December 8th
was an important date for the clubhouse because it was
our Open
House
cum
Employers’
Reception.
Everyone
in the
clubhouse
was
happy
and
excited
about
it. We
started
to
design
the
invitation
card
several
months
before
the
event;
people
were
assigned
different
responsibilities
at
various
locations
of the
clubhouse;
tour
guides
practised
the
routines
repeatedly,
and MCs
rehearsed
over and
over
their
speeches.
These
achievements
were the
joint
effort
and hard
work of
all
members
and
staff.
The 10-year Partnership Award was presented to the HKU
Department
of
Psychiatry
and
Morgan
Stanley
Asia
Ltd. The
awards
were
well
deserved
as these
two
employers
have
been
generously
supporting
us over
the past
10
years.
Several
members
shared
their
experience
and
rehabilitation
journey
with us.
They
touched
every
heart.
The
atmosphere
was warm
and our
MCs
Joyce
and
Sandy
handled
the
entire
ceremony
well.
As guests started to arrive around 6 pm, the clubhouse
came
alive.
It was
the
busiest
hour for
our tour
guides
because
they
needed
to take
our
guests
around
the
clubhouse
and
explain
to them
the
function
of the
different
units.
The
Community
Resource
Room
where
refreshments
were
served
was
crowded.
Everybody
enjoyed
the
mouth-watering
hors-d’oeuvres.
. I was
happy to
meet my
ex-Transitional
Employment
employer.
We
greeted
each
other
and took
photos.
After the presentation of awards and members’ testimonies,
the
ceremony
reached
its
final
phase.
The
clubhouse
staff
and
employers
were
busy
making
memories
by
taking
photos.
It was a
heart-warming
scene
indeed!
It was
in this
pleasant
atmosphere
that the
Open
House
cum
Employers’
Reception
came to
a
satisfactory
conclusion!
Tony
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