Food Drive @ Maha Bodhi School

They say the greatest gift one can receive is that which comes from the heart.

We would like to thank the staff and students of Maha Bodhi School for the kind support and generous contribution towards our organisation.

 

From the food drive that was conducted at Maha Bodhi School in July, Food from the Heart has managed to collect over 100,000kg of rice and other non perishable food items such as canned food and instant noodles for the underprivileged under our care.

 

The total value of food items collected is an impressive amount of $8488, making it one of the Best food drive conducted this year!

 

We truly appreciate the thoughtfulness of your students and staff. The kind gesture will go a long way in making a difference in the lives of these needy families.

Food from the Heart team

Our Brand New 2nd Van

Food from the Heart is now equipped with not one but 2 vans! The latest brand new Mitshubishi Hiate is generously sponsored by LEE FOUNDATION.

With the addition of the 2nd van, Food from the Heart is now able to handle our food collections and distributions more effeciently.

On behalf of everyone at Food from the Heart, we would like to say a big thank you to Lee Foundation for their support towards the organisation and our five community programmes all these years.

A Day @ the Ceramic Workshop (30th November 2008)

On 30th November, Food from the Heart has organised a ceramic workshop for 26 of our volunteers as a token of our appreciation.

 

Despite the heavy downpour, all of the volunteers turn up at Whampoa Community Club and are all keen to learn the art of making a ceramic mug.

After a full demonstration by the expert (which by the way, she made it looked so easy), all of us get to work! After about 2 hours or so, most of the  masterpieces are done!

it was intense yet a theraupetic experience!

Toys Buffet 2008

Hi folks,

Just came back from another exhilarating experience of watching kids having a ball of a time (to borrow the slogan of Temasek Primary School) and see how the old kids took care of the younger kids, and kids from the donor schools offering toys to the receipient schools. It was like a buyer’s market. (^^) To quite Kahil Gibran, Happiness is in giving, it was in action here!

In the sprawling campus ground of Catholic High, where FFTH used the entire hall and most of the canteens, it was a big feat put together by the people who never say “impossible”! (^^) Imagine, there were events just before the FFTH event when the hall and the canteen were used. There was the O Level exams going on in the morning. Yet within an hour, all the stalls and decorations waiting by the side were put into place! Kudos to the FFTH office team, volunteers and the FFTH Toy Ambassadors! Of course, to the teachers who had to take care of their students, bringing them to the location of this year’s Toy Buffet 2008!

The dance performances by Evergreen School was fantastic! Almost pro! The kids got to “shop” for their toys, watch the performance, have makan (food) at the canteen and voila, games too! The longest queue must be the hair spray booth. The kids just loved to have a tinge of purple on their hair, much to the consternation of some of the teachers, I am sure. Now, even the VIP queued up to have her hair tinted! Another VIP had two hearts on the back of her shoulder nearer to her left arm. Cool ..

It was interesting to see some kids literally carrying their toys to offer to the other kids. And there were also those we went round looking for what might attract them. Ah, it’s like the market, grab before it is too late. I was eyeing at this lonely bear seated on a red chair by the German International School, when one small girl came asking if she could have it. Sure!

 Victor

 

Collaboration with LEGO

Dear Volunteers & Friends,

 

We are more than happy to announce that Food from the Heart has managed to strike a wonderful collaboration with LEGO, the giant manufacturer of the popular and well known LEGO toys.

 

LEGO has pledged to donate LEGO Education sets to all the underprivileged children at 14 of the children homes that are under our beneficiary list and we really appreciate their kind and generous gesture.

 

On top of that, LEGO has made an irresistible offer that is simply impossible to refuse. Food from the Heart is given this great opportunity to purchase LEGO Education sets at a special discounted price!

 

For those of you who are keen in contributing to Food from the Heart but are not too sure how to go about doing so, this is a good platform for you to do so!

 

All you have to do is to issue a cheque made payable to Food from the Heart with your full particulars at the back of it. Please write “Purchase of LEGO toys” as an indication. We would accumulate all the cheques that come in and would use 100% of the donation to make a bulk purchase of the LEGO Education sets.

 

These LEGO Education sets would then be distributed together with all the used toys collected from 25 donor schools to the underprivileged children at 18 of our self collection centres. We would also be distributing them to the needy students from various neighbourhood schools during our Toys on Wheels that is scheduled to take place from 10-14 November and 15-19 December.

 

If you happen to have used toys that are still in excellent condition and would like to donate them to us, we would be more than happy to receive them. Please help us to ensure that these toys are clean. You can drop it off at our office located at 161B Goldhill Centre, during office hour throughout Monday – Friday.

 

Any amount of cash donation will be appreciated. All cash donation made to Food from the Heart is eligible for double tax exemption.

 

For more details, please contact Ain directly @ ain@foodheart.org / tel: 62597176 (ext 5)

 

Food from the Heart is looking forward to hearing from all of you with favourable reply.

 

 

“A small kindness makes a BIG difference…”

A Hearty Get-Together!

Last month, a group of 30 “heart”working volunteers gathered at the Grand Hyatt Pete’s Place on a Saturday morning to work their hands on some Italian Recipes!

