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December Special: Volunteer Feature
The SCWO has had a consistent stream of volunteers over the years that it has been active with many of them helping out with our New2U Thrift Store and Star Shelter. This year, we thought it was only right to feature some of our awesome volunteers in our newsletter. These women have been with us for varying lengths of time, the longest being 20 years, but we are equally grateful to all of them who have chosen to take the time out of their week to be with us. Thankfully, we were able to catch up with some of them to ask them about their motivations for volunteering with us.…
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SCWO Volunteer Appreciation Lunch 2019
“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart” – Elizabeth Andrews On 7th Dec 2019, SCWO held its annual volunteer appreciation lunch to show gratitude to our volunteers for all their love, time and dedication over the past year. As a non-profit organisation, SCWO relies very much on volunteers to help run various operations and it is only with their support that we are able to keep doing the work that we do. A total of 49 volunteers joined us for the afternoon and the day started with a speech by our president, Dr June Goh, who highlighted how volunteers’ generosity towards SCWO has a profound…
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Star Givers
As part of their journey towards empowerment and healing, Star Shelter (SS) residents are encouraged to give back to society by engaging in volunteer work via the Star Givers initiative. On 24 August this year, 18 current and ex residents and their children planned a half-day programme for our adopted beneficiaries from Society for the Aged Sick (SAS), in celebration of Singapore’s National Day. With an exciting programme including song and dance performances, the residents and beneficiaries also created a card for Singapore, to illustrate what they love about their nation. The children were especially excited, having prepared a special dance item for the beneficiaries! The interaction between SS and…
