Training Smart with a Caring Heart

by Steven Quek for HCA HOSPICE CARE

As we pursue personal interests and challenges, let's also remember the less fortunate in our midst. This book - "Training Smart" - shares my experience acquired over 30 years in training endurance athletes. While it has been an enjoyable and meaningful pursuit for me, I hope to help bring joy and care to people facing life-limiting illnesses. In this regard, I would like to invite you to join me in this journey. Please donate $30 (or more) to HCA Hospice Care, an organisation into its 30th year of community service, and join my "Training Smart with a Caring Heart" initiative. You will receive a copy of the publication for your donation and your donation will go a long way to helping its beneficiaries and their family! Thank you for your support! Sincerely, Steven Quek (Please refer to the Training Smart with a Caring Heart FB page for details on book collection. All cash donations are entitled to 2.5 times tax deduction.)

Golf for Charity 2019

by Caritas Singapore Community Council - The Caritas Singapore Agape Fund

We seek your support for our annual Caritas Singapore Golf for Charity fundraising golf tournament. Caritas Singapore, the official social and community arm of the Catholic Church in Singapore is organising Golf for Charity 2019 for the eleventh year to raise funds to support the work of Caritas Singapore and the Catholic charities and organisations under our umbrella. The funds received enable these groups to continue their work in serving over 50,000 of our less fortunate brothers and sisters through the many service programmes and assistance that they provide. No contribution is too small. We will be most grateful if you could support this golf for charity event either by taking up a flight or/and a sponsorship. We will provide your company with the benefits that are accorded to our Sponsors. We also welcome your outright donations or/and joining us for dinner. All donations are eligible for 2.5 times tax deduction, in accordance to IRAS regulations. For Sponsorship and Donation form on the event, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or call Pamela at 6338 3448 if you need any further clarifications. Thank you for your support!

Help the Sick and Old Animals Live Meaningful Lives

by Animal Lovers League

Dear ALL Supporters, Our gratitude to you for faithfully following us all these years and your generosity to our rescued animals without which we wouldn't be. We would not have had to appeal for help repeatedly if we have had the hardness of hearts to euthanise the old and sick ones but we couldn't and could only hope and pray you will continue to support our "No-Kill" Policy. We are providing refuge and a second chance to many of them for they have no place in our society and environment for reasons aplenty. Animal Lovers League Shelter will not cease to exist with your continued support. Please continue to support us through this journey to let them have their right to live.

Celebrating 66th Anniversary of Prison Ministry in Singapore

by Seventy Times Seven (formerly known as Life Anew!)

Get involved in our biggest event of the year! Join us at our 66th anniversary gala dinner on 28 August 2019. Proceeds from the gala dinner will allow us to continue our outreach to about 1100 inmates weekly, as well as provide financial, emotional and educational support to their families. Every $750 donated will help us to support and practically assist one beneficiary (whether an inmate, ex-offender or a member of their family) for one year. Please mark your calendar, and RSVP to sponsor a table here tinyurl.com/y37lgqtb Wednesday 28 August 2019 Gala Dinner at Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel 320 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238865 Donating is simple and secure. The money will directly go to Prison Fellowship Singapore. For more info on our work, please visit www.pfs.org.sg

The Good Way

by TROY CHONG for ASSOCIATION FOR PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

I have long read and knew about Camino de Santiago; however due to work commitments, I was never able to take it on. However, after much pondering, I am convinced that this year would be the best time to step out and put myself up for this journey. The route is 780km long and would take me approximately 35 days to complete. This is a personal belief and reminder to myself that I should always challenge my limits and see how far I can go. Personally, I also believe that every child is unique and they deserve to be given every opportunity to develop their greatest potential. Special needs individuals are equally capable of pushing their limits to be the best they can ever be. APSN actively trains and empowers special needs child, developing them to be active contributors for the society. I invite you to make a donation to support their programmes and trainings. What is The Good Way? Along the journey, everyone will greet each other "Buen Camino!" which literally means good path. I hope that you will join me in supporting APSN through The Good Way and support them in their efforts and programmes.

