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17 February 2021

I see, I care: Lunar New Year Greeting

2021, Happy Lunar New Year of Ox

FunforGOal Foundation invited youths and their families using the most popular selfie video style to record a 1 minute clip to wish elderlies living in the Villa Cathay Care home a happy Lunar New Year! Show their talent in this clip, help to bring some joy and hope to them in 2021, in this pandemic!

Special thanks to our young host, Jonathan (Jazer) Wu!

Special thanks to Yen, #yenlarts, a local artist for making a contribution to Villa Cathay in support of this activity!

History of Villa Cathay Care Home

A long term care home originally built back in 1922, named Oriental Home, was for the Chinese immigrants who came during gold rush and to built railways. It was a home for those who lived through the harsh times and inequalities. Nowadays, Oriental Home has long changed it’s name to Villa Cathay , moved to a new location, but continue being a non-profit organization providing culturally focused nursing care for Chinese ethnicity elderlies.

By FunforGOal

CommunityVolunteering

7 January 2021

I See, I Care.

There are many ways of volunteering, engaging your community, and during the pandemic, we learn to live through adversity by continuing finding ways making positive changes in our daily life.

In December 2020, FunforGOal Foundation has organized an online volunteer activity “I see, I care Project”. This is a 3 sessions of an online community engagement activity taking place on December 12th, 19th and 26^th. By attending all 3 sessions, participants will obtain up to 7 volunteering hours, and get to explore and discuss social issues on aboriginal reconciliation in Canada, and history of Chinese immigrants.

FunforGOal Foundation has invited Ms. Joey from Villa Cathay Care Home to give us a virtual tour of the center and a presentation on its history and services. Villa Cathay Care has a long history of caring for senior Chinese immigrants back in 1922. Those who lived in 1922 were some of the first generation of Chinese immigrants who came to BC to build railways and during the Gold Rush period. Villa Cathay was established as a non-profit organization and continues to be one today.

In addition, we also have Ms. Maura Gowans, the Executive Director of the Aboriginal Mother Centre Society to join us sharing her own personal story of growing up under the effects of Residential School. The struggles she was facing then, and how she overcame, and used that experience to empower others are inspirational! She has also shown us how important it is for reconciliation to take place, and the effort of helping aboriginal people regain their culture, language and history back.

By FunforGOal

CommunityVolunteering

18 November 2020

Let’s Make Your Holidays This Year Extra Special!!

Christmas is coming, as we bid farewell to 2020, we hope for a better year in 2021. As much as we would like to celebrate, drink champagne and feast with our family and friends in this year’s holidays, it will be quite difficult to do so with the social bans! However, there is no stopping for you to send your wishes and blessings to your loved ones. No doubt, 2020 has been a difficult year for all businesses and none-profit organizations, and especially for Rabbitats. Being a volunteer-run charity group that depends on generating revenue by donation and hosting events, Rabbitats are unable to do much because of the pandemic. Since, rabbitats are not as popular as dogs and cats, they can be easily missed by the public. Yen Ling, #yenlarts @yenlarts, a local Vancouver artist, who has step-up and started a fundraising project with FunforGOal.ca. Yen designed and drew beautiful art pieces in support of Rabbitats. Instead of getting other greeting cards, let’s help Rabbitats to stay afloat by purchasing their holiday cards to send your wishes and blessings to your family and friends this year. All net profits will be donated to Rabbitats in helping to continue providing food, shelter and care for over 300 rabbits into 2021!

by May Yao

By FunforGOal

Blog

31 July 2020

7 WAYS TO ENJOY AND THRIVE IN 2020

How to navigate through changes and coming out on top of them seems to be the focus of this year ever since we entered year 2020. Everything we have built up in our life, at work and ways we carried out our social routines is in question, meet with detours and being recalibrated.

And, where there is a will, there is a way! Here are 7 ways that will help you keep enjoying the things you do before and continue to shine through the year 2020!

1. Cheers, drink and read

With the smaller circle we are involving ourselves in these days, we should cherish the quality time we give and get when we are hanging out in a smaller circle now that the conversation carries further and deeper. And, with online ordering, it has never been easier to have your drinks/ food delivered to you at the doorstep. Or, when at home, find a quiet spot, immerse yourself in a good read and reclaim the calmingness.

2. Glow through Sweat

Workouts keep you focused, active and calm. Keep doing the workout you like to do, don’t give up just because life throws you some lemos! Instead, be creative and find new ways of continuing your workout routines.

3. Knowledge is Power

This is the time we step up, to become the best of ourselves! See the disruption as the chance to pick up a new skill, learn a new subject or a different job that you always thought about it but have never got the time for in the past. You can do that at the comfort of your own space, and best yet, invite a friend to do it with you.

4. New Mindset, New Future

We acknowledge the challenges at hand, we adapt and seek support when needed. With online, the tools to manage your stress are easily accessible from following a meditation clip on youtube to booking a session with.

5. A new twist on travelling

Don’t completely kill off your wanderlust genes because of the change, instead understand the situation, be aware of the new travel rules and plan around it. Focus can be shifted to exploring the local, planning a close ranged road trip with a smaller circle of friends and revisiting some of the places you have been long ago and probably forgotten.

6. Step outside for a breath of fresh air

Mind jotting down the things you would like to enjoy both for outdoor and indoor. For example, BBQ, camping, water sports etc, and games like “exit”, used to be an indoor event, can be played outside as scavenger hunt. Even afternoon tea parties can become afternoon tea picnics outside in parks. Indoor events can also be safe if you take precautions. Where there’s a will there’s a way!

7. Daily gratification practice

“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” by Wayne W. Dyer.

What we focus on affects our emotions and actions. Thus, practicing naming one thing a day that you are grateful for will help to be your anchor in the midst of uncertainty.

By FunforGOal

Blog

14 March 2020

Camping – Natural Therapy

Increase in urbanization, we have been living far from nature, we often become fixated in our daily routines. Slowly we got sucked into our own little bubbles, running on a hamster wheel with no ends. Our body is not mechanical, it is organic, and with living constantly under stress, it is bound to give out one day. A research article on the correlation of urbanization, rumination and mental illness by Gregory N. Bratman, J. Paul Hamilton, Kevin S. Hahn, Gretchen C. Daily, and James J. Gross from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America has clearly indicated “how one links to the other and equal to anxiety and depression.” Also, as simple as having a 90 minutes walk through a natural environment has a significant effect on one’s mental wellbeing compared to that of the person walking through an urban environment.

Here at Vancouver B.C, we are blessed with many provincial parks, campsites and trails, let’s take the opportunity and enjoy a free mental health therapy provided by nature.

It is also the time to release that inner child of yours. Since when have you forgotten to laugh out loud, run around freely in the forest, get mud onto your shirt and face. Let’s get the FUN back into your life! Do the same for your children, give them back the childhood they deserve. Through outdoor activities, they will gain leadership skills, problem solving and become independent. These are some of the best life skills you can pass on to your children! There are all kinds of different camps or retreats you can let them go and enjoy during their school breaks, refresh their minds, and give them a chance to be curious and creative!