Dear Friends,
OVERVIEW
It was a great week. Everyday back to back, 1 school (Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School – 40 students) and 10 corporates (DSTA, Toteboard, Shanghai Looker Industrial Group, Formative Search, Taylor and Francis, MBS, Edwards Lifesciences, Amazon Web Service Singapore, STB, Senoko). We were especially honored to play host to the group of 10 management executives and about 20 of their staff from the Marina Bay Sands. Led by their COO, Paul Town, I am sure they all had a memorable experience with us. Thank you for sharing your lovely brunch prepared by MBS cooks.
Besides a full week of programmes, we organised a members kayak clean-up at Kallang/Marina and also Jurong/Lakeside. A total of 22 participated at Kallang and 13 at Lakeside. Thank you leaders for your effort in organising this. Weekday and weekend patrols including Saturday Pang Sua saw a total of 7 members at Punggol, 13 members at Lakeside, 48 members at Kallang/Marina and 2 at Pang Sua. As usual, the Garden crew was well represented.
On Wednesday, we successfully re-positioned our container store at Punggol.
All these achievements would not be possible without the dedication and passion of our members. Thumbs Up WWS! Litter collected by all our members patrols amounted to 98 kg and as usual, mostly metal cans (8) and plastic bottles (158). Still plenty of work ahead. Other observations of concern sighted this week includes a foreigner walking his dog unleashed and an aggressive individual smoking and walking around the park. A ‘sleeper’ was also reported to Gardens just outside our back entrance.
Summary of activities conducted over this week
In summary, the following activities were done for this week:
- We conducted 10 CSR and 1 VIA programmes which were attended by 187 participants and 32 participants respectively, and together they collected a total of 463.5kg of litter. For the week, 388 metal cans and 209 plastic bottles were collected.
- A total of 59 members were involved in CSR/VIA programmes and talks; another 68 members turned up for patrols, administration, housekeeping duties and training.
- The total trash collected by members of patrol groups was 98 kg .
- Boat Patrol. A total of 2 Boat patrols were carried out; 1 at Marina and 1 at Punggol.
- Bike Patrol. A total of 2 Bike patrols were carried out; 1 at Marina and 1 at Punggol.
- Boat and Bike Orientation. A total of 1 Boat and Bike orientation was carried out at Marina.
- Kayak Patrol. 2 Kayak patrols were conducted; 1 at Marina and 1 at Lakeside.
- Gardening. 11 members did gardening at Marina.
- Maintenance: 2 members did maintenance at Punggol.
ACTIVITIES AND REPORT
1. Educational Programmes
2. Volunteer Patrols & Activities
a. Marina
b. Punggol
c. Lakeside
d. Pang Sua Pond
e. Yishun Pond Patrol
| No patrol |