Inspiration

Dear Friends...

Please click this video to have an idea what our balloon experiment is all about.

But think of it in our Singapore context but instead of one man creating that effect, envision 50/100/500/1000 youths making balloons throughout this island!

Volunteer Management

So you may be thinking, how can i contribute to this project?

There are basically two ways:

1. Be a volunteer!
2. Be a core team member

After the mini experiments, we welcome everyone to join us on the team as Volunteers!

We are recruiting as many as we can get throughout the year. So that:

1. We can mobilise you to other events, if you are keen
2. Keep you updated about what is going on with the project
3. Sometime next year, we will all join forces(a very huge) one and attempt to break the world record!

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And for those of you who show very keen interest in serving more, we will train you up to be trainers yourself.

A Core team member will..

lead a group of Volunteers, organise events, help out in fund-raising activities and many more exciting stuff.

we'll be looking out for you!

Mini Experiments

We organise a Mini Experiment monthly.

Well, what exactly is a Mini Experiment?

It is a 4 hour event that includes the following:

1. Lots of fun and laughter!
2. Equipping of Balloon-Making Skills
3. Moving out into the streets to bless the community
4. Regroup & Debrief

An ideal group size is about 30 people. The location varies from place to place and depends on the targeted community.

If you are very interested to join us in one of these experiments... email us @ balloonexperiment@gmail.com

How It Began!

It all began in 2006 when a old toy shop uncle gave me a handful of elongated balloons with a pump and a black white instruction sheet. I started to make simple balloon stuff like dogs, flowers, swords... and to my amazement, i actually enjoyed making them. Even more when it brings that sweet smiles on kid's faces whenever i decide to make a fool of myself using my new-found skill.

A turning point was when i stumbled upon this website about balloon hats. www.balloonhat.com

A man by the name of addi somekh, together with a photographer friend of his went all over the world to make balloon hats for thousands of people of many races, religion, cultures... It was truly inspiring. The kind of joy he brought to the villagers in rural mongolia or working adults in downtown Manhattan, New York was immense!

I thought to myself: "Wow, what if i can gather a bunch of crazy people, teach them how to make balloon hats, throw a pump and some balloons at them and go out into the streets to bless others?"

I immediately bought his book. Studied it and within a month. I set out on a project together with some friends @ Marine Parade.

True enough, it turned out very enriching and fulfilling in the sense that the volunteers learnt alot about themselves, the community was very blessed(esp. when they found out we were doing them for free).

There is something deep and special about making balloon hats for the community. They are touched in many different ways!

In response to the potential we see in this project. The Great Balloon Experiment idea was evolved from our journey with this special social tool. A team of us are dedicated to push this experiment as far it can go! And thru the process that countless lives will be touched by our little act of kindness

Our Mission Statement:

We want to bring joy by balloon hats for the community with no strings attached. By doing so, we hope to encourage volunteerism among the youths of today and inspire creativity in them throughout the world!