Start Small, DreamBig
Sherwood Childcare took part in the “Start Small DreamBig”
project initiated by Early Childhood Development Agency
(ECDA) from 17 June to 29 September 2017. To educate the
children in amoremeaningful way and as part of the school’s
core value on showing empathy towards others, the school
embarkedon aproject to raise funds for the less fortunate.
Children viewed videos and images of different beneficiaries
and the purpose of the fundraising was explained to them.
The children came to an agreement to nominate CCF as the
beneficiary as they empathised with the children of their age
groupwho are battling cancer.
We had six months to plan and execute the fundraising
initiative. Aside from the tight schedule, we were initially
sceptical as to whether the parents would respond to
our call, or whether we couldmeet our fundraising target.
However, theparents rose to the challengeand supported the
causeby donating their preloved items for saleat thedifferent
events and making cash donations. We were surprised and
gratified by their overwhelming participation.
Throughout this project, we have worked to instill the spirit of
giving, sharing and caring for others in our Sherwood children.
We are also thankful for the teachers’ hard work and our
parents’ generous giving.Wewould not have beenable to raise
$1,646.76 for CCF without their support. It has been a great
learning journey, and a memorable one for all of us! Kudos to
all parents, children, staff and teachers of SherwoodChildcare.
Contributor:MrsNancyTeo, Director, SherwoodChildcare
STEPUP! CharityRun-Walk
For the second year running, STEP UP! Charity Run-Walk
organised by Students’ Science Club Flag Sub-Committee
from the National University of Singapore kicked off at Kent
RidgePark on20May 2017.
This event was not only undertaken as a fundraising effort
for CCF but also to foster interactions among Science
undergraduates, alumni and staff.
STEP UP! stands for Service Through Endless Passion;
Unlimited Possibilities! which is the vision and mission that
we hope to inculcatewithin theScience family.
For the event itself, participants could choose to sign up for
either the10km runor the5kmwalk.Although theparticipants
had towake up very early for the event, it was heartwarming
to see them run with enthusiasm for a good cause! The
amount raised through this event was $1,610.
We would like to sincerely thank all the participants and
volunteers for contributing to the success of our event. We
would also like to extend our appreciation toCCF for allowing
us toplan thisevent and for thesupport renderedalong theway.
Contributor: JeslynLee, FlagDirector, Students’Science
Club, National Universityof Singapore
Drivers for Change
LastAugust,UberSingaporeTechnologyPteLtd launched
Drivers for Change, an initiative that enabled our driver-
partners to support the causes closest to their hearts.
We hope that this project would not only inspire our
driver-partners to give back, but also spark a change
within their communities.
One of the top four finalists, Ms Kee Zi Yun, nominated
CCF as her chosen cause. As an active volunteer in the
organisation, Ms Kee believes that education remains
important, nomatter the patient’s circumstance.
Withher great passion for the cause, it wasno surprise to
uswhenshewaschosenasoneof the top four finalists in
our campaign.As one of theDrivers for Changewinners,
MsKeehad theopportunity to fulfill her goal of helping the
CCFbeneficiaries.Raisingover $3,330,MsKeedefinitely
sparked a change in the lives of these children.
Contributor: Uber SingaporeTechnologyPteLtd
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