Christmas at the Orphanage
I had read information that Korean orphans would not get adapted here because Koreans put emphasis on the family blood line. Once I read this I was determined to try and do something nice for the orphans. I realized that even though I talk to mom every weekend and tell her that I love her, these kids can't do that. It really affected me and I knew this was something that would be rewarding for me and great for the kids. Since it was so close to christmas, I decided to find an orphanage in Boryeong.
I asked a few of my fellow foreign teachers if they would be willing to donate some money toward food and presents. My plan was to give them a pizza party and me dressed as santa clause to give out the gifts. I managed to raise 400,000 won which gave them pizza, juice and a few gifts for the group.
I dressed up as Santa Claus and with 4 of my friends, we went to the orphanage and entertained about 20 elementary level kids. There was a lot of chasing Santa Claus by the kids and fingernail painting for the girls and boys. I can tell you that Santa was worn out. At the end, the gifts were given to the kids.
A minister, who runs a local Hawgwon, donated pencil cases for all the kids and I had Tom and Jerry stickers, Snickers and Twix minis for them. Once those were given out I handed out the 5 gifts for all the kids to share. They were a Soccer ball, 2 stack-em games, a numbers bingo game, a cops and robbers board game and a table top ping pong game. The smiles we got from the kids made it the best christmas eve I had in a long time.
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