ENTERTAINMENT
Christmas Charity Virtual Show – 2021
By Escapy Travel
‘TIS THE MERRY SEASON to be celebrating and sharing gifts of love to the people around us. Let us come together and join in the festive cheer with a warm and welcoming group of young youths from the Y Rock Show. They have crafted a very special Christmas gift for those in need, but will need YOUR help to make this gift possible!
On December 12th, 2021, at 4 p.m., the YMCA youth group will be hosting a Christmas Charity Virtual Show. The event will be held on the “Music School of Hard Rock” Facebook page. Grab your family and friends, and come join us on an adventure through these merry performances. You will find yourself singing along to a star vocalist, and laughing your heart out as comedians tickle your funny bone, spreading Christmas cheer along the way.
All contributions collected will go to the Penang Shan Home Association. They have a total of 18 children from the ages of 4 to 18 years, and will greatly appreciate your support with groceries and utility expenses. So, book this date and come on down to our merry performances, and together let us bless this home so that everyone will have a very Merry Christmas.
A Message From Penang Shan Children’s Home
It is my utmost pleasure to say that Penang Shan Children’s Home has cruised through with great reputation and success which is mainly due to the continuous support and guidance of our dedicated Chairman, Committee and Staff.
We have had overwhelming respond from caregivers, volunteers and sponsors who escalate our growth in terms of sponsoring meals, donations and organising ice breaking and educational programmes and games. The commitment of the committee, staff and volunteers has been overwhelming, as the children come from all walks of background and we need to cultivate a sense of belonging just like the need for food and shelter and education. This would also make the children receptive and motivated. Educators are on the front lines affecting positive changes while seeing that their online classes and homework are met and updated.
Apart from these, we also have occasional Yoga Classes as well as Tabala and Mirdangam classes conducted by our dedicated and benevolent Miss Anne Choon. It has been very challenging but nevertheless we have coped well with the above mentioned warm hearted people. Some who have even upgraded our internet to Unify due to the online google meetings and Classes which were carried on extensively during our current SOP period. We had our water pressure piping and repairs to the Boys/GirIs dormitories done. We also had some desktops/tablet in terms of donation.
Our Objectives
- To give children at risk and who come from distressed environment, a childhood and future by protecting, guiding, healing them and by building loving environmental and strong bonding with them.
- To develop our children into well balanced, mature and positive members of the society.
- To rehabilitate the children in our care from their past hurts and help them overcome their fears and to not ponder at their past which would be a threat to their future undertakings.
Our Mission
- Our mission is to improve the lives of children experiencing emotional and psychological distress by providing sanctuary, support, education, tools and resources.
- Our focus is to strive and provide the quality and the enjoyment of life deserved by all children and to ensure a positive outlook for their future.
To conclude, I sincerely hope our organisation will continue to strive to great heights with this very thought in mind… A GREAT EDUCATOR TAKES A HAND, OPENS A MIND AND TOUCHES A HEART.
Our Mission
- Our mission is to improve the lives of children experiencing emotional and psychological distress by providing sanctuary, support, education, tools and resources.
- Our focus is to strive and provide the quality and the enjoyment of life deserved by all children and to ensure a positive outlook for their future.
The Hard Rock Heals Foundation
The Hard Rock Heals Foundation is a global charity with grassroots intentions. Established to champion Hard Rock’s founding mottos, the Hard Rock Heals Foundation exists to improve lives and the resiliency of communities through the power of music.
The foundation seeks to build and invest in programs and partnerships that contribute positively to people, communities, and the natural environment.
YMCA Penang
The Penang YMCA is a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to facilitate and promote the spiritual, mental, physical, and social development of individuals as responsible citizens of our country.
The organization seeks to transcend all barriers of class, race, gender, nationality, and political affiliation through various programmes to direct youths toward healthy recreational activities by providing facilities and opportunities to develop the confidence of individuals to become responsible members of society.
YMCA Penang x Hard Rock Hotel Penang
The YMCA Penang and Hard Rock Hotel Penang under the Hard Rock Heals Foundation aims to continuously empower the local community, especially young people, to improve their lives through music and leadership.
We aspire to engage and develop young talents among underprivileged musically-inclined children and youths from targeted charitable homes (eg. The House of Hope and The Salvation Army Penang Children’s Home) by providing access to music lessons, musical instruments and performance opportunities through the Music School of Hard Rock programme.
Our vision to empower the underprivileged via working with charity homes
The YMCA Penang and Hard Rock Hotel Penang under the Hard Rock Heals Foundation first collaborated in December 2018 in a charitable Christmas party that raised RM13,000 to provide schooling aid for 200 underprivileged children and physically challenged young adults from five NGOs:
> Persatuan Perkhidmatan Komuniti Taiping (ESDA)
> Chrystal Home, Persatuan Kebajikan Anak-Anak Yatim LMSTP, Taiping
> Persatuan Rumah Kebajikan Penyayang Ren Ai, Sungai Petani
> NTA School for the Refugee Children (Rohingya Children’s Work), Alor Setar
> The Salvation Army Penang Children’s Home
> House of HOPE
Ideology
The Music School of Hard Rock is the first-ever in Malaysia (and also probably ASIA). The whole idea is to empower and foster:
Leadership
Mentorship
Buddy Systems
Discipline
Responsibility
Mission filled mindset
Exposure
…to young people through the power of music.
Teachers would be Mentors and in return, students will be future mentors too.
Images courtesy of Music School of Hard Rock, YMCA Youth, and Penang Shan Children’s Home.
