When you contribute through Community Chest, you can be assured that your money will bring immense relief and joy to someone. Knowing that YOU have brought that happiness in another’s life is incomparable to any other!
Uncle Charlie, a frail 80-year-old, loves this time of the year. His childlike enthusiasm is contagious as he eagerly looks forward to ushering in the Lunar New Year. Small pleasures in an otherwise difficult life! A resident of the AWWA Community Home for Senior Citizens, Uncle Charlie is one amongst several other underprivileged elderly who call the place ‘home’!!
“Before I came to the Community Home, I stayed at the canteen where I worked as a cleaner, for over 5 years. My ex-employer told me to leave the canteen after he rented it out to someone else and I was left homeless. Unfortunately, bad things happened one after another. I fell down and fractured my spine and had to be hospitalised. That was how I came here.”
“Charlie was once a broken, sad and unresponsive destitute. AWWA’s Community Home for Senior Citizens changed all that with its compassionate care so that others like him can have a life of hope, dignity and independent living.” says his case worker.
Uncle Charlie is one of life’s naturally cheerful people. With his harmonica always at hand, he breaks into a chirpy Chinese New Year tune that belies his situation. Despite his unfair share of misfortunes, he is determined to live life fully and independently, moving around with the aid of a walking frame.
Listen to Uncle Charlie play a Lunar New Year song!
This Lunar New Year, celebrate by sharing, so that people like Uncle Charlie can be self-reliant and cared for.
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- This donation drive lasts from 23 Feb 2015 to 10 Mar 2015
- 100% of the proceeds of this project will go towards critical social service programmes funded by Community Chest
- Qoo10 will bear all administrative and transactional fees
- If you wish to receive tax deduction for your donation, please email [email protected] with your full name, NRIC/FIN number, address, handphone number, e-ticket number and attach your Qoo10 e-ticket (pdf format), with the subject title “Qoo10 Campaign - LNY 2015” before 31 March 2015. We regret that we are unable to accept submissions after the closing date
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About Community Chest
Community Chest raises funds on a yearly basis to meet the needs of the social service programmes it supports. Community Chest ensures that fund-raising and other operating costs are kept to a minimum. As these costs are covered mainly by Tote Board and Singapore Pools, every dollar raised by Community Chest will be made available to social service programmes under its care.
About the Care & Share @ SG50 Movement
Care & Share is a national fund-raising and volunteerism movement led by Community Chest for the social service sector, in celebration of SG50 this year. It aims to bring our nation together to show care and concern for the needy and recognise contributions made by voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs). Eligible donations raised by Community Chest and participating VWOs from now till 31 March 2016 will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the government. The matched amount will go towards building the capabilities and capacities of the social service sector and supporting social services to meet rising needs. To contribute to this Movement, please visit their webpage at www.careandshare.sg or email to [email protected].
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