual, we have some discussions and briefing before we start. Two groups are divided among 7 of us.
Here our day goes:
We rang and knocked the door bells, asked people whether they need a car wash or other help. Uncle Steven Lim is our 1st customer. Due to environmental friendly issues, we washed his green Volvo without car shampoo. We were motivated after the first car wash.
We also try to improve our car wash skills through the experienced we gained. After several car washes, we created Mr. & Ms Car wash among us. We had Mr. Bumbung Atas, Ms Tayar, and Mr. Rim, Mr.Daun picker, Ms Camera and others.
We went to several neighborhoods to hunt down our potential donators. Also, we got rejected often. These rejected trials really made us down, but there was always a miracle when you believe. With this hope, we kept on going.
Finally, we found another opportunity. A lady opens her gate and lets us wash the cars, Pajero and Camry. There was hope for us when she opened the door. Furthermore, when the uncle husband told us he used to be like that during his teenage years. He told us to prepare ourselves for being rejected and face the challenge. This really touched us and made us felt that we were not alone and appreciated what he shared with us. After all, he donated RM 500. This is not what we expected. Although our mission of raising RM 600 was achieved, we still moved on. And now, we changed it to raise as much as possible.
Around 5.00pm, we managed to raise RM 922, so we intended to break thousand. With this spirit, we found another chance. And here, we did some odd jobs, scrubbed floor and also car wash. The premium donation in this house really achieved our new mission and increased our fund to RM 1122.
A big thank you to those who supported us and let us wash their car and donate the money. Because of them, we learned that nothing is impossible, and you will never know if you never try.
Well, after the hard work we got to meet Charlie boss, Vincent. And the dinner was on him.
"sweep sweep sweep~"
"making the tires shiny as my teeth"
how about the home visit ????
......to be continued
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