The students are playing table football with the guests 学生们与嘉宾在玩桌上足球
They are playing UNO 大家一起玩优诺牌
At SYB, some of the core values we want to instill to our students are solidarity and team spirit. After nearly one year spent together, and thanks to the great work and care of our social educator and trainers, strong friendships have emerged among the young bakers. However we also hope that they are open-minded and that they can reach out to people from other backgrounds.
This is why on Saturday 15th a group of young bakers spent the afternoon at the Renewal Center, an employment assistance program and resource center for Shanghai’s homeless population. The center currently serves about 80 visitors per week, mostly male migrants that have special personal impediments to reunion with families and integrating into China’s workforce.
The Renewal Center offers a broad range of services, from showers and laundry to internship and housing assistance program. Its goal is to create sustainable paths out of homelessness in Shanghai.
The students brought with them cheese cakes, pies and macaroons that they had baked during their pastry exams. Everything was devoured within a few minutes, to the great pleasure of the young bakers!
The cakes acted as an ice-breaker and the students then played games with the guests: UNO, ping-pong, table football…It was the first time for the young bakers to play these and they had a lot of fun! After dinner was served by the students, they went back to their school, happy of the afternoon they had spent and more aware that they are lucky to have a place that they can call home.
在海上青焙坊，我们一直在努力培养学员们的团结及合作精神。在生活老师和培训师的教导下，一年的时间过去后，学员间已诞生了深厚的友谊。我们期待他们更进一步：心胸开阔，关注不同背景的人群。
所以，6月15日下午，学员们来到专为流浪者提供工作援助的日新中心，与居住在日新中心的客人们度过了一个下午。日新中心目前每周接待80位客人，大多是移居上海的男性移民者，他们因个人原因，无法与家人团聚，也无力找到工作。
日新中心为他们提供多种服务，包括沐浴、洗衣，以及实习和居住援助。日新中心期待帮助流浪者找到自食其力的方法。
学员们为流浪者带去了西点考试中制作的乳酪蛋糕，派，还有马卡龙。学员们见到所有的点心都在几分钟内被抢食一空，不由得露出开心的笑容。
蛋糕充当了破冰者的角色，之后学生们和客人们玩起了游戏：优诺牌，乒乓球，桌上足球……学生们都是头一次接触这些游戏，玩得不亦乐乎！学生们客人们上好菜后，就开始启程回校，开心于下午的经历，也意识到他们是多么的幸运，因为他们至少有一个能称之为家的地方。