We are a group of young professionals with a shared vision to teach and encourage charity amongst schools and children, commencing from Hong Kong and reaching out. We aim to take children around the world on a fun ride of "Adventures for Toys"! Do come and visit us at http://www.facebook.com/toysstories (Facebook) or http://ourtoysstories.wordpress.com/ (Blog)

1. at
Shamshuipo Kaifong Welfare Association Primary School
31 March 2012

2. The stage for our "Big Give" event – Wow!
To the right: "Jigsaw puzzle" made in boxes for this meaningful event – How very creative!

3. Toys … More toys … Countless of toys – Awesome!
“Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.”

4. Cupcakes for the participating children and parents sponsored by Swire Hotels – East.
Really yummy!

5. Drinks for the participating children and parents.
How thoughtful indeed!

6. Children and parents volunteering to help set up for the Big Day event.
So much love and passion!

7. “The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.”
Ross Perot

8. Parent and child working together – Such strong bond, love and fun!

9. Sticker for the Big Day event – “Yeah! I got one, too!”

10. Sharing School – St Lorraine English Kindergarten (Yuen Long)

11. Children getting seated for the Big Day event – “Can’t wait no more!”

12. Expectant … Curious… Young and innocent… “What’s out there for me?”

13. BY Sim, spokesperson of "Toy's Stories - Adventures for Toys" project, welcoming all to the Big Day event

14. Principal of St Lorraine English Kindergarten (Yuen Long) giving thanks to all for their participation
and sharing the vision to take the spirit of sharing to the next level

15. Principal of Shamshuipo Kaifong Welfare Association Primary School giving thanks to all for
their participation and particularly to the "Toy's Stories" team for bringing this meaningful event to life

16. A Commemorative Flag from Shamshuipo Kaifong Welfare Association Primary School for
“Toy’s Stories – Adventures for Toys” – Bravo!

17. A Commemorative Flag from Shamshuipo Kaifong Welfare Association Primary School for
St Lorraine English Kindergarten (Yuen Long) – Fantastic!

18. A Commemorative Flag from St Lorraine English Kindergarten (Yuen Long) for
“Toy’s Stories – Adventures for Toys” – Yippee!

19. A Commemorative Flag from St Lorraine English Kindergarten (Yuen Long) for
Shamshuipo Kaifong Welfare Association Primary School – So Inspiring!

20. Children from St Lorraine English Kindergarten (Yuen Long) performing for
Shamshuipo Kaifong Welfare Association Primary School

21. “We are each gifted in a unique way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.”
Mary Dunbar

22. Such an attentive audience!
“When we love, we admire with the heart.”

23. “We are each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another.”
Luciano de Crescenzo

24. “Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.”
Kim Cattrall

25. “A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.”
Denis Waitley

26. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”

27. Children from Shamshuipo Kaifong Welfare Association Primary School
Regardless of race, gender and culture, we are but one big family needing love, hopes and dreams.

28. Everyone, up! Let’s twist and turn and be silly and happy!

29. ‘Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being silly. But the word silly comes from the old English
word selig, and its literal definition is "to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous.”’ – Zig Ziglar

30. Yes! Let’s be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous – always!

31. Parents and children dancing and partying together – How cool is that?

32. Time to pay it forward… Time to pass the toys forward.

33. “It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute… that gives meaning to our lives.”
Anthony Robbins

34. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”
Napoleon Hill

35. “It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing.”
Mother Teresa

36. “And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.“
Libba Bray

37. “Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness.”
Ola Joseph

38. “Everyday in every way I create my own reality. So what is that I choose to create today?”
Gabriella Goddard

39. “We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.”
Stevie Wonder

40. “Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

41. “I do it for the joy it brings. ‘Cause I am a joyful girl.
‘Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.” – Ani Difranco

42. “The living moment is everything.”
D. H. Lawrence

43. Time for some group photos!
“I am a part of all that I have met.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson

44. “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”
Thornton Wilder

45. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Lao Tzu

46. “Every moment is a place you’ve never been.”
Mark Strand

47. Children of St Lorraine English Kindergarten (Yuen Long) and Shamshuipo Kaifong Welfare Association
Primary School joining hand in hand in a series of games and adventures

48. “Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.”
Bo Bennett

49. “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go for it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman

50. ‘The other day a man asked me what I thought was the best time of life.
“Why,” I answered without a thought, “now.”’ – David Grayson

51. “Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you’ll see them all around you.”
Jon Bon Jovi

52. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we are curious,
and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney

53. “We do not remember days; we remember moments.”
Cesare Pavese

54. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyse you; they are supposed to help you discover who you are.”
Bernice Johnson Reagon

55. “To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.”

56. “Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.”
David Bly

57. “Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty.
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” – Franz Kafka

58. “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
Albert Einstein

59. “It’s not about having all the answers. It’s about being open to all questions.”

60. “Nothing is worth more than this day.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

61. “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.”
Neil Postman

62. ToY’s STORies
“Adventures for Toys”
“Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people
to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that can.”
Margaret Mead

63. About Toy’s Stories
• Promote the meaning,
Our
purpose and value of charity
Vision
amongst schools and children
through toy sharing
Our
Theme • “Adventures for Toys”

64. Social Networks
Welcome to visit us at ...
http://www.facebook.com/toysstories
http://ourtoysstories.wordpress.com/
or email us at ...
ourtoystories@gmail.com

65. ToY’s STORies
“Adventures for Toys”
Special thanks to Aaron Chiu for the wonderful photos.
Aaron, you are truly amazing!
Thank you.