SYB helps KPMG organize lunch sharing event
Being a damp rainy day, it did no way stop the enthusiasm of those white-collars learning about the story and culture of the bakery world.
It was 12:00 at noon, Tuesday 30th October, one day right before the Halloween Day. Two professional bakery teachers of Shanghai Young Bakers (“SYB”), the program manager and several volunteers were busy preparing for the lunch sharing session in a bright and spacious training room at Plaza 66, the office of KPMG. As a famous big-4 accounting firm worldwide, KPMG had been making continuous effort on CSR practice for long, by establishing and providing a great platform for their employees to meet with different charity organizations so as to know more about current social issues and the value of diverse charities, even to contribute their expertise and passion into future volunteering work. SYB was very honored to be invited as a charity program providing a vocational training in French bakery to underprivileged youth and to give a general picture about what our vision is and what we are struggling for.
The lunch sharing session soon started with an introduction of SYB by Floriane, the program manager, in front of more than 50 participants. Following the presentation, Xiaojinjin, our pastry teacher, took out the delicious muffins prepared before-hand and demonstrated how to make Halloween decorations onto it. This intrigued all the attention and interests from those young participants, especially ladies, who couldn’t wait trying on their own. With the guidance and instruction from the SYB volunteers, the KPMG employees began to create and design the decorations with colored flour and chocolate, into a beautiful sun-flower, a lovely mushroom, a vivid animal, and even an imperial crown.
We were so delighted and surprised to find that those young people were extremely excited and talented on those DIY stuffs, never tried on the same though. The event ended up with the sharing by Zhang Zhenghai, another bakery teacher of Shanghai Young Bakers, on the brief introduction of French traditional bread and how to distinguish good bread from others.
“As typical “nine to five” white-collars, we all need something to balance our daily work as well as to discover and develop your potential in other ways.” Said Daisy, a senior volunteer of SYB. “Watching movies, shopping or doing sports can all be your options of being relaxed. For me, I would most enjoy being involved in voluntary work, as I feel really passionate and enlightened to help others and influence people around me, so that to make a positive impact on the society. And even a small change would serve.”
“How can I help on these? I would definitely love to apply for the volunteer position in SYB!” Asked Yangyang, a gorgeous young lady who stayed to help us on the clean-up of the tools and remaining materials. We were glad to see her again on our internal meeting the week after, and she became one of many new volunteers for SYB since then. With the help of those new young generation, we will be confident and proud than ever that the program will have a brighter future and lead itself onto a sustainable path in a long long run.
Daisy
SYB’s Public Relations
SYB为KPMG组织午餐会活动
一个阴雨绵绵的秋日并没有阻挡白领们学习烘焙故事与文化的热情。
这是在10月30日，星期二的中午12点，万圣节的前一天。两名来自海上青焙坊的专业老师，项目主管以及志愿者们在明亮宽敞的KPMG位于Plaza66的培训室为大家准备午餐会。作为著名的四大会计事务所之一，KPMG一直致力于通过建立和提供一个平台，让员工可以和不同的公益组织见面，让员工可以了解更多社会事件和不同慈善项目的价值，甚至为志愿者工作贡献他们自己的专业和热情。 SYB 非常荣幸可以被邀请作为一个为贫困青年提供法式烘焙培训的慈善项目为大家简要介绍我们的愿景以及我们的目标。
有50多名参与者的午餐会在SYB项目主管，Floriane介绍了SYB之后就开始了。在介绍之后，我们的西点老师肖金金拿出了美味的松饼，然后教大家如何做出万圣节的装饰。这个环节让年轻的参与者，特别是女士们都非常感兴趣，大家都忍不住想亲手尝试。在SYB志愿者的指导下，KPMG的员工开始自己创作设计由彩色面粉和巧克力做成的装饰。有做成向日葵的，可爱的蘑菇的，漂亮的动物的，甚至还有人做成了一顶皇冠。我们非常惊讶且高兴地发现这些年轻人，尽管从未尝试过，但对DIY的小东西都非常有兴趣且有天赋。项目在我们另一位老师张政海关于法式传统面包的历史简介以及如何辨别好面包的分享中中结束。
“作为一个典型的朝九晚五的白领，我们需要一些事物来平衡我们的日常生活并且发现和发展你在另外方面的天份。”SYB的高级志愿者Daisy说。“看电影，购物或者做运动可以是你休闲的选择。对我来说，我更享受做志愿者工作因为我对帮助和影响我周围的人感到富有热情和受到启发，所以我想要对社会有个正面的影响。即使一小点改变都好！”
“我怎么帮助这些人？我非常想要申请SYB的志愿者！”杨阳，一位美丽的帮助我们整理工具的年轻女士问到。我们非常高兴能在我们的几周后的志愿者会议上再次见到她，至此，她也成为了SYB众多志愿者之一。在年青一代人的帮助下，我们非常自信且自豪地确信我们的项目有一个光明的未来，并且我们的项目在长期会更具有可持续性。
Daisy
SYB 公共关系