The Family Bridges Initiative Club, started in 2024, is dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of children living in orphanages and welfare homes. The club works to empower vulnerable children in our community by providing essential resources, emotional support, and meaningful opportunities for growth.
You might ask, “Essential resources? Like water and food for survival?” “Emotional support? Are we supposed to go there, give warm hugs, and say fighting?”
Of course not, any stranger who did that would just seem like a weird dude. The club knows how to offer real help and care without crossing boundaries.
They provide these resources and support through fundraising and donations. Members bake and sell goods, then use part of the money to create gifts such as books, toys, and treats. To show care, they also invite students to make cards with drawings and messages. This year, they even plan to include first aid kits. One of the club’s biggest achievements came last year, when several fundraisers went really well, earning over 300,000 KRW! All of the money was used to support current and ongoing projects.
Sometimes helping these kids can be a sensitive thing. Have there ever been moments when the children or the people you’re helping didn’t really want help, or felt uncomfortable about it because of their situation?
“So far no,” said Vice President Zoey Lam (10th grade). “The organization we mainly collaborate with is very open to donations and has never really turned down our projects. When they give us suggestions, we take them into consideration.” Ayy, so far the club is cooking.
Question: How do you think Dwight students are doing in this club? Since most of us members come from privileged families, do you think people join because they truly care, or just for service hours? And how do you try to make people actually care about the kids, not just the SAA?
Zoey Lam: “Well since we are all mainly from pretty wealthy families I think it is especially important to reflect and be grateful for all of the opportunities we are given. Not everyone is so fortunate which is why it is essential to give back in any way we can. It doesn’t have to be a very big or expensive action; it just has to be meaningful. Additionally, we do try to include more thoughtful gifts in our care packages, such as handmade cards, to make them more sincere.”
Have you ever wanted to help the kids but never knew where to start? Joining the Family Bridges Initiative might just be the perfect first step!
(Photos of kids receiving the gifts and playing with them)
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