30 April 2003
Thanks to compassionate Singaporeans and spirited companies, The Courage Fund has exceeded $6 million today.
At this afternoon’s cheque presentation ceremony, Jurong Technologies’ Chairman, Mr Lua Cheng Eng, presented his company’s donation for $200,000. This sum had been previously announced. DaimlerChrysler South East Asia and Mazda Motors Singapore Pte Ltd each gave $50,000, and the Singapore Bodybuilders’ Federation gave $2,000.
“This sum is just a small token of our concern for all our fellow countrymen who have, in one way or another, been unfortunately caught up in this little-known but deadly affliction,” said Mr Paul Chua, President of Singapore Bodybuilders’ Federation.
The Singapore Buddhist Lodge also donated $100,000. In addition, Fast food chains are supporting the Fund. For every Happy Meal™ and Extra Value Meal™ sold on Labour Day, McDonald’s will donate $1 to the Fund.
Members of the public can also make cash donations at any McDonald’s, Burger King and Starbucks outlets. The Courage Fund donation boxes will be available at every outlet island wide. This brings the total number of Courage Fund donation boxes to 415.
The Singtel hotline number 1900 112 8811 and *8811 will be replaced by a new hotline number 1900 112 1333 effectively from 1st May. The Singtel dollar-for-dollar match ends today.
The daily breakdown is as follows:
Corporate Donations $3,463,715.23
New donations today $ 276,784.00
Total to date $3,740,499.23
Public Donations $2,257,032.98M
New donations today $ 178,783.03
Total to date $2,435,816.01
The Fund to date stands at $6,176,315.24. This sum does not include the government’s $1M contribution and dollar-for-dollar match.
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 us at 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
Members of the public can donate to the fund by calling 1900-112-1333. This service is provided by Singtel.
(D) By Internet Banking
DBS and POSB customers can donate to The Courage Fund via DBS Internet Banking and DBS Internet Kiosks. DBS Internet Banking is available at www.dbs.com/ebanking/internet/login and DBS Internet Kiosks are located island wide.
(E) By AXS Stations
Make a donation by simply touching on THE COURAGE FUND button on the right panel of the screen of any AXS station. Call 6560 2727 or visit www.axs.com.sg for locations
(F) Community Chest Donation Boxes
The 777 donation boxes are available at:
- Public hospitals and polyclinics
- Thomson Medical Centre
- Twin City Medical Group (at Takashimaya)
- Sin Chong Medical Hall (at Pearl Centre and People’s Park Centre)
- East Shore Hospital
- American Club
- Changi Airport Terminal 1 & 2
- Chinatown Hawker Alley
- Cold Storage Supermarket outlets
- Giant Hypermarket outlets
- Photo Finish outlets
- Guardian Pharmacy outlets
- 7-eleven outlets
- McDonald’s, Burger King and Starbucks outlets
- Nanyang Polytechnic (Nursing Dept), National University of Singapore (Medicine Faculty), Raffles Junior College
- NTUC Fairprice Outlets (Ang Mo Kio, Bedok North, Bedok Reservoir, Bishan, Bt Ho Swee, Bt Timah Plaza, Choa Chu Kang, Choa Chu Kang Lot 1, Clementi, East Point, Geylang East, Hougang Mall, Hougang Point, Hougang St 21, Kallang Bahru, Marine Parade Central, Marsiling, Queenstown, Rochor, Serangoon, Shaw Plaza, Simei, Singapore Post Centre @ Eunos, Sun Plaza, Tampines Mall, Thomson Plaza, White Sands, Woodlands and Yew Tee)
- NTUC Trade Union House
- Paragon Shopping Centre
- People’s Association HQ (Kallang)
- Singapore Conference Hall
- Singapore Institute of Management
- Singapore Management University
- Singapore Mint
- Stadiums on nights when there are S-League matches
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