LAKESIDE NEWS Oct 2019
Guest-of-Honour Minister Indranee Rajah Lakeside Chairman, Mr Andrew Tay, presents a with Lakeside’s Valued Partners. Kaki Kampong senior’s painting to Ms Indranee.
Hip-hop performance by The GRIT Project’s Paintings donated by Ms Gloria Keh. children and youths.
Celebrating a million dreams at Lakeside Charity Dinner 2019
We had a blast at Lakeside’s To entertain the guests, our We also thank renowned “A Million Dreams” Charity children and youths from artist Ms Gloria Keh, for Dinner on Friday, 4 October! The GRIT Project, and sen- donating 4 paintings for A big thanks to all our gener- iors from Kaki Kampong auction, and our skilled ous guests and sponsors, Seniors Wellness put up 2 volunteer photographers, who raised $200,000 for energetic hip-hop dance Jin Yang from SMUSAIC Lakeside’s children, youths, performances. During the and Eirik from Eirik Tan seniors, and families in auction, everyone enjoyed Photography. need. a nail-biting bidding show- down. Not forgetting our won- The Guest-of-Honour was derful in-kind sponsors: Ms Indranee Rajah, Minister, Guests also showed their Bynd Artisan, Dream Se- Prime Minister’s O ce, support by buying the lection, Healthsprings Laser Second Minister for Finance seniors’ handmade crafts. & Aesthetic Clinic, and Education, and Member Singapore Repertory Thea- of Parliament for Tanjong Lakeside thanks Jeremy tre, Village Hotel Sentosa, Pagar GRC. from Power98 Love Songs Ms Seong Koon Wah Sun and Charlene from 88.3JIA and Wildlife Reserves Ms Indranee gamely sup- for being our charismatic Singapore. ported the fundraising ef- hosts for the event. forts by writing and auto- Thank you all for support- graphing inspirational notes ing Lakeside’s work and behind every Gloria Keh giving so generously! painting auctioned that night.
Lakeside’s Kaki Kampong seniors and A rousing performance by seniors in SOAR, an their crafts. arts programme sponsored by Shell.
Mr Desmond Lee (centre), and General Manager of Shell Jurong Island Mr Andreas Krobjilowski Guest-of-Honour Minister Desmond Lee (right), with Lakeside seniors at the Chinese (left) views the seniors’ rock art. painting display. By seniors, for seniors: Lakeside launches Kaki Kampong Seniors Wellness Centre
Lakeside’s Kaki Kampong Mr Desmond Lee pre- Our seniors enjoyed host- Seniors Wellness Centre sented General Manager of ing the guests, and doing (KKSWC) at 500 Corpora- Shell Jurong Island, Mr An- their part for the opening. tion Road is o cially OPEN! dreas Krobjilowski, with a Special thanks to senior Minister for Social and Certi cate of Appreciation. volunteer Mr Kenneth Lim Family Development, – who teaches English to Second Minister for Na- Seniors Ms Ang Lie Wah the other seniors – for em- tional Development, and and Ms Jenny Choy made ceeing the event. Member of Parliament for special rock art for Mr Lee Jurong GRC, Mr Desmond and Mr Krobjilowski – a cat With so many of them Lee, graced the occasion as and shell respectively – in deeply involved in fund- Guest-of-Honour. appreciation of their sup- raising and volunteering port. for KKSWC, it is truly a Many seniors were decked centre by seniors, for sen- out in celebratory red! Mr Lee unveiled the iors! Guests were treated to a plaque, and the tour of the song performance by our centre began. Guests choral singing group from viewed the activities dem- SOAR, an arts programme onstrated by the seniors, sponsored by Shell. such as Zentangle, rock art, Rummy-O, baking, Chinese painting, and crafts.
Opening plenary speaker MP Rahayu Mahzam (left), with Lakeside Executive Director Mr Teo Tee Loon (centre), and speaker Ms Tan Xing En (right). Guests bond over a popiah lunch.
Speaker Dr Darren Chua shares his CAPT’s Dr Tan Lai Yong and students experience as a stroke survivor. make their own popiah.
When The Popiah Skin Breaks
What happens when the Participants made popiah Lakeside also thanks Mdm popiah skin breaks? An apt for one another during Rahayu Mahzam, MP for metaphor for the chal- lunch, re ecting and bond- Jurong GRC, for being our lenges of caregiving, Lake- ing over the hands-on ex- opening plenary speaker. side and the College of perience. Alice and Peter Tan (CAPT) She shared stories of care- organised a community Speakers Dr Darren Chua, giving close to her heart, dialogue on lessons in car- Mr Jack Wong, Ms Tan Xing and emphasised the impor- egiver support. En, and CAPT students cov- tance of caregivers having ered topics such as stroke strong support from the Held at Jurong Green rehabilitation, dementia & community. What a mean- Community Club on Tues- eldercare, visual impair- ingful experience it was! day, 24 September, partici- ment & renal care, and for- pants from the healthcare eign domestic caregiver and social service sectors, support. university students, and caregivers enjoyed a Participants bene ted greatly unique learning experi- from their unique perspec- ence hosted by CAPT’s Dr tives and rst-hand experi- Tan Lai Yong. ence.
Ms Clara Ho (left), Assistant VP, Group Strategic Communications & Customer Advocacy, receives the Community Partnerships award on behalf of UOB. Guests arriving at Volunteers Appreciation Day.