TTSH Charity Heritage Walk 2019: Tan Tock Seng's Journey

by TTSH Community Fund

TTSH Charity Heritage Walk 2019: Tan Tock Seng's Journey is TTSH Community Fund's inaugural heritage walk for charity. This event commemorate the hospital's 175th Anniversary and 200 years of Singapore story. The walk has been endorsed by the Singapore Bicentennial Office as part of the Singapore's Bicentennial Commemoration. Beyond nostalgia, this walk also aim to raise funds for TTSH Community Fund. You can support us by one or more of the following ways: 1. Participate in TTSH Charity Heritage Walk 2019; 2. Donate to TTSH Community Fund; 3. Fundraise for TTSH Community Fund; 4. Spread the word to your family and friends. About the walk: In 1844, Mr Tan Tock Seng donated 7,000 Spanish dollars to build the Pauper's Hospital at Pearl's Hill. Through various heritage sites along the trail starting from Pearl's Hill to present day TTSH at Novena, participants will learn about Mr Tan's life and his contributions to early Singapore. We hope to bring greater awareness of Singapore's rich history and how early merchants who made good also made great efforts to better the lives of our forefathers, who were in turn able to contribute to Singapore today. For more information, visit us at www.ttsh.com.sg/TTSHCharityHeritageWalk2019 or contact us at 6357 2500 and/or [email protected] . Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/events/666416373740860/ for the latest event updates.

NCIS Cancer Fund

by NUHS Fund Limited

Managed by NUHS Fund Limited, the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) Cancer Fund funds - needy cancer patients, cancer research and the education and training of healthcare professionals. The NCIS' Cancer Fund's Objectives: - To assist patients who are in financial need - To assist in the funding of relevant research in common cancers - To assist in the development of services that will enhance cancer care in Singapore - To help staff keep abreast of the advances in cancer management For more information: http://www.ncis.com.sg

Support underprivileged families in times of distress

by Assisi Hospice

The Thia family live in a 3-bedroom HDB flat in Bukit Purmei. The sole breadwinner, Mr Thia Tong Huat, worked as a factory machine operator and provided for his wife, son and daughter, who all have mild intellectual disability. However, in February 2018, Mr Thia, the strong pillar of the family, passed away due to complications from diabetes. Before his demise, the older Mr Thia had asked his son, 34-year-old Alan, who was more independent, to take care of himself and the family. Unfortunately, a few months after Mr Thia's passing, Alan was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. Alan is worried about his own health and his mother and sister. He was referred to Assisi Home Care Service, which is provided free, for symptom management and palliative care. Our Home Care team also provided psychosocial and emotional support for Alan. One of the things Alan wanted to do for his sister and mom was to bring them to the Zoo as the place holds fond memories for them. The Assisi team helped to fulfil his wish of a family trip to the Zoo on 24 May 2019, two days before his birthday. 51% of Assisi Hospice's patients are poorest of the poor and means tested to the lowest income level. Our patients, especially those from underprivileged families like Alan, require help from the community in times of distress. Your generosity will help us bring care, comfort and joy to our patients and their families.

Join Us at our Gala Dinner! Help complete our new Home.

by St. John's Home For Elderly Persons

A fundraising event for our new Home! Our Gala Dinner will be held on 24th August 2019, at the Jubilee Garden at SAFRA Toa Payoh. We are constructing a new 5-storey Home as the land-lease for the land we currently occupy had expired in Dec 2015. The new building needs $15 million to complete and we are still in need of $5 million to complete our new Home. As part of the Bicentennial Celebrations, the Singapore Government will grant dollar for dollar matching for donations raised by IPCs in between 1 April 2019 and 31 Mar 2020, up to a cap of $400,000 per IPC. Tote Board will also grant our Home 40% of funds raised for this event. Please join us and help us complete our new Home for our elderly residents!

ADOPT A BEAR IN SUPPORT OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN NEED

by SMA CHARITY FUND

Support Medical Students in need by adopting a bear. For every $60 donated, receive an exclusive bear in a doctor's attire and for every $1,000 donated, receive a limited edition set of 5 bears in various doctor's attires. We have only 100 sets of the limited edition set of 5 bears. Donate now in support of medical students in financial need and receive a lovely bear as a token of our appreciation. In addition, every dollar you donate will be matched dollar for dollar by the Bicentennial Community Fund! Bears will only be available for delivery to you in mid June. Thank you for your support!

Row For Hope 2019

by NCCS Cancer Fund

The National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) is delighted to partner the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore to hold the NCCS Row For Hope Boat Races on 8 June 2019 to raise awareness and funds to benefit cancer care and survivorship of those affected by cancer. The Boat Race is a set of annual rowing races between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed on the River Thames in London, England. Following this long-held tradition, the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore held its third boat race at the Marina Bay in March last year (the first was held in 1997). This year, they have chosen to partner with NCCS once again as a show of their support for the fight against cancer. Cancer is still the No. 1 killer in Singapore, accounting for 30% of all deaths in 2014. This is 5 times more than deaths caused by accidents, violence and poisoning put together. Last year, NCCS attended to more than 154,000 patient-visits and treated close to 70% of cancer cases in the public sector. The cost of cancer treatment has also increased significantly. We are raising funds through this event in aid of improvements in cancer care and survivorship programmes for better treatment outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients. Join us in supporting this meaningful cause!