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A DAY OF CARING

Games, craft workshops and demos made for a meaningful
and fun day out at the recent SG Cares Carnival.

Visitors having a field day taking pictures with mascots.
Having hands-on fun at the
On Jan 13, almost 40,000 close to 3,700 people, was the various booths.
people turned up at the Singapore Fashion Runway: Fashion
SG Cares Carnival at for a Social Cause featuring special
Our Tampines Hub to learn more needs models and Mediacorp
about building a more caring and artistes wearing apparel sewn by
inclusive Singapore. Co-organised the underprivileged and the elderly.
by SG Cares and Mediacorp, A showcase of 35 everyday objects
the carnival featured 28 booths at the exhibition, A Good Thing,
which allowed visitors to learn shed light on how simple acts of
about various causes through kindness can make a big difference
volunteers, community groups, to the lives of others. The carnival
social enterprises and social also saw the launch of the SG
service organisations. Through Cares app, which connects those
games, workshops, performances interested in volunteering with a
and experiential activities, visitors variety of social causes. Visit SG
were able to see how values are Cares Facebook page
put into action via volunteerism (fb.com/singaporecares) or
and everyday acts of care. The download SG Cares app to find out
Checking out the exhibition
day’s most popular event, drawing more! A Good Thing.