Community Chest Times

To display this in browser, please click: http://comchest.sg/community_chest/enews_3.html

Community Chest raises funds on a yearly basis to meet the needs of the social service programmes that we support. As fund-raising and other operating costs are covered mainly by Tote Board and Singapore Pools (Private) Limited, every dollar raised by Community Chest will be made available to social service programmes under its care.

Your continued support to Community Chest has helped to nurture children to succeed, dignify the lives of the elderly, keep families together and help people with disabilities lead independent lives.

Here are just 3 of the 330,000* people who have benefitted from critical social service programmes supported by Community Chest in FY2009.

*includes direct clients, caregivers and public education numbers reported by VWOs as at Apr 2010

Beatrice Kweh: You helped her voice her needs

Mdm Wan: You gave her medical and emotional support
READ MORE

Lai Siew Kuan: You helped him weather life’s difficulties
READ MORE

Fundraising Events Rally the Hearts of the Community

Our fundraising events do more than raise funds – they have also helped to increase public awareness of the needs of our community. We received overwhelming support from corporations, foundations and individual donors during the events.

Here are some of the major fundraising events we have organised in FY2009.

• $880,000 raised by children and youths for Children’s Day and Youth Day despite economic downturn

• Give A Hand, create an art piece

• Unity in Diversity drums up support for people in need

READ MORE

FY2009 Fund Disbursement

Nurturing Children to Succeed $24.2m (47%)

Helping People with Disabilities Lead Independent Lives $11.5m (23%)

Keeping Families Together $9.8m (19%)

Dignifying the Lives of the Elderly $5.5m (11%)

$52.6 million Raised Has Helped 330,000* People Weather the Storm

Despite the economic downturn in 2009, your generous support for Community Chest has enabled us to meet the community needs. A total of $52.6 million was raised to help more than 330,000* people in 157 social service programmes provided by 70 charities in FY2009.

*includes direct clients, caregivers and public education numbers reported by VWOs as at Apr 2010

READ MORE

SHARE PROGRAMME

Hoteliers Champion a Good Cause through SHARE Programme

SHARE is a monthly donation programme that encourages companies and employees to make a collective effort to help the less fortunate by making monthly contributions through Community Chest.

Currently, it relies on about 200,000 corporate and individual donors to generate a steady source of income to help fund the programmes supported by Community Chest.

At the annual SHARE networking session in June 2009, the SHARE Ambassador Network was expanded to include Chief Executives and senior management of companies to tap on their influence and contacts to promote the SHARE programme at their workplace. The event saw 18 companies taking the pledge to support the programme

The CEOs from the hotel industry on the SHARE Ambassador Network also introduced the “Hoteliers with a Heart” campaign to promote SHARE in their industry.

No Contribution is Too Small
	A magazine could allow a child below 6 years old with developmental delays to receive a day of subsidised therapy to improve gross motor skills such as walking and climbing.
	A movie ticket could provide a frail elderly with 2 warm meals for the day.
	A manicure session could provide a single-parent family with casework and counselling sessions to cope with grief and loss.
	A meal at a restaurant could provide a person with disability a day of accommodation in a Home, and enables him/her to acquire basic independent living skills.

Or call 1900 112 2910* for a $10 donation
or 1800 210 2600 for other donation amounts.

* Each call is subject to $0.20 administration fee and local call charges. Callers under age 18 should seek parental consent before calling.

A CSR PROGRAMME SUPPORTED BY: