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AmCham Corporate Community Day 2008
Singapore’s Largest One-Day, Employee Volunteer Event

• AmCham is holding the 6^th Annual Corporate Community Day on Saturday, November 22, 2008.
• Corporate Community Day (CCD) is an AmCham initiative in which the Chamber’s member companies undertake volunteer events for local beneficiaries throughout Singapore on the same day.
• Employees of participating companies do volunteering work with a local charity to help fellow Singaporeans in need.
• The purpose of CCD is to raise awareness about volunteering in the community.
• The nearly 900 volunteers on the Day are made up of Singaporeans, Americans, and volunteers of other nationalities who live and work in Singapore.  They are dedicated to helping other Singaporeans and to giving back to the community.
• It is thanks to this strong and growing community spirit in Singapore that the event is now the largest one-day, employee volunteer event in Singapore.
• The first Corporate Community Day was held in 2003, with six major companies taking part.
This year, we hope to that over 30 organizations and 900 volunteers will be taking part in helping out more than 2,300 beneficiaries.

Registration Quick Checklist

Coming up….

	Have you contacted your beneficiary organization to chose your volunteer project?
	Have you returned the registration form to AmCham to let us know you’re committed to Corporate Community Day? (Deadline Aug 15)
	Have you let AmCham know how many complimentary posters you would like for your organization? (Deadline Aug 15)
	Have you submitted your company logo to AmCham? (Deadline Sept 26)

In the near future….

	Have you confirmed final details with AmCham such as location, time, officials attending, contact person, and event maps? (Deadline Oct 20)
	Have you RSVP-ed three company representatives for the Nov 25 Thank You Reception at the Ambassador’s Residence? (Deadline Oct 31)
	Have you RSVP-ed four beneficiary and volunteer organization representatives for the Nov 25 Thank You Reception at the Ambassador’s Residence? (Deadline Oct 31)

After Corporate Community Day…

	Have you given AmCham a brief write up (how many attended, total volunteers how did it go?) and pictures? (Deadline: Nov 24, 12:00 p.m.)
	Attend the Thank You reception at the Ambassador’s residence! (Nov 25 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm)

Please fill out and return this registration form to Emily Dunivant  by Aug 15 at the latest to begin your company’s registration for Corporate Community Day.
   Registration Form

This document highlights the most important deadlines leading up to the Corporate Community Day on November 22 and the Ambassador’s Thank You Reception on November 25.
   Timeline

	Not sure where to place a t-shirt order? Download a t-shirt order form from our recommended vendor Deo Silver Pte Ltd.
T Shirt Order Form	Corporate Community Day Logo.

Learn More About the NPOs and other Beneficiaries in Singapore  

The National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre has kindly provided AmCham with a listing of non-profit organizations that your company might like to volunteer with on Corporate Community Day.
  List of NPO referrals

Raymond Pang of NVPC Presented on Volunteering in Singapore

On July 10, 2008 Raymond Pang of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) presented at our second Corporate Community Day Planning Meeting. Raymond’s presentation highlighted ways in which you can get your company involved in volunteering in Singapore.

  NVPC Presentation (2MB)

Learn More about Last Year’s Corporate Community Day 2007

Last year’s Corporate Community Day was a great success with 30 organizations participating with nearly 900 volunteers. Gather ideas for your company’s volunteer project this year by learning what projects AmCham members were involved with last year.
   Backgrounder 2007

Previous Corporate Community Days

AmCham Corporate Community Day 2006

Singapore's Largest One-Day Employee Volunteer Event

CCD 2006 was held on Saturday, November 11, 2006

AmCham Corporate Community Day is a day on which our member companies give back to the community through employee volunteer events with individuals in need. The event aims to encourage volunteerism in Singapore.

2006 event details

Beneficiaries include children's charities, the elderly and needy families. Most of our over 1000 volunteers are Singaporeans helping other Singaporeans. It is thanks to the strong and growing community spirit in Singapore that this event is now the largest one-day employee volunteer event in Singapore.

In 2006,  28 organizations and well over 1000 volunteers took part on Corporate Community Day, hosting 22 volunteer events all over the island.



Background

This is an annual event and is a wonderful opportunity to build stronger ties between American organizations and the Singaporean community and to encourage employee volunteerism.

The inaugural Corporate Community Day was held in 2003 with six leading companies and approximately 450 volunteers participating and has since gone from strength to strength.

Participants and Activities at Past Corporate Community Days

In 2005, 19 organizations, over 700 volunteers and approximately 2000 beneficiaries participated. Participants in 2005 included: Agilent Technologies, Allied Pickfords, the American Club, Asian Tigers KC Dat, Becton Dickinson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cendant Mobility, Crown Relocations, Cummins, GE, Kraft Foods, Marriott, MCI Asia, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, the Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore Management University, the US Embassy in Singapore and UTC.

Activities undertaken by participating companies have included:

- moon cake parties and cooking classes for intellectually disabled children;
- sandcastle building for underprivileged kids;
- food deliveries with Meals on Wheels;
- family carnivals and food package distribution with Food From the Heart;
- beach and nature reserve clean-ups;
- arts and craft day with intellectually disabled kids;
- carnival and games at West Coast Park ;
- Food and Fun Fair for the aged;
- duck tour for special needs kids;
- charity carwash;
- talent quest with MINDS for the intellectually disabled.


Ambassador's Reception



In 2004, 2005 and 2006, the U.S. Ambassador to Singapore hosted thank you receptions at the Ambassador's official residence for participants of AmCham Corporate Community Day.

At the 2005 and 2006 receptions, participants from American companies were awarded the U.S. Department of Commerce Stewardship Award, the first time the awards have been awarded anywhere in the world. Non-American companies received the U.S. Embassy in Singapore Corporate Citizenship Award.

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