Club GLOW Gevgelija: January 2012

We haven't written anything on the blog for a while and we are currently on a winter break. But, we spent the whole month of December preparing for a project.The project we were part of is called “Christmas workshop” and it's under the auspices of the Apollonia Foundation. It’s an annual event right before Christmas. Club GLOW Gevgelija is collaborating with this foundation 2 years already. Members of our club volunteer every Saturday and Sunday to another one of their projects called “Nature day” where young children learn about the environment and how to protect it through fun activities. However, this Christmas workshop was all about giving in the Christmas spirit, and this is the second year our club is actively involved in it. About 100 children attended the workshop this year and helped the social family cases by making crafts that were donated to these families, along with food and clothes. There were 7 tables and on each table there was a club GLOW girl, volunteer of course, called captain table who controlled what the children were doing and helped them in making the crafts, along with 2 other club GLOW girls. The Christmas workshop was held on January 3rd and 4th at hotel Apollonia in Gevgelija. At the end of the second day all of the children that attended the workshop (and are part of the Nature day project) sang a song to their parents and got certificates of participation. (Club GLOW Gevgelija got one too, yay!) This was the first leadership event for our new members and they were so excited about participating and giving help to those who need it. We have to confess that it was pretty exhausting working with young children, but it was worth it, knowing that those people from Gevgelija and nearby villages who can’t afford to have a normal Christmas now have warm clothes, food and Christmas ornaments in their homes and we were such a great part of making that happen. We are all happy that we volunteered to a good cause as this one.