9 May 2003
Primary school students with a big heart

Giving up recess is not an easy thing to do, not if you are an active primary school pupil. But for the Boys’ and Girls’ Brigade of Geylang Methodist Primary School, braving an empty stomach to give their money to The Courage Fund was a way to show their care for healthcare workers and SARS victims.

“Geylang Methodist Primary School pupils have donated a part of their pocket money each recuss (sic) in honour of caregivers and to aid victims and families affected by SARS,” wrote Kenneth Tho from Primary 5 Love. They saved $2,000 which they sent to The Courage Fund yesterday.

A team of 16 officers from Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has also donated $200. This money was their reward for helping ICA to achieve the People Developer Award. Their donations brought contribution from public to $62,481.66.

Corporate donations today totalled $64,872.73, with the Land Transport Authority donating $21,925 and Li Teck Chuan Cin Tong donating $20,000.

The daily breakdown is as follows:

Corporate Donations $4,810,895.68
New donations today $64,872.73
Total to date $4,875,768.41

Public Donations $3,017,078.03
New donations today $62,481.66
Total to date $3,079,559.69

The Fund to date stands at $7,955,328.10. 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