Tulips are beautiful flowers but for the beneficiaries at CCF,
they represent hope and tenacity. On 7 April 2016, 11 CCF
beneficiaries and their families joined staff and volunteers from
Gardens by the Bay (GBTB) for a tulip-bulb planting session.
Theyput the finishing touches to the “Tulipmania” floral display in
theFlower Dome by helping toplant more than 100 tulipbulbs!
It was heartening to see how excited the children and their
caregiverswere about tulip planting! Theywere not afraid to get
dirty and eagerly rolled up their sleeves, much to the surprise of
GBTB staff and volunteers!
The group then toured the Flower Dome and the Outdoor
Gardens, learning more about the unique and diverse world
of plantsaround them. Thiswas followedby light refreshments
at McDonalds before the beneficiaries and their families
headed home.
ContributedbyGardensby theBay
During the planning of this acrylic painting workshop, the
excitement of the volunteers fromRochewereevident asmany
shared ideas on how best to make this event a fun-filled and
enriching one for CCF beneficiaries.
On themorning of 9April 2016, Roche volunteers met with 20
CCF beneficiaries and their caregivers for the workshop and
the children immediately took topaintingon their canvaseswith
zest! Even the volunteers themselves had fun immersing in the
world of art. At the end of themorning, the children generously
donated their uniquepaintings for a fundraisingevent at Roche.
In addition, the children also went home with goodie bags of
paint, canvases and some photographs to remember this
delightful event.
Contributed by Michele Foo, Senior QA Specialist, Roche
SingaporeTechnical Operations
TheGreat EggVenture 2016
The Great Egg Venture at Sentosa HarbourFront 2016
was organised by the Sentosa Harbourfront Business
Association.The theme for thisyear’sGreatEggVenture
was “ANewBeginning…”.With the completionof SG50
celebrations, the organisers asked the participants to
design and paint their vision of Singapore’s future in
the next fifty years on one-metre tall eggs. A total of
20 students and staff from Temasek Polytechnic (TP)
School of Designparticipated in this event.
Heldon28February 2016, theevent provided the staff
and students fromTPSchool of Designwith a platform
to showcase their creative abilities. What made
the project even more meaningful was the school’s
collaborationwithCCF. 45CCF beneficiaries and their
siblings were invited to paint the giant eggs alongside
our staff andstudents. Parentsof thebeneficiariesalso
joined in the fun.
Everyone had a great time painting
the eggs. One of the students from
Temasek Polytechnic even shared
that they were so inspired by the
children’s focus and enthusiasm
in the arts. The school looks
forward to more collaboration
opportunitieswithCCF.
Contributed by Vaanathi
Rajandran, Deputy Director/
Partnership & Collaboration,
School of Design, Temasek
Polytechnic
StarWars
Rebel!
On 29 January 2016,
the Cross functional
team fromRicohAsia
Pacific organised a movie screening session for 20
CCF beneficiaries and their families at Ricoh’s office.
Two episodes of “Star Wars Rebels” were screened
and this was followed by a tea session filled with
games and activities such as a colouring contest and
photo-taking session with characters from Star Wars
played by volunteers from Ricoh! The children were
rewarded with attractive prizes and even received
exclusive goodie bags from Ricoh Asia Pacific! All
the participants enjoyed themselves and many of
the volunteers shared that it was a truly fulfilling and
humbling experience. All of them expressed interests
to join again at the next event!
ContributedbyAaronWong,RicohAsiaCSCLeader
TulipPlanting at
Gardensby theBay
AcrylicPaintingWorkshopat
CCFwithRoche
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