TCTF journeyed with CARElderly, which served seniors living in rental flats in Circuit Road and Merpati, throughout 2018. The multiple touchpoints included visits to the charity, to the seniors’ homes and culminated with a closing lunch to celebrate the Christmas festive season with their caregivers.
In March and October, TCTF embarked on a “Lifestyle Photos” project with 33 seniors from Circuit Road Centre and Merpati Centre. This was so that seniors could have portrait photos of themselves taken professionally by TCTF scholar from NAFA, Tan De Hao.
On 29 November, TCTF invited these seniors as well as friends and caregivers to a year-end gathering held in YMCA Singapore. The photos were printed, framed and gifted to the elderly. Together with interactive games, food and gift vouchers, volunteers from TCTF, SIT and YMCA spread the joy of giving during the Christmas festive season.
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Our 5th edition of the More Than Words book: “WE CAN – Create, Contribute, Care, Connect, Cherish” was launched on Tuesday, 4 September at the National Library with 260 charity representatives, children and adults in attendance.
More Than Words is a TCTF signature programme which seeks to promote creative literacy, potentially inspiring and equipping children to think imaginatively and write better. The stories in the book were a culmination of almost eight months of creative materials collected from over 60 children beneficiaries from TCTF-supported charities, across three Student Care Centres (Lakeside Student Care Jurong East, PPIS Student Care Centre Jurong and Bedok).
In line with the theme of encouraging all to care for our environment and cherish the connections we have with one another, invited charity beneficiaries and partners participated in making shakers from recycled materials. They were also treated to heartwarming performances by the children themselves, which included a fashion show, poetry recital, song and dance items, and an interactive storytelling session by Mr Roger Jenkins from Story Connection.
With the five values emphasised in the 5th book of More Than Words, it is with hope that the children will create a greater future, contribute to society, care for one another, connect close relationships and cherish the opportunities throughout the years!
Excerpts of More Than Words 2018 Book “WE CAN – Create, Contribute, Care, Connect, Cherish” can be found HERE.
Click HERE for the video of the book launch done by Tan De Hao Terry, recipient of the Tan Chin Tuan Merit Award, 2018 from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA).
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In 1959, our founder, Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan , who was a student of Anglo-Chinese School, established the Tan Chin Tuan Medallist Award. This award is given annually to the top student from Anglo-Chinese Junior College. These students have since progressed on to create successful careers over the years after their graduation.
On 25 August 2018, 16 Tan Chin Tuan Medallists were invited to gather for a reunion luncheon at the Tan Chin Tuan Mansion. Hosted by TCTF Council members Dr Tan Kheng Lian, Ms Chew Gek Khim, Ms Chew Gek Hiang, Prof Cham Tao Soon, and Advisor Mr Eric Teng, the medallists enjoyed a cosy lunch and conversations. Thereafter, the medallists were given a guided tour around the Conservation House, to understand the history and legacy of Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan.
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“With Cheer, We Bond”. This is the ethos that has held up the spirit of Project Cheer since its beginning. In this year’s edition of Project Cheer, we had 230 ACJC youths put their Values In Action by planning and facilitating 11 Project Cheer sessions and engaging 300 children and 400 elderly beneficiaries from 28 May to 14 June 2018.
The Tan Chin Tuan Foundation was privileged to co-host the Project Cheer Closing Tea on 30 July 2018 with Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC). During the tea reception, student leaders discussed their programme planning and leadership experience in a short sharing session facilitated by Mr Mervyn Sek, ACJC HOD (Project Work & Values In Action). Of the 11 teams, 3 teams namely 2SC1, 2AH and OCIP Chiangmai, were recognised for their good planning, execution and achieving multi-generational bonding in their Project Cheer sessions. In addition, 4 charity centres were also acknowledged as our best partnering charities in Project Cheer 2018.
Project Cheer 2018 participating charities include: Apex Day Rehabilitation Centre for Elderly, Bethesda Care Services, Canossaville Children and Community Services, Care Community Services Society, Cheng Hong Welfare Service Society, Fei Yue Community Services, Lakeside Family Services, Life Community Services, Metta Welfare Association, Montfort Care, Muhammadiyah Association, Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura (PPIS), Society of Sheng Hong Welfare Services, Singapore Children’s Society, Singapore Amalgamated Services Co-operative Organisation (SASCO), St Luke’s ElderCare, Society for the Aged Sick and Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society.
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As a part of our annual Tête-à-Tête @ TCTF series, current TCTF scholarship recipients and educators from the ACS Family of Schools, Methodist Girls’ School and Hwa Chong Institution were invited for a tea reception at the Tan Chin Tuan Mansion on Friday, 27 July 2018.
This date was specially selected to mark the birthday anniversary of Tan Sri’s wife, Puan Sri Helene Tan. The tea session was hosted by our Chairman Dr Tan Kheng Lian, Council Member Ms Chew Gek Hiang and CEO Ms Yap Su-Yin. Ms Chew, in her opening remarks, commended the scholars on their academic excellence and contributions to the community whilst encouraging them to pay it forward.
