SIGNATURE LOVE PROJECT XIII 10 th December 2015 to 2 nd April 2016 Signature Love Project (SLP) is an annual fund raising Service Club. This project aims to raise funds and awareness for an adopted beneficiary every year. 1. OBJECTIVES a. To raise funds and awareness for chosen beneficiary (Single mothers) b. To create sustainable aid for chosen beneficiary c. To create a platform to engage and encourage volunteerism and compassion among student volunteers 2. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Project Director Assistant Project Director Secretary/Treasurer Magistics Head Magistics Assistant Magistics Assistant Publicity Head Publicity Assistant Publicity Assistant Publicity Assistant Volunteer Management Head Volunteer Management Assistant Volunteer Management Assistant Programmes Head Programmes Assistant Programmes Assistant Ong Shiqing Andrea Wang Zheng Aw Kwan Hong Kristin Low Nabilah Tan Cheryl Lim Regine Lee Lee Jianing Jolene Tay Chua Yiting Jasmine Lee Poon Chongwei Xiong Chengjie Ng Weighee Tan Jun Hao Charmaine Eu 3. PROJECT OVERVIEW a. Programmes/Events Name Date Venue OC Recce Visit 0: 9 th Jan (Sat) HEB Building Visit 1: 16th Jan (Sat) Visit 2: 30th Jan (Sat) Beneficiary Visit 3: 6th Feb (Sat) visits Visit 4: 20th Feb (Sat) HEB Building Visit 5: 26th Mar (Sat) Page 163 of 190
Internal Drive External Drive Finale Beneficiary Outing b. Amount Raised 15 th 17 th February 2016 19 th 20 th March 2016 Visit 6: 2 nd April (Sat) NUS, (Biz/Arts/Engine/Science) Junction 8, Heartland Mall, Lot One Marina Barrage Internal Drive $5,022.25 External Drive $6,235.35 Donation $0.00 Total $11,257.60 c. Beneficiary Supported Beneficiary Project SMILE Number of beneficiaries 40 clients d. Volunteer Statistics i. Breakdown of volunteer count for each events Event Number of Volunteers Visit 1 0 Visit 2 17 Internal Drive 36 Visit 3 6 External Drive 25 Visit 4 3 Visit 5 4 Finale Visit 2 ii. Breakdown of volunteer count (if necessary) Total Number of Volunteers 86 Total Number of Unique Volunteers 61 Internal Volunteer Count (NUS) 86 External Volunteer Count (Non-NUS) 0 Page 164 of 190
e. Collaborations Project SMILE Project SMILE is a Singapore-based Charity, founded in 2010 with a vision to help underprivileged women. Its beneficiaries are from low or zero income families who need financial and emotional support. They are predominantly women with social and psychological needs, not limited to the following: No. Beneficiaries Profile 1 Low income 2 Divorced / Separated 3 Single Parent 4 Medically Challenged 5 Abused (Physically / Emotionally) 6 Any immediate family member with a chronic/life threatening / critical medical condition 7 Incarceration 8 Ex-Offenders 9 Shelter / housing issues 10 Problem Gambling / other social issues 11 Looking for social and employment opportunities Through referrals from Family Service Centres and through applications from the general public, Project SMILE identifies beneficiaries who would benefit from the assistance. In most circumstances, the beneficiaries are provided with interim financial means to manage their immediate difficulties; thereafter, they will work together with the beneficiaries to look into other measures of long-term aid in the form of individualized training and/or upgrading. It is a volunteer-led organization deeply committed to empowering underprivileged women to lead a better life. Today, Project SMILE supports close to 100 women and their families, through the following services: Emotional support, Empowerment & Training, Financial Assistance, Social Integration, Referrals and Informational Support. As collaborators and the beneficiary organization of SLP XIII, the Organising Committee (OC) worked closely together with Project SMILE to organize the activities and dates of the beneficiary visits. The Project Directors (PDs) acted as the liaison point between the person-in-charge of Project SMILE and the OC, especially for the Programmes and Volunteer Management Cells when planning the beneficiary visits. The OC also discussed their plans and specific activities with the Page 165 of 190