Upon reaching the restaurant, a warm lingering aroma drew us in as we settled down at a table. The normal bustling restaurant looks spike and span before the start of the business day. A crew quickly showed up and asked,

“Ma’am, Sir would you like coffee tea or juice?”

We were then treated to a lovely breakfast of freshly baked croissants and sultanas! MMmm.. Yum yum..

The entire restaurant has been reserved for the Hearty Italian cooking session conducted by the resident Chef Antonio Massagli.

It was a smashing time of fun and interaction as we stirred, whipped and kneaded the mixture into a good looking

dough! Now we know how the Italians are such creative people that with a plain old dough, they came up with so many variations of pasta shapes and named them Fusilli, Penne, Raviolis and etc…

One of our youngest participant love the dough so much he asked Chef if he could bring it home. And of course how can we turn down endearing requests such as these..?

“Sure.. Bring it home!”

After a short break, we did the Tiramisu and Chef shared a few secrets about the different variations and the kind of creme to use. The final step is to overlay the soaked cookies with a concoction of creme. Once that is done, the assistant Chef whipped it away to the fridge.

Chef went on to do a finale live demo of the Sautéed salmon fillet. As the fillet sizzles in his pan, all our stomach churned along in one accord as the wonderful smell awoke every gland and cell to the state of salivation. ‘

At the end of the event, volunteers received a personalised recipe booklet with Chef’s autograph in it. Everyone were beaming with joy right to the end of the event.

This session has been specially arranged to thank our volunteers who have serve tirelessly. 3 Cheers to Foodheart volunteers!

Cabbycare Charity Group Appreciation Hi-Tea Reception

Last Friday, Food from the Heart has organised an appreciation hi-tea reception for our volunteers in the Cabbycare Charity Group. This is our way of showing our deepest appreciation for the continuous support and dedication towards Food from the Heart for the past 5 years.

The event was held at One People Sg’s auditorium and we had over 40 cab drivers joining us . All guests, including the Chairman of Cabbycare Charity Group, Mr. David Sim, were kept entertained with a Harmonica Esemble and Malay Dance performed by First Toa Payoh Primary who is also one of our beneficiary school.

All of our cab driver volunteers were presented with a Certificate of Long Service Award and NTUC Voucher as our token of appreciation. After the presentation, all guests were invited to a hi-tea reception. The food was scrumptious and all of us had a truly good time, mingling around, getting to know one another.

To all our dedicated cab drivers from CabbyCare Charity Group – Thank you for your support! It wouldn’t be the same without you.

 

Ain (Events & Public Relations Executive)

Launch of Food Goodie Programme @ Seng Kang Primary School

Food from the Heart, with sponsorship from Macquarie Group Foundation, has launched the Food Goodie Bag Programme in Seng Kang Primary School, the ninth school in the Programme. The one year ‘adoption’ by Macquarie will see 50 of the most needy families in the school re

 

ceiving monthly provisions of non-perishable food items such as rice, cooking oil, noodles, biscuits an

d canned food items.

The simple yet meaningful ceremony was purposely held on 08.08.08 to coincide with the National Day Celeb

rations, where staff from Macquarie Bank and Food from the Heart were treated to performances by pupils of Seng Kang Primary School.

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution by Pro-Matrix Pte Ltd @ Redhill SCC

05.08.08 saw about 30 staff of Pro-Matrix Pte Ltd sorting, packing and distributing Food Goodie Bags to needy families at Redhill Close. Pro-Matrix has generously sponsored non-perishable food items such as rice, cooking oil, noodles, biscuits and canned food items for 90 needy families for the month of August 08.

 

Marine Terrace Self Collection Centre’s 5th Year Anniversary!

   Last Saturday, Marine Terrace Self Collection Centre has celebrated its 5th Birthday! As Marine Terrace SCC was the first our self collection centre that was set up, its birthday was being celebrated in style. Jointly organised by Marine Parade CCC, CCMC, WFC, Marine Terrace Breeze RC, Marine Parade N’Hood ’C’ RC & Food from the Heart,  the celebration was held at Marine Parade Community Club on 26th July. Graced by Dr. Fatimah Lateef as the Guest of Honour, guests were entertained by lots of wonderful performances from schools like Fengshan Primary School and Bartley Secondary School.

   A special booth was set up by the Kampong Fish Therapy to introduce all guests to Doctor Fish! All guests are invited to experience the invigorating Fish Therapy treatments with the super hardworking Doctor Fish. it was a tingling experience! Certificates of Appreciation were also given out to all the bakeries that has been contributing bread to Marine Terrace Scc all these years. After the official segment, all guests which made up of beneficiaries, RC members, FFTH volunteers and staff were treated to a scrumptous dinner buffer.

    on behalf of the staff at Food from the Heart, i woudl like to say a big thank you to Marine Terrace SCC, Mdm Cheam and her team of ever-so dedicated volunteers for the great partnership all these years. Thank you for running the self collection centre so smoothly. it would not be the same without you.

 

Our team of dedicated volunteers from Marine Terrace SCC