3 May 2003
The Courage Fund continues to receive strong support from children and young people today. Primary 5.1 of Compassvale Primary School, Primary 5C of Concord Primary School and Beatty Secondary School sent in their donations of $808.00, $66.10 and $1,104.41 respectively.
With their contributions, our young donors have also sent in handmade cards and a book to express their feelings and empathy
The Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) shows their support for the Fund this Sunday, 4 May. Members of the public who wish to enjoy an evening of soothing music and do their bit for the Fund may attend the SCO performance at the Botanic Gardens where admission is free. Audiences may donate to the Fund through donation boxes.
The daily breakdown is as follows: |
Corporate Donations$4,065,732.33
New donations today $36,650.00
Total to date $4,102,382.33
Public Donations $2,504,891.50
New donations today $110,504.61
Total to date $2,615,396.11
The Fund to date stands at $6,717,778.44. 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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