Following the token presentation, scholars were given a guided tour of the mansion where they learnt more about our founder Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan, his legacy, the philanthropic mission of the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation and mingled with fellow scholars from various schools. Educators, meanwhile, were treated to a tea reception and sharing by special guests from TCTF-supported charities, Brahm Centre and Yong-en Care Centre. Ms Angie Chew, Founder and Executive Director of Brahm Centre shared tips on managing stress and anxiety while Ms Beryl Ng, Executive Director of Yong-en Care Centre shared about Yong-en Care Centre’s internship programme which is supported by TCTF.
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“With Cheer, We Bond”. This is the ethos that has held up the spirit of Project Cheer since its beginning. In this year’s edition of Project Cheer, we had 230 youths put their Values in Action by planning and facilitating 11 Project Cheer sessions and engaging 300 children and 400 elderly beneficiaries from 28 May to 14 June 2018.
Staying true to our objective of encouraging multi-generational bonding, the students put their heads and hearts forward to plan a day of activities designed to achieve fruitful interaction between children, youth and elderly. This process involved each team of students meeting the staff from both children and elderly charity centres, submitting a proposal, preparing for and executing the day of activities and undergoing several rounds of reflections. Through this process, the students truly learnt to be the heads, hands and legs of their own project sessions. The Tan Chin Tuan Foundation sincerely appreciates the hard work that all students, staff from charity centres and mentors from ACJC had put in to make Project Cheer 2018 a success!
“To know that many people came together for the sake of others is not the same as having fun with friends and family, where we often consider self-fulfilment. To know that people love other people, it honestly is such a miracle.” ACJC student participant, Claudia Chua
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43 guests and staff from Nanyang Technological University – China Scholarship Council Group visited the Tan Chin Tuan Mansion for a tea session on 17 May 2018. TCTF Advisor Mr Eric Teng and CEO Ms Yap Su-Yin presented on the foundation’s role as a philanthropic grant-maker, elaborated on the charitable sector in Singapore and responded to questions posed by the guests. The guests were also brought on a guided tour around the mansion to learn more about the late Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan who was a well-known banker, community leader, respected philanthropist and an advocate of education.
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1,600 beneficiaries from 40 different charities, most of whom were elderly, attended the concert held at Esplanade Concert Hall. The one-hour concert was hosted by Baobei Sisters, and featured biggest hits from yesteryear, performed by singers like Josephine Lam, Xie Wen, Li Bao En and Lawrence Chen. TCTF staff and interns were also involved as volunteers to assist and befriend the elderly.
“Our seniors were very glad to have a chance to attend the Mother’s Day concert, which they enjoyed immensely. I observed that much thought and hard work by Esplanade staff, volunteers went into the preparations. To the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation, kudos and much thanks for the foresight and sustained commitment to engage our older generation. For some of our seniors, it was their first venture into the Esplanade Concert Hall.”
Charles Fong, Centre Manager of Thye Hua Kwan Seniors Services, Taman Jurong
“Our beneficiaries had an enjoyable time listening to the mix of English, Mandarin and dialects classic songs. Irene and the volunteers were very helpful and caring to usher our beneficiaries who felt they were well taken care of. Thanks for the well-coordinated event and logistics from you and your team.
One of our 92 year old beneficiary even wished that the concert could be extended by another hour so that he could listen to more songs. Our deepest appreciation and gratitude to Tan Chin Tuan Foundation for inviting Brahm Centre and our beneficiaries to the Mother’s Day Concert for two years.”
Melvina Koo, Staff co-ordinator of Brahm Centre
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In line with our More Than Words theme this year, “WE CAN – Create, Contribute, Care, Connect, Cherish” 30 lower primary children from PPIS Student Care Centre (Bedok) explored the herbs, flora and fauna at HortPark on 23 March 2018 to learn how they can contribute to the environment.
This excursion was organised in partnership with our long-time partner, ACTs of life, who re-enacted “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” through different activity stations along their walk in the gardening park. “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” created an immersive experience for the children as they visualised Peter Rabbit running in the garden.
In the second segment, the children imagined they were botanists and learnt about the important role of plants in the environment. Then, they planted seeds in a little cup and illustrated what their plants would look like if it were the last of its kind in the world. They even wrote about their imagined plants and how it would help the world’s environment.
Thank you ACTs of life for partnering with us to bring this field trip to life!
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On 17 January 2018, the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation hosted the Presentation of TCT Scholarship Awards cum Tea Session for 21 students from the 2nd cohort of NTU-TCTF Leadership Development Workshop & the Master of Science in Managerial Economics (MME) & Master of Public Adminstration (MPA) Programmes (AY2016-2017) at the Tan Chin Tuan Mansion. Mr Jiang Zhongdong and Mr Yuan Lin, both of whom are Tan Chin Tuan scholars, presented their dissertation insights to the Foundation’s council members and guests present.
The TCTF team also took the opportunity to introduce Peranakan culture to our Chinese guests by donning traditional Sarong Kebaya outfits and treating guests to a delightful spread of nonya treats such as Kueh Salat and Kueh Ko Swee. Guests were also gifted a copy of Rock Solid which recounts the corporate career of our founder, Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan.
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