2020 January Jia-Xin Gifts and Necessities in Taitung. Woodcraft workshop in ChingChuan and Taichung. Government begins mandating measures to try to stem COVID-19 starting with postponing spring semester for schools. February Brighter Futures training for job interviews at Taoyuan MuHsiang Children’s Home, interview skills with youth also providing plantbased meals supporting Ooh Cha Cha Restaurant. March Volunteer training on Trauma Education, Sexual Harassment, Creativity Impact, LGBTQ tolerance. Welcomed Merck to join our Big Friend volunteer base and quarterly support. April Support plant-based business via Eat for Love, donations of almost to 20 boxes of noodles sent to various Bright Side locations in Taiwan. May Chef Eric Wu from Baganhood utilizing Omnipork and Beyond Meat for a delicious meatball and handmade pasta training session. June Hired our 2014 youth from Taoyuan as part of our Bright Side Brighter Futures program. Wooden Birdhouses We were fortunate to have a woodcraft craftsman head over to both Taichung and ChingChuan with us for the month of January. Kids were able to make a gift for themselves (or to give to others) but one that also provided a safe abode for the wild birds of Taiwan! The workshop took approximately 5 hours but even the youngest child stuck with it - we were able to serve a delicious plant based lunch today so they would have enough energy to complete the task; traditional Taiwanese fried rice with Beyond Meat sausages and the sausages separately with green onion slices, Bafang Dumpling shop’s new Omnipork dumplings, and our usual and must have seasonal fruit salad with coconut milk. LINE Stickers This was a special workshop in creating a series of LINE stickers based off of our Taoyuan Muhsiang Children’s Home drawings. We combined an art therapy and discussion about how to express emotions by playing “draw” bingo. Kids were given sheets of paper with squares and a list of emotions. The center square they would select one of the emotions after hearing a story told by our staff; everyone would create a character and show how the character would react to the same story. This was able to show that for the same situation everyone has a different reaction and chooses to express it in different ways. After filling each of the squares in a variety of ways, images were selected and our LINE stickers are now available in their sticker shop or scan the QR code on the left! For lunch there’s nothing sweeter than having vegan waffles with fresh fruit and coconut whip cream to complete the day on an otherwise heavy subject. Download Kid’s LINE stickers! ART THERAPY SKILLED CRAFTS
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