Over $55 million from the Community Chest went to the needy
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Three recipients of the Community Chest Awards 2012, from left, with Sharity Elephant, are Mr Kenny Neo representing Love and Care Nite Organising Committee (special events bronze award), Mr Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay (individual gold award) and Ms Lim Siew Lay representing Singapore Airlines Limited (corporate gold award). In the last Financial Year (FY), Community Chest Award recipients raised more than $52 million, an increase of seven per cent from the previous year. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
Needy Singaporeans received more than $55 million in aid after the Community Chest recorded its best annual fund-raising sum to date.
It met its fundraising target of $55.7 million for the last financial year, compared to $55.2 million raised the year before.
The money went to a range of charities, particularly those helping children with disabilities, youth-at-risk and the elderly.
The organisation, which is the fundraising-arm of the National Council of Social Service, said that the increase in donations came from workers who pledged a sum from their monthly salaries as well as individual and corporate partners.
