Tuesday, July 10, 2012

ZEALICON'11

Youth For A Cause conducted the following 3 events at J.S.S Academy's annual fest ZEALICON in 2011 :


1.MAKE  YOUR CRAP

You give us waste paper , we take it.
You give us egg shells , we take it.
You give us any garbage , we take it.

Well we took the idea that “Everything in the world has some use ” a little too far (and included trash to this list of things)….
MAKE YOUR CRAP was the right event for all those good with art and craft, and who could use their scissors , paints and glue with perfection.
The participants were provided with all kinds of the trash that we would not even give a second look to , and their task was to make something either aesthetically pleasing or of practical usage out of it.
This event inculcated in the participants,  a sense of responsibility about the proper disposal of waste and also developed an eye for the items that we tag “waste” but are actually not.
Although our main motive from this event was generation of new ideas and extraction of  creativity at the college  level , in the next level of this event , however,  we plan to teach this art to villagers and other people with less opportunities , as this is a viable employment avenue well worth the grab.
A great event  none-the-less that taught everyone , including us , the members of YFAC , to realize the importance of everything around , and to appreciate the beauty of every single thing.

2.COLLAGE MAKING

Well it would not be wrong if we were to call this event our forte. Over these years , collage making and YFAC have well been linked together and every year , the response to Collage Making just surpasses our expectations. The success of this might just be contributed to the brilliant ideas , the never ending creativity of the participants and enthusiasm of all linked with the event.
It is said that a picture  speaks a thousand words , and this events just proves it right every time. This event provides the students with a relief from the intellectual and the brain racking events and gives them a platform where a junior can very well compete with a senior .
But yes , with all the fun involved in COLLAGE MAKING , it does also provide the participants and the people with a plethora of other learning options. With our themes likes “SAVE THE TIGER” , “VICES OF THE YOUTH TODAY” , we make the students socially sensitive and responsible towards the problems existing in our society today.
And yes , last but not the least , we do provide the all the artists stuck in this engineering college with a chance to showcase their talent. J

3.TREASUREVILLE

This ain’t any online game as the name suggests but it is  a treasure hunt with loads of learning aspects involved. The newest concept introduced in the YFAC bag of events  , it carries with itself a potpourri of activities that would make an individual responsible and essentially caring towards the nature and the mishappenings in the society today .
Treasureville is all about fun , excitement , thrill and loads of skill. True of vision our of exploration and creating awareness , the first of its kind event in our college , Treasureville tested the participants  on their physical prowess , mental smartness , decision making abilities and their knowledge about the society.
There is an element of surprise in this event at every stage . Winning here isn’t a cakewalk , but as they say , THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL.
And unexpectedly , we had to conduct a preliminary quiz to choose the top 50 teams to qualify for the actual hunt , owing to the brilliance of the ideas and the novelty of the event.
Just to brief you about the event , it comprised of 7 stages where every team had to complete the level to move on to the next level using hints and clues and maps. The fun and the learning part came into light when after each level , every participant had to do an activity related to the social problems , for instance , “hugging a tree” , “watering a sapling” , “shouting a slogan”, “picking up garbage” and loads of others.
This event simulated , in the college , the actual treasure hunts as shown on televisions and also gathered huge responses from the participants and public.
In the end , just to summarise TREASUREVILLE , the words of Jeff Warwick seem apt-“Its like a Treasure Hunt , in a way , and you are the detective”. 












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