21 April 2003
The Courage Fund exceeds $2 million

Singaporeans expressed their support for The Courage Fund with their hearts and their donations over the long Easter weekend. Along with encouraging and heartwarming messages, members of the public sent in $576,921.38 through cheques and the Singtel hotline and * SEND numbers.

Companies contributed $122,376.92, of which $100,000 came from Keppel Corporation Limited.

The Courage Fund Working Committee gives out heartfelt thanks to all our donors, large and small, for their magnificent response.

To date, the total amount raised under The Courage Fund is $2,178,465.96. This amount does not include the government’s $1M contribution and dollar-for-dollar match.

The daily breakdown is as follows:

Corporate Donations $ 939,220.00
New donations today $ 122,376.92
Total to date $1,061,596.92

Public Donations $ 532,947.00
New donations today $ 576,921.38
Total to date $1,116,869.04 (includes Singtel callers’ donations)

Total amount raised to date $2,178,465.96

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