It is possible to change this world with little acts of
kindness. Imagine the chain reaction that could happen. Imagine
what would be the world if EVERYONE was showing love and kindness
to each other. Together, we CAN change this world !
Slide 3
Repairing schools electric bass We are in music concentration,
so why not help our music teachers ! We replaced the basss output
jack that was broken : it was impossible to have any sound with
this bass during music class or Stage Band rehearsal. Sometime,
they are more than one Stage Band practicing at the same time, and
because one of the two bass was broken, it was impossible for one
of the bassist to play with the rest of the band. It was fun to
work with electronic parts and see how this instrument is made. We
learned new things. When it was the time to test if the bass was
working, we were at the same time proud of ourselves and very happy
! Our music and Stage Band teacher, Serge, was very happy to have
the second bass. That will help all the bassists in school a lot to
practice their music. Thank you to Gabriels dad who lead us to
repair the bass. Testing =) The output jack ----
Slide 4
Doing volunteer work Everybody likes the work that volunteer
workers do for them, so we did volunteer work at Mascouche's
Support Center to help the people that are working there. We sorted
a lot of clothes (we had XXL category) and put a hanger on each
sweater or t-shirt. We worked there for two hours. Samuels
grandmother works there three days a week. We though that it would
be great to help the volunteers for an evening. Samuel knows that
there was a lot of work because her grandmother told him. So we
came there on an evening. The volunteers where happy to have some
help and it was fun to work with them. They where very kind with
us. One funny thing with that job was to found weird t-shirts. Some
volunteers there already worked for us (we used to be clients) so,
its now our turn to work for them. The volunteers were happy to
have a little bit of help from us. The person in charge of us was
also proud and happy of our work. Thank you to Samuels grandmother
for helping us to make this happen.
Slide 5
Take care of a friend at the hospital How long would be time at
the hospital after surgery if there is nobody to play with you ?
Very long for the kid and his parent(s). So we decided to take care
and play with Samuels little brother Josu at the Montreal Childrens
Hospital (MUHC) while his mother hang out with her family (exeption
for Samuel) in Downtown Montreal (Josu had a surgery to reconstruct
his bladder and stayed at the hospital for two weeks). We played
with plasticine, builded puzzle or building our own Angry Birds
levels with plastic blocks and small birds. The time was very long
for Josu and especially for his mother because she needed to stay.
Samuels brothers and sister were missing their mom. We tought that
give her a little time with her family will be great. Josu was very
happy so we were happy (chain reaction). It was funny to play with
him, it was a little bit different for him too. He met Gabriel and
was surprise to see someone new. Josu had a fun time because it was
different. Samuels mother was relieved of staying at the hospital
and her family was finaly happy to see her mom after a long time !
Thank you to Samuels father who make the taxi and to the hospital
itself because they accept that we take care of Josu instead of his
mother.
Slide 6
Playing with kids to free up their mothers We remembered when
we were 4 or 5 years old when teens were playing with our friends
and us, so it is now our turn to play with young kids. So we helped
Ms. Florence to anime sports for young people in a Home-School
Group in Mascouche (Samuel was going there before he came at du
Coteau). We did some warm-ups then the kids play with an obstacle
course that we builded. At the end, we played all together to ball
games. It is rare that the moms have time to spend together because
they have to take care and play with their kids so we decided to
give them a break for this afternoon. We think that the greater
moments were when the kids were saying thank you. Other than that,
the time wasnt long because we were kind of playing with the kids
and it was funny ! The moms were very happy to have a big free time
where they can do many things that they wont have the time for it
usually. The kids were surprise at the beginning but at the end,
they were telling us that they like this experience a lot. Thank
you to Ms. Florence for the organisation and to the kids for their
good attitude !
Slide 7
A Quebec classic : shovel snow !!! A tradition in Quebec :
shovel the snow after a snowstorm. So we shoveled Samuels house
balcony because they were about 90 centimeters of snow and the
balcony was riscing to fall because of the weight of all the snow.
We decided to shovel this snow to help his parents and to make a
snow mountain so the kids would play games with this hill. Also, if
we didnt shovel the snow, the balcony may lean on one side. The job
wasnt so easy because of the icy snow under the new snow and it was
very long to do this job but we still had fun like making jokes to
each other with snowballs or other things. For the parents, this
was a job less and they were happy to have more time for themselves
and for the kids (Samuel's brothers and sister), they were very
happy to have and good hill to play at the King of the Mountain
with their friends and us.
