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| MOH
staff and children from the APSN enjoying
their visit to the Botanic Gardens. |
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Held
at the Ecolake of the Singapore Botanic Gardens,
the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) second Community
Involvement Day programme was attended by some 300
MOH staff and 240 children from the Association
of Persons with Special Needs (APSN).
It was a gloomy and wet morning as the children
and staff, clad in colourful T-shirts, arrived at
the Botanic Gardens. Everyone cheered when the dark
clouds finally went away and the sun came out with
a smile.
Eagerly, the children gathered to listen to the
welcome speech by the guest of honour, Dr Balaji
Sadasivan, Minister of State (Health and Environment).
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| One
of the teams which presented an innovative
30-second cheer. |
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After
a short mass dance exercise, 21 teams of children
and staff set off excitedly on a treasure hunt which
took them to 12 “checkpoints” at various
parts of the Botanic Gardens. There, they were tasked
to search for specific items like ice-cream wrappers,
quizzed on the different colours of the bougainvillea
flower, made to complete a sketch of the bamboo
plant and to walk like ducks across a wooden bridge
and much more. After the fun-filled treasure hunt,
everyone was treated to healthy burgers, desserts
and fruits at the open field facing the lake.
The grand finale - a cheer competition - was most
enjoyable. Each group, which was named after a tree
or flower, had to present an innovative 30-second
cheer. Some groups even had their own props. One
could see that both the children and staff really
had fun.
Seeing the joyous smiles on the faces of the children
made it all worthwhile for the MOH staff who had
raised a total of $7,025 for the event through pledge
cards. Previous fund-raising events for the APSN
included the President’s Challenge, Charity
Food Day and a walk-a-jog. |
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By Community Involvement Committee, MOH |
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GETTING
INVOLVED
The
APSN has been MOH’s
adopted charity
since the formation
of the Ministry’s
Community Involvement
Committee (CIC)
in January 2001.
The CIC was set
up in support of
the PS21 Staff Well
Being Functional
Committee’s
call to encourage
the active involvement
of public officers
in the community. |
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“We
do not do great things,
we do only small things
with great love.”
Mother Teresa
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