In Ulu Geroh, Gopeng on August 08, 2010 the first pilot session of Family Day with six ICW members and more than 25 Rotarians began. Among the members of ICW who attended this pilot session include ICW Chairman Augustine Anthony, Committee Members M. Gokoolaram Naidu, Bah Tony Williams Hunt, Chong Pek Khoun and members Dr. Shan N. Narayanan and B. Balakrishna.
The pilot session of the Family Day which included the ‘Children Project Assisted Learning Enrichment Program’, a collaboration between the Kelab Rotary Ipoh Selatan (KRIS) and Ipoh City Watch was hosted on outdoor grounds. The program was assisted by volunteers and considerable funding from KRIS was therefore required on initial start up. However ICW incurred no cost in this project as it organized the program for the Rotarians for which they were thankful.
When we arrived at the location after bumpy ride, not many children were present as the older children and teens were still in Church. However the crowd trickled in later after the Sunday mass. The progress had been slow but steady. The volunteers conducted coloring and essay competition based on 1 Malaysia values. Gifts such as dictionaries and stationeries were presented to them.