Volunteer hosts JK and Mike from Power98 Love Songs. Lakeside sta welcome volunteers.
Love magni ed at Volunteers Appreciation Day 2019
Everyone expresses love At this year’s Volunteers Many thanks to the dy- in their own way. Over the Appreciation Day 2019, we namic duo, JK and Mike years, Lakeside’s volun- honoured our volunteers from Power98 Love teers have served the dis- by mirroring the love lan- Songs, for volunteering to advantaged by rendering guages. Directors and host the event! In an un- help, speaking kind words, Heads of Department forgettable afternoon, sharing simple gifts, and served food, and person- everyone was reminded more. ally handed out tokens of that volunteers are also appreciation. Lakeside’s care ambassa- Lakeside recognises our dors and love multipliers. volunteers for putting the Highlights include a thank- 5 love languages in action: you video made by sta Indeed, they help us mag- Quality Time, Acts of Serv- and bene ciaries, a sing- nify our love for the com- ice, Words of A rmation, along to nostalgic songs, munity and reach more Gifts, and Physical Touch. and an award ceremony people in need. A big for outstanding volun- thank-you to all our teers. fantastic volunteers!
Our partners show great ways to do good!
Chairman of Shell Companies in Singapore, Ms Aw Kah Peng, presents medals to Lakeside children join Shell sta for a warm-up. Lakeside children.
Lakeside children with Shell volunteer, Lakeside children enjoy event activities. Mr Don Abahtiar.
Racing to give back at Shell Mass Jog 2019
A big thank-you to all Lakeside also thanks the They are now part of their Shell Mass Jog 2019 sup- Singapore Shell Club and schools’ track and basket- porters for raising Shell Volunteers for making ball teams, so thank you, $15,000 for Lakeside this event possible, and in- Shell, for encouraging their Family Services! This is viting us as well! love of sports! wonderful news for our children, youths, and sen- Our children from Lakeside iors in the Shell-funded Student Care (Jurong West) programmes covering tui- took part in the thrilling tion, reading intervention, 800m Kids’ Dash. It was also arts, sports, and more. the rst year that our Stu- dent Care alumni – and re- turning Mass Jog partici- pants – entered the 5km competitive event.
Chairman of Shell Companies in Singapore, Ms Aw Kah Peng, encourages Lakeside Lakeside children pitch their painted children to practise the 3R’s. t-shirts at a fundraising auction.
Shell raised more than $5,000 from the T-shirts signed by F1 stars Vettel and Leclerc auction. were also up for auction.
Building a circular economy with Shell
In a circular economy, nothing is ever Also up for bidding were t-shirts auto- wasted, because everything is designed graphed by F1 stars Sebastian Vettel and to last longer, and be reused, repurposed Charles Leclerc. The children were thrilled or recycled. Lakeside is glad to work with to see how much was raised in real time, Shell, involving our children in this con- and one of the children’s t-shirts even cept by repurposing t-shirts for fundrais- fetched a whopping $1,000! Thanks to the ing at Shell’s Think Circular Week 2019. generosity of Shell sta , over $5,000 was raised by 22 October. In September, the Future Kids had been invited to, together with volunteers from At the event, Ms Aw Kah Peng, Chairman Shell Lubricants Supply Chain, paint their of Shell Companies in Singapore, encour- vision of a greener planet on unused t- aged the children to practise the 3R’s – shirts. A month later, the children were in- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle – and spread vited to explain their design rationale at the message to their friends and family. an “auction”, where Shell sta could bid Thank you, Shell, for inculcating environ- for the t-shirts. mental awareness in our children!
Lakeside children view the original exhibits at the Asian Civilisations Museum.
UOB volunteers help Lakeside children with their cardboard creations. Lakeside children added their art to this cardboard city. Nurturing budding artists with UOB
How many of us can say our works are With guidance from UOB volunteers, the displayed in a museum? Our budding art- children added their creations to a whimsi- ists at Lakeside Student Care (Jurong cal cardboard city of humans and animals. West) were thrilled to contribute to UOB’s They also had the option of bringing their children’s art exhibition at Asian Civilisa- art pieces home. Thank you, UOB! tions Museum.
Lakeside children and MOM volunteers show their nal products.
MOM volunteers help Lakeside children with their pottery. Pottery pieces ready to be painted.
Painting pottery with Ministry of Manpower
Thank you, Ministry of Manpower (MOM), They had a pottery painting session – for another delightful outing! 16 MOM something the children have never done volunteers brought 30 children from Lake- before. Both the volunteers and children side Student Care (Jurong East) to the enjoyed the creative session. Check out the Goodman Ceramic Studios after school. vibrant colours on their works!
Mr Munenori Ando, Managing Director Lakeside Community Partnerships Director, of Epson Singapore, receives the Valued Ms Kim Leon, shares an overview of Partner Award. Epson’s CSR e orts.
Epson showcases their latest innovations.
Epson receives Lakeside’s Valued Partner Award
Shout-out to Epson for inviting us to B2B Ignite, a convention on their latest innovations!
We were glad to showcase Epson’s CSR journey with Lakeside over the years, and present a Valued Partner Award to Mr Munenori Ando, Managing Director of Epson Singapore. Thank you once again, Epson! Find us at:
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