**Purpose** 

"Help Group Fiends″ aims to provide a social platform with table tennis as the core for the middle-aged and elderly groups in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), improving physical and mental health, exchange of skills and participating in community development. Through the sport of table tennis and other activities we provide members with a variety of happy gatherings and fitness methods, allowing them to enjoy a more active and healthy lifestyle in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.


Specific goals include:

- Make friends through table tennis to enhance friendship and mutual assistance among members;

- Help members strengthen their physique and stay healthy through table tennis fitness;

- Promote civilization and harmony in the community and promote community development through table tennis activities.


We hope that every member will enjoy a pleasant social and sports time, and nourish their body and mind.


**Specific operation method** 

1. **Regular activities** 

Members can choose the nearest table tennis club (Club) according to their place of residence and participate in regular fitness activities. During the activities, members can not only exercise daily, but also learn from each other and improve their table tennis skills.In addition, communication and interaction between members can also help to establish closer connections and friendships.


2. **Small-scale competitions and  exchanges of skills ** 

The club will regularly hold small-scale table tennis competitions, aiming to exchange the technical skills and mutual learning through friendly competitive activities. The activities encourage members of different levels to communicate and interact, which not only enhances everyone's table tennis skills, but also enhances teamwork spirit.


3. **Year-end fun friendly match** 

Every year, we will organize a large-scale cross-club fun friendly match. The format of the competition is designed based on the principle of "strong leading weak", with the aim of allowing more skilled players to help weaker members improve together. Through this approach, everyone is encouraged to help each other in the competition, increase confidence, and promote friendship and unity. This is not only a competitive event, but also a good opportunity for members to build rapport and strength connections.


4. **Brain-training and intelligence exercises activities** 

In addition to table tennis, the event will also combine some brain-training projects, such as chess and card games: chess, go, bridge, poker and other tabletop games. These game activities are shared projects for people from the East and the West.  These activities can help members exercise their brains and improve their thinking ability, and also provide more social options for everyone to enrich their life experience.

**Summary of the purpose of the activity** 

Through the table tennis activities and other social interactions of "Help Group Friends ", we hope that members can improve their personal skills and enhance their friendship while exercising, and promote the harmonious and civilized development of the community in the Greater Toronto Area. On this platform, everyone can not only enjoy the fun of sports, but also find like-minded friends to spend a good time together and live a healthy and happy life.