Children's Cancer Foundation : Singapore

Details of the event
Who - Volunteers
What - Island-wide street sale of CCF Tulips
Where – Gathering point is at Social Service Hub @ Central Plaza in Tiong Bahru
When – 6 December 2009
Why – Support children with cancer by helping raise awareness about childhood
cancer and raise funds for
How– Through street sales

Volunteer!
Gather your family, friends or even colleagues and organise yourself into a group of 5-10 people and submit this form before 13 November 2009

Children's Cancer Foundation's is bringing back one of its fund-raising event on 6 December 2009. Tulip Hearts Day is an annual event paying tribute to children who are battling courageously against cancer. Tulips signify hope and celebration while Hearts represent the love and generosity of all those who care. CCF aims to communicate hope and love to children with cancer and their families through Tulip Hearts Day.

This year’s message is “Remembering Children with Cancer in Good and Bad Times”

The colourful handmade silk-cocooned tulips are priced $2 each and will be sold island-wide. CCF hopes to raise at least $130,000 and create public awareness of childhood cancer in Singapore.

Tulip Hearts Day aims to inspire the children and their families to keep their fighting spirits up and to show them that there are many people out there who are for them.

Keeping true to Tulip Hearts Day tradition, volunteers will be mobilized for an island-wide street sale of of vibrant-coloured tulips, raising funds through the sales of more than 65,000 handmade tulips and create awareness of childhood cancer.

CCF is grateful to the street sales volunteers who will be fulfilling the role of a CCF ambassador – by spreading key messages that there is hope for children with cancer and that these children are also able to live a normal childhood.

CCF would like to appeal to members of the public for support by buying Tulips from the volunteers. All the proceeds from the sales of Tulips will be channeled to fund the programmes and services for children and families impacted by childhood cancer.

DO’s AND DON’Ts
When you are selling the handmade silk-cocoon tulip, please be mindful of:

DO DO NOT

Approach with a smile and announce that $2 goes towards helping a child with cancer. Engage in any disagreements.

Be polite to all. Sell the tulips in the MRT stations & trains.

Each tulip is sold for a minimum of $2.00. Any further donation is greatly appreciated. Cash donation may be accepted without purchase of tulips. Retrieve the money out of the bag to give change.

Please tell donor there will not be any loose change given. Explain to donor first before they drop the money into the donation bag.

Thank each donor for his/her contribution. Leave the cash bag and tulips unattended.

Stay in a place with heavy human traffic. More productive than being on the move constantly. Pocket the donations for personal gain.

Increase awareness about childhood cancer by giving them the CCF brochure. Read the brochure carefully in the event that donors ask for more information about CCF. Give false or inaccurate information about CCF, THD or childhood cancer.

Why Tulips?
Tulips signify Hope and Celebration and Heart represent the love and generosity of all who care.
To applaud the courage and determination of cancer stricken children.

Tulip Flowers
	Each tulip costs $2 and comes in 20 colours
	Each stalk of silk cocoon tulip will have one of the following awareness message: “Remembering Children with Cancer in good and bad times”
	THD pays tribute to the courage of children battling with cancer.
	THD increases the awareness of childhood cancer to the public.
	THD helps to raise funds through the sale of tulip flowers and pins.

Where does the fund go?
It goes to Children’s Cancer Foundation general fund and provides free programmes and services to more than 500 children and their families each year. The programmes and services are:

Counselling and Casework
Therapeutic Play
Caregivers’ Support Programme
Sibling’s Support Programme
Financial Assistance
Back-to-School Programme
Palliative and Bereavement Programme
Volunteer Development
Survivorship Programme
Public Education on Childhood Cancer

WHY RAISE FUND FOR CCF
CCF is an independent Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWO) without government funding. CCF is solely funded by public and corporate donations. It is the Corporate Community, Civic Organisations, Schools and generous individuals that help raise funds for CCF. The donations raised will facilitate the continued provision and improvement of various programmes and services for CCF’s beneficiaries and their families. We sincerely appreciate your understanding towards the plight of children with cancer and their families in Singapore. Your support certainly makes a difference to them as they face difficult times in their battle against childhood cancer. May our joint efforts as part of their community of support, continue to encourage and help in winning the battle against childhood cancer.

Who is Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF)?
Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF) is a non-profit organisation that aims to improve the quality of lives of children with cancer and their families through enhancing their emotional, social and medical well-being. Since 1992, CCF has helped more than 1,600 children and their families at its two family support centres at KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital (KKH) and the National University Hospital (NUH).

Our Support Centres
To improve the quality of life of cancer stricken children and their families through enhancing their emotional, social and medical well being.

Mission of CCF
CCF has adopted an integrated hospital-home-community service model for current and future generations of children and youths with cancer and their families, in order to effectively assist them through the different stages of the illness and recovery.

Together we communicate this hope and love to the cancer stricken children and their families.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT CHILDHOOD CANCER

Fact:	“120 new cases of children diagnosed with childhood cancers every year in Singapore”?
Fact:	“Half of the children diagnosed with childhood cancers are 5 years old and below”
Fact:	“Though the causes of childhood cancer remain unknown, cancer is curable”
Fact:	“Leukaemia which is the most common form of childhood cancer has a 70-80% rate of recovery”
Fact:	“Cancer is not contagious”

Hence what they need is to be shown the hope and determination to fight the illness. Coping with childhood cancer requires a tremendous amount of courage and patience from both child and his/her family.

For more information you can email tulips@ccf.org.sg or call 6593 6470

See you there!