17 April 2003
Singaporeans continue to give generously to The Courage Fund

Singaporeans are a giving lot as they continue to give generously to The Courage Fund. Today, the public raised another $125,702 through cheques and phone calls to the Singtel hotline. Another $15,300 came in from various organizations, bringing the total collected for The Courage Fund to date to $1,372,920.

The daily breakdown is as follows:

Corporate Donations $886,000
New donations today $ 15,300
Total to date $901,300

Public Donations $345,918
New donations today $125,702
Total to date $471,620 (includes Singtel callers’ donations)

Total amount raised to date $1,372,920

How to make a donation to The Courage Fund?

(A) Organisations
Organisations interested to raise funds towards The Courage Fund are welcome to write in with their promotion concept with details such as type of product, % of sales revenue to be pledged and wordings to be used in the advertising and/or promotional materials. Please write in to: The Courage Fund, c/o National Healthcare Group, 6 Commonwealth Lane, Level 6 GMTI Building, Singapore 149547. Alternatively, email us at couragefund@nhg.com.sg or call 6471 5933.

(B) By Cheque
A crossed cheque made payable to “The Courage Fund” should be sent to The Courage Fund, c/o National Healthcare Group, 6 Commonwealth Lane, Level 6 GMTI Building, Singapore 149547.

For the purpose of issuing receipts, donors are encouraged to include their full name, address and contact number on the reverse sides of cheques. Donors should not send any cash by mail. Cash donations can be made in person at National Healthcare Group office.

(C) By Phone
From now till April 30, members of public can donate to the fund by calling 1900-112-8811. Singtel customers can also use the *SEND services by calling *8811. Every call represents a $5 donation and Singtel will match dollar-for-dollar.

Community Chest Donation Boxes

The 68 donation boxes are available at:

• Public hospitals and polyclinics
• Thomson Medical Centre
• Sin Chong Medical Hall (at Pearl Centre)
• Nanyang Polytechnic, National University of Singapore (Medicine Faculty), Raffles Junior College