Me (in blue) and my fellow leader (in pink)

With us finishing MUN and several seniors who lead activities wanting more time before their exams, me and a friend of mine became the leader's for the Alzeihmer's elective. It was initiated this year by a couple of seniors who wanted to help the Sri Lanka Alzeihmer foundation as well as make students more aware of the problems associated with alzeihmers disease.

To help us get accustomed to the what our task would be, the two seniors invited us to a field trip they were going on to visit a home for alzeihmer patients, sponsored by the SL Alzeihmer foundation. Unlike all other service activities at OSC, this one does not work with kids, but rather senior citizens. This required a changed mindset for me, especially since I have been quite involved with the kids at Cancer Hospital. Eventually, however, we simply had small chats with the elderly group (marvelling at their own almost childlike enthusiasm to meet us) culminating with some sing-alongs.

Watching how our two leaders got the group of 7-10 grader's together to make proper use of the time, I was quite impressed and I know what will be expected of me as leader.