person-in-charge in order to ensure that the programmes were suitable and enjoyable for everyone. f. Sponsors and List of Sponsor Iitems Organisation/Donor Type of Amount/Item Sponsorship 1 The Escape Hunt Experience Singapore Voucher 500 vouchers 2 Twelve Cupcakes Pte Ltd Voucher 400 vouchers 3 Play Nation Pte Ltd Voucher 500 vouchers 4 Bubble Bump LLP Voucher 200 vouchers 5 Chewy Junior Voucher 500 vouchers 6 Voucher 400 vouchers 7 Dunkin Donut Voucher 200 donuts 8 GoroGoro Steamboat & Korean Buffet Voucher 2000 vouchers 9 KIM Korean BBQ Voucher 1000 vouchers 10 Kokomama Marketplace Voucher 1000 vouchers 11 TWE Water 60 bottles of mineral water 12 Lot One Mall Venue External drive booth 13 Heartland Mall Venue External drive booth 14 Junction 8 Venue External drive booth 15 Wah Mee Silk Screen Printing Logistics 3 banners & assorted corporate gifts 16 Curtex Pte Ltd Logistics Exhibition hall protection carpet 17 Popular Rent A Car Pte Ltd Vehicle 1 Nissan MV200 Van & 1 Toyota Estima 18 Project SMILE Vehicle 2-way bus transportation 19 Donor Donation 1 Laptop 20 Donor Donation 3 Laptops 21 Donor Donation 1 Computer Monitor g. Financial Statement Total Amount Allocated $1,300 Total Sponsorship/Donation $0.00 Total Expenditure $1,109.98 Surplus/(Deficit) $190.02 Page 166 of 190
4. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT a. Targeting a Beneficiary Group Outside the Sectors of CSC the physically/intellectually disabled sectors. SLP XII last year helped patients living with dementia. This year, SLP XIII has chosen to work with low-income single mothers and their families -- representing another sector that CSC had no prior experience in. As such, this helped to raise awareness to both CSC and the general public with regards to the different needs and support that different groups have. Therefore, it was felt that working with Project SMILE proved beneficial to all parties as the project, volunteers and OC certainly gained a lot from such an experience. b. Growing Scale of Fundraising Activities This year, SLP XIII expanded its external drive to 3 different locations, leading to an increased level of awareness and funds raised for the external drive. Having the external drive on a larger scale involved more manpower and logistical support more volunteers were needed per booth and extra workload such as driving, transfering and setting up logistics made it more difficult. However, the expansion into 3 different locations allowed the project to reach out to newer audiences and garnered higher rates of donations. This resulted in engagement with the public regarding our beneficiary. 5. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT a. Enhancing Content of Fundraising Drives There is still room for improvement in terms of raising awareness and funds more efficiently. Future PDs and OCs can explore the possibility of having new and different mediums of awareness drives, which could be radically different from the fund-raising booths done in the past ten years of SLP. For example, it could be an exhibition, whereby poster-size stories or photographs of beneficiaries are put up, subject to the media guidelines of the partner organisation. It could also be a more interactive booth to capture the student crowd. The key is to think out of the box on effective level. b. Better Recruitment and Involvement of Volunteers This year, SLP XIII faced difficulties in manpower arrangements due to the lack of volunteers. On days where there were greater numbers of good volunteers, the activities often exceeded its expected results. This revealed the importance of recruiting volunteers well. Future OCs can start volunteer recruitment earlier or find new ways to reach out to students who may be potentially interested in community -bring-a- Page 167 of 190
Reported by: volunteer count and help the project become a fun and engaging activity for all students. Future Volunteer Management and Programmes Cells can work to provide more in-depth and thorough briefs and debriefs after the visits to keep volunteers engaged in their service. A short 15 to 20 minute debrief can be held after each visit, facilitated by either the Project Directors, Volunteer Management or Programme team, for volunteers to discuss and express their experiences during the visits. It was felt that placing a greater emphasis and effort into debrief sessions would help the volunteers to have deeper reflections on their experience with the of the beneficiary. As such, the OC felt that future SLPs can also place more time and effort into conducting debrief sessions so that the beneficiary visits can be more impactful and memorable, and hence reinforcing the amount of awareness raised. Ong Shiqing Andrea (Ms) & Wang Zheng (Mr) Project Directors Signature Love Project XIII Page 168 of 190