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Santa Claus @ Choa Chu Kang |
| HoHoHo! Residents at Choa Chu Kang welcomed the joy and spirit of Christmas with a visit from jolly 'ol Santa Claus last December. They were especially delighted to receive a special gift from Santa each. Everyone also enjoyed singing Christmas songs during the carolling session led by a group of volunteers and Centre Manager Judy Aw while Rachel Tan, Supreme Universal Teen Queen (Charity Pageant), also performed for our residents. |
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Chinese New Year @ ECON |
| Ten residents and nursing staff of ECON – Braddell ushered in the Lunar New Year at Catholic High Secondary School. They were treated to a sumptuous meal while being entertained by the students' performances. Over at ECON – Chai Chee, residents were invited to neighbouring Ping Yi Secondary School for New Year celebrations. They enjoyed special performances put up by the students and each also received an ang bao! |
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Elvis Presley @ Buangkok |
| The King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, sang, danced and entertained our Buangkok residents in January. Actually, it was Elvis impersonator Mr Eddie Foo who volunteered to sing for them and also donated a karaoke system to the Centre. Even residents who are known to be shy sang and danced along to Elvis’ classics like 'Hound Dog' and 'Jailhouse Rock'. A trained accountant and economist, Mr Foo has been performing as a hobby for five years. Many thanks to him for bringing our residents much joy while reminiscing about the good old times. |
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Honouring Mummy Dearest |
| ECON celebrated Mother’s Day for its female residents last month by presenting each of them with a Carnation. Over at ECON – Bukit Timah, one generous relative even delivered a Mother’s Day cake for all the residents to share while all the mothers were entertained by song and dance performances by the nursing staff and centre managers. |
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Origami @ Chai Chee |
| In April, a group of 30 students from Maha Bodhi Primary School and committee members from Kampung Ubi – Kembangan Constituency Centre visited ECON – Chai Chee. Throughout the morning, the students taught the residents to fold paper cranes and also put up song performances for them. The volunteers even surprised our residents by presenting each of them with a gift after lunch. The young students have certainly brought much joy and smiles to them. |
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Student Visit @ Choa Chu Kang |
| Residents at ECON – Choa Chu Kang were visited by 25 students from Zhenghua Secondary School last May. The afternoon programme saw the youngsters sing and dance for the residents and play games with them, which kept our residents active. These included modified bowling, “marbles” and pass the parcel. Every resident who participated in the games was awarded a prize while the students even gave the Centre a food hamper and biscuits, which they specially baked for our residents. |
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Dumpling-making @ Upper East Coast & Buangkok |
| At ECON – Upper East Coast & Buangkok, residents enjoyed a lively hands-on activity at a dumpling-making session in May. Twenty committee members and volunteers from Fengshan Community Centre and 13 volunteers from the Keban Baru Women Executive Committee celebrated the Dumpling Festival at ECON – Upper East Coast and Buangkok respectively. They taught the residents how to wrap the dumplings, which were then steamed and served to them during tea break. |
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Mural Painting @ Buangkok |
| Seven students from Singapore Management University (SMU) shared their artistic talents with the residents of ECON – Buangkok in May. Over a period of one week, they painted murals based on an underwater world theme to brighten up the Centre and create a more relaxing and cheerful environment for the residents. Thank you to all of you from SMU for volunteering your time during your school holidays to create the beautiful artworks for our residents. |
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