50 Volunteers, One Sunday Morning - 15 March 2026

This Sunday, more than 50 volunteers showed up at Redhill Close.

Young and old, longtime regulars and first-timers, and — especially meaningful this week — children, whose families brought them out during the March school holidays to join us on the ground.

Before we fanned out, Fion Phua gathered the newcomers. Her voice cut through the morning air: "All newcomers follow Fion Phua!"

She ran through the basics. Knock gently — not too loud, not too urgent. The goal is not to startle. When a resident opens the door, pay attention. "Lend me your eyes, your ears, and your nose," she told the group, "to sense the needs of the residents."

On the surface, we were distributing rice, eggs, adult diapers, and clothes. And we did exactly that. Fion, never one to simply hand something over, had put on a pair of diapers herself before leaving home. At the door, she lifted her t-shirt to show the elderly residents — comfortable, she assured them, from personal experience.

As volunteers moved through the blocks, they were also quietly assessing. A flickering light bulb. A door that wouldn't close properly. An elderly resident whose toenails had grown too long to walk comfortably. At the void deck, a volunteer sat down with an elderly resident and gave them a proper haircut.

Beyond the immediate, we were also listening for something harder to see: the family quietly overwhelmed by mounting bills, the home where clutter has started to take over, the household with young children that has fallen through the cracks.

Fion learned early in her life that door-to-door work is one of the most honest ways to understand a neighbourhood. In her years of knocking, she has encountered residents who passed away alone and undiscovered, cases of sexual abuse, and domestic violence — situations that would never have come to light if no one had knocked.

Curiosity, she has always said, is one of the most important tools we bring. Eyes, ears, and nose — not just to notice, but to act.

Today, we had volunteers doing this for the very first time, and youth who have been coming for years. We had children who may carry this with them for the rest of their lives.

As Fion often reminds us: we are all here to learn how to be a better person.

感谢您让我们做有用的人。