PSSA 2007 - Informal Group Award Winner

Temasek Polytechnic Community Service Club

True to its motto of 'A Caring Heart & Volunteering Spirit', the Temasek Polytechnic Community Service Club (TPCSC) aims to reach out to all Temasek Polytechnic students to volunteer for the community. In its efforts to help the needy and less fortunate, TPCSC has collaborated with several Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs) such as Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprise (SCORE) and Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital.

Over the years, the club has reached out to students, staff and the general public on volunteerism by organising various charitable events. Recognising the busy schedules of Singaporeans, TPCSC has brought volunteering opportunities to its campus, thereby allowing students and staff to do their part for the community right at the school.

With over 400 members, TPCSC club has organised a wide variety of community projects for the VWOs while juggling the demands of studies. Examples of projects are: Art of Celebration in which 50 students and alumni interacted with the residents of Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society; Cranes to Grains Roadshow where TPCSC organised a roadshow at the school for six days. The event raised almost five tonnes of rice for the needy with the folding of over 47,000 paper cranes. Through the 'Bond to Care' Camp, TPCSC members worked with beneficiaries from Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore, and engaged them in creative activities like field cooking and dragon boating.

Not forgetting the needy students in Temasek Polytechnic, TPCSC raised more than $2,000 through various projects organised under the Campus Care Network @ TP in 2007. In another fund-raising attempt in 2007, the students raised more than $3,000 for the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital.

Volunteerism among the students does not just end at the VWOs. TPCSC has also participated in enrichment programmes to promote volunteerism to secondary school children through forums and exhibitions. TPCSC's commitment in volunteering has extended beyond our shores to countries such as Laos and China, with students setting up learning resource rooms in the rural areas to provide the locals there with an enhanced learning environment and an opportunity to access information technology.

It is by no means an easy feat to have such a big group of student volunteers from an academic institution. TPCSC's efforts in reaching out to the needy is highly commendable and serves as an encouragement and inspiration to youths who aspire to do their part for the community.

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