Jumble Station’s annual party for single parents went off
marvelously well with some 92 single parents and their many kids turning up for
an afternoon of fun and laughter. The laughter part came from the funny, cute,
intricate face designs created by face- painter Niza and from the ice breaker
games where the parent was blindfolded and the kid was supposed to direct the
parent to stab as many yellow balloons as possible. The first one popped 5
balloons so swiftly it made us wonder if she could see through the blindfold.
The next few parents had a harder time as they sought to both listen to their
kid while trying not to be distracted by the voices of the onlookers!
The Dekir Puteri or Warrior Princess dance performed by the
staff and volunteers of JS went off
flawlessly made all the more charming by the presence of so many very cute
kiddie performers with the youngest Daniel only aged 6 years old who insisted
on performing alongside his older brothers.
This was followed by the Jazz Exercise Dancers who looked so
pretty and lithe in their pink exercise gear while effortlessly going through
all the different dance steps. The youngsters wowed the older audience with
their rhythmic movements complete with smiles and umbrellas and made many an
obese single parent realize they needed to take up exercise to trim off the
fat!
Needless to say when Celebrate Joget came up, almost all the
folks in the hall were ready to joget to the catchy dance tune and pretty soon,
the floor was awash with single parents and their kids all “jogetting” their
way through the entire song, not once but thrice!
Many first timers to the party were touched by the manner in
which Jumble Station has been able to get all the three major races, the
Malays, the Indians and the Chinese single parents to come together in a
naturally friendly, happy and very harmonious manner – it was a time for all to
relax, to enjoy, to forget their worries.
The party drew to a close with a Blessed Draw involving
items donated by ARL International and Christina and Millie’s Cell Group that
saw so many of the single parents going home with a prize each.
As they all trooped out for the dinner each single parent
and their kids all were given a goodie bag filled with sponsored items such as
KFC vouchers, pen and notepad from GDexpress, toothpaste, bathsoap and
dishwashing paste from Lam Soon Edible Oils, a DiGi mug, multivitamin syrup and
Calcimate tablets from Hovid Bhd. The parents and the kids were giddily happy
to express their THANKS to all the organizations that had teamed up with
Parents Without Partners to make this event a memorable one.
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