SiTF V-day in aid of President’s Challenge 2007 - raised $31,000 (with Golf Classic 2007)

SiTF V-day raised $31,000 for the President’s Challenge 2007

Combined with fund-raising efforts by SiTF Golf Classic 07

By Chai Pei Shan

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As part of giving back to the community, Singapore information Technology Federation (SiTF) pledged her support for the President’s Challenge through Volunteer’s Day with fund-raising efforts and volunteer outings. Together with the funds raised during SiTF Golf Classic, SiTF raised a grand total of $31,000 for the President’s Challenge 2007.

On 18 August 2007, SiTF organized the 5^th V-day at The Legends, Fort Canning Park with the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre. Ms Tan Yen Yen, the organizing chairman of SiTF V-day 2007, gave a warm welcome address to kick-off the day’s event.
(Ms Tan Yen Yen is the Managing Director & General Manager, Technology Solutions Group, Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Sales) Pte Ltd, view her bio here)

The event was graced by Guest-of-Honour, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Second minister for Information, Communication and the Arts. Dr Balakrishnan delivered an opening address and awarded tokens of acknowledgement to all sponsors and participating companies.

SiTF Secretariat with Macpherson Moral Family Services Centre on an outing to the Singapore Science Centre and MacDonald.

This year, SiTF V-day received generous donations from corporate donors like Microsoft, Cisco Systems, E-Cop and individual donor from Mr Mock Pak Lum. Other participating companies include Microsoft and E-Book Systems. The event saw a lively attendees of 115, together with more than 300 volunteers and active participation from 18 corporates.

The Spirit of Volunteerism

Volunteerism goes beyond donating and receiving money. The SiTF Secretariat and welfare home volunteers took a group of 26 children from Macpherson Moral Family Services Centre on an outing to the Singapore Science Centre and MacDonald.

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Active partipation from ten corporates

In reaching out to the less fortunate and beneficiaries of Volunteer Welfare Organisations (VWO), corporates participation involved a series of fun-packed excursions and outings with VWOs from August through September 2007:

• Accenture – TOUCH Community Services; Activity – City Walk.
• Crimson Logic – Spastic Children’s Association of Singapore; Activity – Excursion
• e-Cop – Handicaps Welfare Association; Activity – Excursion
• Frontline Technologies – Singapore Visually Handicapped; Activity – Excursion
• SQLview & NetAssist – Society for the Physical Disabled; Activity – Excursion
• NCS – Kheng Chiu Loke Tin Kee Home; Activity – Outing with elderly

Thank you for your support and generiosity!

Staff from Crimson Logic with the children from the Spastic Children’s
Association of Singapore on excursion.

Outing with kids from Macpherson Moral Family Services Centre with the SiTF to
Singapore Science Centre.

Apart donations from the corporate, SiTF also collected donations from the fund-raising at the
SiTF Golf Classic 07 (April '07). Funds raised by golfers purchasing the special golf ball for the novelty games, and wine bidding at the dinner in the evening that day.

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