Slide 8
Cook fudge for our teachers Trying to be in Christmas spirit,
we cooked some cherry and marshmallow fudge for all our teachers
and to our two bus drivers for Christmas. We decided to cook this
dessert to all this people in recognition for all the work they do
for us. In the kitchen, the feeling was weird because were not
accustomed to cook, especially for people out of our family. When
we were packing, it was difficult to cut all the fudge pieces
proximally the same size, to assemble the boxes or to make the
floors correctly, but, the most important thing is that we had fun.
During the distribution, we were a bit stressed, especially for the
bus drivers because we dont know them like our teachers and we
didnt have much time. The bus drivers were surprised because they
dont usually receive gifts from the students. The teachers were
happy to have some dessert from their students, some asked for the
recipe. All our thanks to Samuels mother for the grocery and her
advices.
Slide 9
Babysitting for free Everybody remembers the good moments they
had when our parents were hanging out and someone was babysitting
them and doing fun activities with them. We thought that it would
be nice to give fun to children. So we did it. We babysat Samuels
brothers and sister (6 children). In the afternoon, we slid on snow
toboggans on Chteaubriant and Ste-Marie street corner at Mascouche.
When we were back, we ate supper, helped the two babies to eat and
did a part of the dishes (Jrmie did the rest because hes older than
his brothers and sister). Later in the night, we put the babies to
bed and played with the other children at board games or practicing
magic tricks. Gabriel helped Timoth with his homework after dinner
too. After the other kids were in their beds, we watched Infoman
with Jrmie. We want to thank Jrmie for the dishes and to all the
kids for their good attitude !
Slide 10
Helping friends that are moving Everybody remembers when they
move (dmnagent) and how much it is difficult unless some people
help them. One of our friend, Zacharie Glinas, is moving with all
his family. They are passing through difficult times and we decide
to help them to prepare the house for the visitors. We shoveled the
snow outside to let them easily watch the backyard. Then, we went
inside and clean up some rooms, we helped them also for the
laundry, to sweep the floor and other things. The Glinas were
pleased of our help because they are really tired of all the job
there is to do. This is a very nice family and they always
persevere in their problems. Theyre a very good example for all of
us. We want to thank Samuels brother, Jrmie, for his help and to
the Glinas because they invited us and leaded us a little bit.
Samuel want also to give a special thank to Ms. Nathalie Glinas for
her help in his film (she was driving the car in the
beginning).
Slide 11
Play n educate to a brother We all have been babies and we all
know that we need a kind of education since our first weeks. Samuel
has a little brother (Josu, so we called this act of kindness :
Josu part 2 !) that has past the first year of his life to be layed
down on his back while drinking water. His mental development is
late, so we decide to help him with some card games : we played
hide and seek with cards : we showed him cards and ask him to find,
for example, the tiger card. We were also asking him what were the
meaning of the objects on the cards. He was learning and playing !
We played at many much other games during almost an hour.
Sometimes, it was harder because Josu didnt want to obey during
period of 3, 4 or 5 minutes. That was constructive for both of us
and Josu because we learned a new activity for our future kids
Thank you to Samuels mother for her explications.
Slide 12
Cook a meal for chearful people Teachers help students a lot in
life. But why so few students help their teachers outside school ?
We knew that Marie-Neige was pregnant and we know by our mothers
experiences, that headaches are very frequent when your pregnant
and sometimes, you just dont want to cook for dinner. So we decide
to cook (again) for Marie-Neige and Gabriels family because we did
nothing yet for her. We were looking for something that is not too
hard to cook for beginners, healthy, delicious and inexpensive meat
macaroni !!! In the kitchen, we had funny times, hard times and
weird times (again). This is another fun way to learn things. One
of our problems was when we arrived to give the macaroni to Marie-
Neige she wasnt there. We didnt know what to do with the food
during the first period : do you imagine Gabriel in the maths
lesson with meat macaroni ? Well, Franois, our music teacher, saved
us and put the macaroni in the fridge until Marie-Neige comes.
Finally, this adventure was exciting, weird but fun. Special thanks
to Franois, our mothers and to Olivier Payette for the photo.
Slide 13
In conclusion In conclusion, this project was a real lesson for
us. We learned many good things and developed a bigger experience.
One of the greatest things that we had learn is that there is more
joy to give than to receive. We developed friendship, leadership,
perseverance, joy for giving and many other qualities. For sure
this adventure gave us a few problems. Sometimes, we were both busy
and didnt have time for the project, we lost our USB key, we ran
out of ideas Well, all those just gave us more experience. This
project is not only profitable for us, but also for all the people
we helped. Do not forget the chain reaction Imagine a new world
Thank you Camelia for this awesome life project ! Samuel Barrette
Gabriel Boucher Group 31 April 8 th, 2014 Together, we CAN change
this world !