I wanted to just take a few minutes and share with you all a
small project that brought my community together. During the last 4 months my community, staff
and myself have been working on creating a second-hand shop for 'Sabah Cheshire
Home, Sandakan'. The shop was presented to the
committee back in 2008 and when I was first introduced to the project it looked
like a storage room. Today (April 15th, 2012), we had our grand opening, and I
will admit it brought tears of joys to my eyes to finally see it all come
together and the support of my community!
Many people in my community spent many hours (free) to do volunteer
labor and donate funds and/or items. The
preparation has been hard work and developing your own business is not as easy
as it might seem. This project was an
experience I will never forget. Below is
the website that I created for the shop!
The Missions Of
The Shop:
-To provide employment opportunity for persons with
disabilities.
-To provide equal opportunity for persons with
disabilities in
gaining independent living.
-To create awareness on disability issues.
-To generate income for the 'Home'.
*pictures of the event
will come later
