by Eleanor Yap | Aug 13, 2015 | Inspiring Figures
At 87, Joseph Tan is still out and about, and couldn’t be happier to serve society. BY: Eleanor Yap Professional photographer Joseph K.S. Tan, 87, was the oldest volunteer for this year’s 28th South-east Asian (SEA) Games which was held in Singapore in...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 2, 2015 | Miscellaneous
RSVP Singapore is going beyond a week of promoting senior volunteerism. Seniors now have more opportunities to volunteer island-wide and they can do so from now till October. RSVP Singapore is scaling up its annual event Senior Volunteer Week to a National...
by Eleanor Yap | Jan 27, 2015 | Inspiring Figures
As a cash register technician, Wee Char Lee has seen how machines have evolved – from mechanical to now electronic. And his job was not all that safe either during his time. BY: Eleanor Yap Wee Char Lee, 87, has seen technology evolve from mechanical to...
by Eleanor Yap | Jan 21, 2015 | Inspiring Figures
Spending 40 years teaching at various schools, Lee Meng Chew uses her skills as a volunteer at the Science Centre Singapore to educate visitors. BY: Eleanor Yap Lee Meng Chew, 74, is putting her skills as a teacher to good use as a volunteer at Science Centre...
by Eleanor Yap | Dec 30, 2014 | Inspiring Figures
RSVP’s Volunteer of the Year for 2014 shares how important volunteering is to him and the qualities that make a good volunteer. BY: Eleanor Yap Chee Chat San, 77, has been volunteering for many years in the Senior Service Volunteer Programme at non-profit RSVP as a...
by Eleanor Yap | Feb 6, 2014 | Miscellaneous
A call for senior heartland ambassadors to give tours of Punggol and HDB’s Gallery. The Housing & Development Board’s (HDB) Community Relations Group is currently recruiting senior volunteers as guides for their Heartland Ambassadors Programme for Seniors (HAPS)....
by Eleanor Yap | Jan 8, 2013 | Inspiring Figures
The President’s Award for Volunteerism (Individual) 2012 recipient shares how he started on the road to giving back. BY: Eleanor Yap Family means a lot to Lim Soon Hock. To understand the man who won the President’s Award for Volunteerism (Individual)...
by Eleanor Yap | Nov 8, 2012 | Inspiring Figures
Seventy-seven-year-old Lee Chik has been volunteering at the hospital for 16 years and is not planning to stop any time soon. BY: Joanne Tok At 77 years old, Lee Chik is considered the oldest volunteer at Ren Ci Hospital. She has been volunteering for 16...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 16, 2012 | Inspiring Figures
It is all in the attitude and the strong desire to give back to society – that is what Mos Zay lives by. BY: Kwok Jia Xin Sixty-four-year-old Mos Zay (left) once called a wrong number. But after he spoke, the person on the other end of the line said,...
