The festive season can be a lonely time for an elderly living alone or for a family facing difficulties. Bring smiles to the people in need with a Festive Pack (Fú Dài).

 

Support the SG Care & Share Day and join Community Chest in this volunteering project to show care and concern to the less fortunate. 100% of the proceeds of this project will also go towards critical social service programmes that help the less fortunate.

 

 

How to Participate

 

1) Donate and bring smiles to those in need this Lunar New Year

Donate $50* by clicking the “Buy” button and Community Chest will arrange for a Festive Pack^ (Fú Dài) containing sponsored festive items and necessities to be delivered to those in need (such as a lonely elderly or a family in difficulty) from social service programmes such as:

1. AWWA READYCARE Centre
2. Darul Ihsan Orphanage
3. Dorcas Home Care Service
4. Kampong Kapor Family Service Centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*100% of the proceeds of this project will go towards critical social service programmes funded by Community Chest.

^The Festive Pack (Fú Dài) contains festive items and daily necessities such as canned food and 3-in-1 drinks sponsored by partners of Community Chest.

 

2) Volunteer to pack and deliver the Festive Pack (Fú Dài). Please email [email protected] with your name and contact number. Registration is limited and on a first come, first served basis.

 

3) Join SG Care & Share Day on Sunday, 25 January 2015, 9am to 5pm, at the Singapore Sports Hub. There will be performances, games and a showcase of Care & Share Movement highlights. This event is open to the public.

 

 For the Full Version, please click HERE

 

Whom You Will Help

 

Mr Teo Hock Soon, 77 years old, Dorcas Home Care Service

“Since a stroke 8 years ago, my wheelchair has become my constant companion. I did not want to stay in an elderly home and I managed to do so, with some help from Dorcas Home Care Service (Presbyterian Community Services). Staff deliver meals to my home every day, help with housekeeping and accompany me to my medical appointments.

 

However, as an elderly person living alone, one of my worst fears is dying alone. Earlier this year, I fell from my wheelchair and could not pull myself up. As I lay unable to move, I feared my worst nightmare was about to come true. Luckily, the driver delivering my meals discovered me in time. I am grateful to Dorcas Home Care Service for helping me to live independently.”

 

 

 

Abraham Isaacs D, 85 years old, Bright Hill Evergreen Home

“My siblings passed away many years ago – I’m the only one left. But, I can take care of myself.

 

I started the first security unit in Singapore in the 1950s, and they liked me because I can speak English, Malay, Tamil, even Hokkien! Even now they won’t let me go, because they say they can’t do without me.”

 

Abraham was last employed as a security guard, a job he worked in for 15 years. However, with his failing memory and deteriorating health, he could no longer continue in his job. After he was found homeless at Tuas Ave, he was referred to Bright Hill Evergreen Home, where the staff now take care of his daily needs and arrange activities to keep his mind active.

 

Mr Teo and Mr Abraham are two of the many lonely and frail elderly whom Community Chest will deliver the Festive Pack (Fú Dài) to. This year, Community Chest has extended this project to cover families in need, people with disabilities and children in homes as well. The full list is as follows:

 

1. AWWA Community Home for Senior Citizens
2. AWWA READYCARE Centre
3. Bright Hill Evergreen Home
4. Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home**
5. Darul Ihsan Orphanage**
6. Dorcas Home Care Service (Presbyterian Community Services)
7. Kampong Kapor Family Service Centre
8. Lions Befrienders
9. PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home
10. SAMH Bukit Gombak Group Homes
11. Singapore Cheshire Home Residential Care
12. The Salvation Army (Grace Haven)**
13. Thye Hua Kwan Home Help Service West
14. TOUCH Ubi Hostel

 

** Community Chest supports this programme through volunteerism and not through funding.

 

 

Scenes from Lunar New Year Festive Care & Share 2014

 

Click HERE for more pictures.

 

Answering the Care & Share Movement’s call for donations and volunteers, more than 220 kind-hearted individuals and staff from corporate partners came together to pack for and distribute festive packs, or Fú Dài, to more than 1,000 frail and lonely elderly cared for by Community Chest’s supported charities, such as Bright Hill Evergreen Home, Thye Hua Kwan Home Help Services (West), AWWA Community Home for Senior Citizens, and Lions Befrienders.

 

 

Donations raised from this campaign were matched dollar-for-dollar by the government to build the capabilities and capacities of the social service sector to meet rising needs in the year of 2014.

 

One of the elderly beneficiaries from Lions Befrienders who received the Festive Pack (Fú Dài), 66-year-old Mr Chia Hood Teck, said, “I am grateful to Community Chest’s donors for the bag of canned food and daily necessities given to me. I am happy to know that old folks like me are not forgotten during this Chinese New Year.”

 

 

Make a difference to the lives of the less fortunate today. Click the “Buy” button to donate!

 

 

 

Conditions

• This donation drive lasts from 5 Jan 2015 to 19 Jan 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 - SG Care and Share” before 31 Jan 2015. We regret that we are unable to accept submissions after the closing date.
  

 

 

 

Additional Details

• Click HERE for more details of and Likely Asked Questions for the Festive Pack (Fú Dài) campaign.
• Visit www.comchest.sg for more information about Community Chest and the causes we support and LIKE us on Facebook. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @comchestsg
• For enquiries, email Community Chest at [email protected]

 

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 Movement

Care & Share is a national fund-raising and volunteerism movement led by Community Chest for the social service sector, as Singapore approaches our 50th year of independence in 2015. It aims to bring our nation together to show care and concern for the needy and recognise the contributions made by voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs).

 

 

 

Website: http://www.comchest.sg
Email: [email protected]