Donate Your Preloved Piano for A Good Cause

Dear Friends,

If you have a working piano that you are not using anymore, pls consider donating to our dear friend, Jean, for her community project to refurbish and donate them to needy schools and Children Homes.

The aim of this project is to empower the underprivileged children through music and in turn realize their music dreams. Piano moving services will be provided to collect from your place. If you have a piano to donate away, pls contact myself or Jean.

Thank you very much for your kindness.

Looking for Volunteer Tutors to Coach Underprivileged Primary School Student at Lengkok Bahru, 2 hours/ week

Dear Friends,

I am helping our dear friend, Ms Tay, look for volunteer tutors to teach primary school students from low-income families at Lengkok Bahru. You can choose any subject (English, Maths, Science, Mother Tongue) that you are comfortable in, as there are a pool of students waiting to match to what you can teach.

If you would like to reach out to these children from underprivileged background and can spare 2hrs per week (weekday/ weekend) to coach them on their weaker subjects, pls let myself or Ms Tay know of your kind interest. Your act of kindness today can go a long way in helping these students catch up on their studies and in time to come help their families break out of the poverty cycle by having a good education.

Thank you very much for your kindness and wishing all a great & happy week ahead smile emoticon

Where to Donate Your Preloved Crutches & Unused Medical Supplies

This took me awhile to find out as I have asked around friends, Community Hospitals, Old Folks Homes but they replied that they do not need a preloved pair of crutches. With some inspiration from the Internet, I managed to touch base with Singapore Red Cross and they are more than happy to receive the preloved crutches, together with other unused medical supplies like bandage, alcohol wipes and plasters.

Here is their reply:

"Hi Jason,

Thank you so much for your kind donation of the crutches. It will definitely be of use to us in serving humanity.

Would you happen to have supplies such as bandages (roller/triangular), alcohol wipes or plasters?

We are truly grateful for your kind contributions to our society.

Thank you once again.

Warm Regards,
Siti Humaira Sumri (Ms)
Executive
Singapore Red Cross Academy
Singapore Red Cross | 15 Penang Lane Red Cross House Singapore 238486
Tel: 65 6664 0500 (Main) l 65 6664 0513 (Direct) | Fax: 65 6336 0776"

Moving on to the next item on my list, massage chair, anyone knows where to donate, to benefit the less privileged?

Donate Your Educational Toys, Board Games for A Good Cause

Dear Friends,

If you have any educational toys (building blocks, lego), board games to give away, pls consider bringing them down to Punggol Meridan RC to donate to their newly launched Toy Library. If you live nearby, you can also drop by to loan the toys for your children.

I thought that this is a great initiative as it allows children from low-income families to be given the opportunity to use these toys to promote learning and also provides more team bonding sessions within the family. It is definitely a project that will benefit the community and your support is greatly appreciated smile emoticon

Address:
Blk 114 Edgefield Plains
6312 0508 (Edna)

Toys Library Operating Hours:
Mon - Fri (4pm ~ 9pm)
Sat (10am ~ 4pm)

Thanks Eunice for sharing this and thank you everyone for your act of kindness smile emoticon

Caring for Elderly Living Alone

Dear Friends,

If you can spend a few hours ONCE a month visiting elderly living alone and chit chatting with them, pls let myself or Steven know of your interest & goodwill. You can bring your friends or family members (including children) for this visit and the main duties include:

- visit and chat with the elderly ONCE a month on a weekend.
- Duration: 10am till 1pm.
- bring elderly for haircut once a month.
- bring them for a breakfast or lunch.
- remind them to visit doctor if they have a medical appointment.
- if you can, bring him/her out for a short walk etc

You will be placed in a team of volunteers where you and your friends (one subgroup) and other subgroups will take turn to visit the elderly weekly (thus each subgroup will only need to commit once a month).

As our population ages & the birth rate declining, there will be more elderly living alone with no companion or children. Your presence can mean so much to them and bring much joy to their lives, so thank you very much for your time and kindness.

Kudos to my hero, Steven, for coming out with this wonderful initiative !

Donation of Christmas Tree & Piano

I compiled a list of where to donate our preloved items but our kind friends continue to amaze me with the items that they wish to donate.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1437902803105381/permalink/1509810142581313/

I have a friend asking me where to donate a piano while another friend asking me where to donate a Christmas tree, these 2 items don't quite fit into the list that I compiled above. I asked around some of my volunteer friends who worked closely with the Elderly/ Children Homes and they are clueless too. I googled and was unable to find any organizations accepting them either. I decided to contact the Homes directly and was pleasantly surprised to receive this reply from Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home:

"Dear Jason,

As many of our children are learning piano, I believe the piano will be beneficial. On another hand, so is the Christmas tree. You may drop by from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm (excluding public holiday) to drop off your donation.

Thanks.
Best Regards,
Jackson"

This taught me that if there is a will, there is always a way. Just keep trying until you find success. If Plan A doesn't work, try Plan B, C, D and so on. Just keep going and don't let the obstacles stop you from reaching your destination. Similarly, if you want to help people, there are 1001 ways to do it, if you don't have time to volunteer, no money to donate, you can still give kindness and be nice to the people around you smile emoticon

Now, you guys know where to donate your piano & Christmas tree ya?

Helping Mdm Angie

Dear Friends,

Want share with you another happy experience smile emoticon

My friend shared with me this touching story of a nanny who took care of an autistic boy named John, abandoned by his parents since he was a baby, for more than 12 years. The nanny, Mdm Angie, was from a low-income family and had to take on part time jobs to make ends meet. On days when Mdm Angie was left with only $2 to $3. she would buy a packet of rice for John and eat his leftovers.

You can read more about Mdm Angie's story here:
http://news.asiaone.com/…/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110308-2…

My kind friend would like to reach out to Mdm Angie and asked if there are any ways to contact her. I realized that the article was published in 2011 and that made finding her more difficult. The only clue I got from the article was that Mdm Angie won the Asian Women's Welfare Association (AWWA)Centre for Caregivers' 2011 Model Caregiver Award. So, I googled for AWWA's webpage and found an email address to AWWA Caregiver Service (formerly known as AWWA Centre for Caregivers). I thought no harm trying, at most they reply to tell me that they don't have Mdm Angie's contact since it was more than 4 years ago.

Today, I received their reply:

"Hi Jason,

I have informed Mdm Ng about your request. She is agreeable that you call her at 9792XXXX and she speaks Mandarin.

On behalf of Mdm Ng, we thank you for your kindness.

Ping Ping Ng
Admin Executive, Caregiver Service
AWWA
Blk 6, Boon Keng Road, #01-52
Singapore 330006"

Huat ahhhh.....so happy to receive this reply smile emoticon

If we try, we may fail, if we don't try, we will definitely fail ! So friends, if you have not found success, just keep trying !

PS: If any friends wish to reach out to Mdm Angie, pls let me know, I can PM you her contact or I can link you up with my friend, who is planning to visit her and pass Mdm Angie some donations she is consolidating among her friends.

Thank you everyone for your kindness !