SPH charity carnival raises over $12,300

SPH senior production manager (pre-press) Lee Gee Jiong serving homemade vegetable curry to a customer during yesterday's Charity Carnival. Fourteen local charities and 12 SPH divisions and subsidiaries set up booths to sell an assortment of items an
SPH senior production manager (pre-press) Lee Gee Jiong serving homemade vegetable curry to a customer during yesterday's Charity Carnival. Fourteen local charities and 12 SPH divisions and subsidiaries set up booths to sell an assortment of items and food, to raise funds for good causes. ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM

More then $12,322 was raised for charities at Singapore Press Holding's (SPH) seventh Charity Carnival on Monday (May 22).

The annual bazaar, which was held in the media company's auditorium, saw 500 staff coming together to support 26 charitable causes. Fourteen local charities and 12 SPH divisions and subsidiaries set up booths to sell an assortment of handicrafts, baked goods and drinks, to raise money for the various charities and adopted causes.

They included CARE Singapore, which protects vulnerable youth, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).

SPCA volunteer Sue Neo, 55, said: "It's very heartening because people obviously do not need to spend $10 on a cupcake or on these tiny trinkets, but they do so because it's for a good cause."

The carnival, which was jointly organised by SPH's Corporate Communications & CSR Division and the SPH Staff Volunteers Club, brought in $7,000 last year.

Ms Winnie Yee, who is in her 30s, has been attending these bazaars for four consecutive years.

The database administrator in the information technology department said: "It's a good cause and it's something different from what we do daily."

Telephonist Sally Lim, 64, who played games and bought sushi, shared her sentiment: "You get to do charity as well as have fun. It's a great event." This is the second year she has gone to the bazaar .

Asked what he thought of the event, Action For Singapore Dogs volunteer Yeow Kian Hong, 34, said: "It takes a giving heart to make it a success and it's obvious SPH has it."

Camillia Deborah Dass


Correction note: A previous version of the article stated that the SPH Charity Carnival on May 22 was the sixth carnival instead of the seventh. This has been corrected. We are sorry for the error.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 23, 2017, with the headline SPH charity carnival raises over $12,300. Subscribe