This year, Giving Week has the support of over 70 lifestyle, retail and Food & Beverage brands, including Carousell, Courts and d’Good Cafe. Initiated by National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC), Giving Week aspires to celebrate Singapore’s caring spirit and encourage brands, non-profit organisations (NPOs) and people to support a wide variety of causes through The Good Hubs, The Good Life, and #TheGivingWeekChallenge.
For this year’s Giving Week, you can support by choosing from a wide range of activities such as Christmas markets, fun sports festival, social entrepreneurship talks, set meals at restaurants and online shopping. The details are as follows:
When: 29 November – 15 December 2019
Where: http://www.shopee.sg
What: In their #ShopeeGivesBack campaign, Shopee is matching every Shopee coin donated by users to their selected charities.
When: 1- 7 December 2019,
11.00 am – 3.00 pm & 5.30 pm – 10.00 pm (Mon-Fri);
11.30 am – 10.00 pm (Sat, Sun and Public Holidays)
Where: Iron Supper Club (9 Jalan Wangi, Singapore 349354)
What: Enjoy a curated special Giving Week set meal, with all proceeds going to their charity partner, St. Andrew’s Autism Centre.
When: 2 – 6 December 2019, 11.30 am – 3.30 pm
Where: Marina One East Tower (7 Straits View, Singapore 018936)
What: The week-long Giving Marketplace at Marina One will celebrate different forms of giving, with market booths, performances and more helmed by non-profit and social enterprises.
When: 5 December 2019, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Where: Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (1 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609606)
What: Members of the public visiting the hospital will be able to give in various ways, such as donating blood, and purchasing products from their flea market which supports various causes.
When: 5 – 8 December 2019, 10.00 am – 9.00 pm
Where: Social Collider (Blk 69 Ayer Rajah Crescent, Level 3, 139961)
What: Social entrepreneurs will share and chat with visitors at different timeslots.
When: 7 December 2019, 3.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Where: PAssion WaVe @ Bedok Reservoir (Bedok Reservoir Park (near Carpark A))
What: An inaugural #CommunityGivesBack event with fun-filled activities for everyone. Beneficiaries of various non-profits and members of the public will get to try out water sports such as stand-up paddling.
When: December 2019
Where: d’Good Cafe (All outlets)
What: The cafe is putting a twist on the usual Christmas tree decorations – guests can pick out a wish to fulfill at the cafes’ Christmas trees and leave the gift by the tree on their way out.
When: Until 31 December 2019
Where: http://www.chope.co
What: Chope is converting your Chope Dollars into donations for TOUCH Community Services’ Meals-on-Wheels programme, delivering meals to meeting the daily needs of home-bound elderly.
The above list is not exhaustive – there are many other ways to give back.
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Let us continue to embrace each other and show how we can thrive together as a Caring Nation.