{"id":4580,"date":"2019-10-01T02:25:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T02:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-alumn-nus.pantheonsite.io\/alumnus\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:08:11","slug":"nus-day-of-service-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/2019\/10\/01\/nus-day-of-service-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"NUS Day of Service 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"\"VISITING SEMAKAU LANDFILL AND BEACH CLEAN-UP<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: NUS Master of Science (Environmental Management) (MEM) Alumni<\/strong>
The group visited Singapore\u2019s only landfill and learned more about waste reduction, and went to Labrador Park to pick up trash.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"WILLING HEARTS SOUP KITCHEN<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: Tembusu College<\/strong>
NUS Provost Professor Ho Teck Hua (Engineering \u201985) joined volunteers to prepare food for distribution to needy families.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"MANGROVE CLEAN-UP WITH EVBIG<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: Environmental Biology Interest Group, Life Sciences Society<\/strong>
NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye (Science \u201985) and volunteers kicked-off the day at the Sungei Pandan mangrove for a cleanup, and collected 59 garbage bags of trash weighing 214 kilograms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"GIA BAC AT VIETNAM – SHARING THE LOVE WITH ETHNIC CHILDREN<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy<\/strong> Vietnam Alumni Chapter<\/strong>
Volunteers visited the villagers at Gia Bac (a mountainous village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam) with stationery and rice for needy local kids.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORKSHOP WITH ELDERLY<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: NUS Dance Synergy<\/strong>
Students spent time with the elderly and shared with them the joy and benefits of contemporary dance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"SING-ALONG @ LING KWANG HOME<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: NUS Alumni Sing-Along<\/strong>
Alumni treated the residents to a dim sum breakfast, and entertained and engaged them with popular sing-along songs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"UBIN KAMPONG CLEAN-UP PROJECT<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: King Edward VII (KEVII) Hall<\/strong>
Students helped to clean homes, courtyards and gardens at Kampung Durian on Pulau Ubin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"FOOD DISTRIBUTION<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: NUS Food Science & Technology Alumni<\/strong>
Volunteers collected \u2018ugly\u2019 but still good-to-consume fruits and vegetables at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre for distribution to needy families and charitable organisations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"DAY AT LEE AH MOOI OLD AGE HOME (SILAT)<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: NUS Alumni Relations<\/strong>
Staff spent the morning interacting with the elderly through games and karaoke, as well as painting a mural wall and helping to set up a mini garden.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"DAY AT LEE KONG CHIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: NUS Office of Human Resources<\/strong>
Staff from NUS Office of Human Resources spent an afternoon with clients of Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore and their families at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"LEARNING JOURNEY AT FOREWORD COFFEE<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: Ms Velda Wong (Arts and Social Sciences \u201918)<\/strong>
Participants, including NUS Deputy President (Research & Technology) Professor Chen Tsuhan and NUS Alumni Advisory Board member and Member of Parliament Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar (Science \u201998), learnt how to make coffee from the caf\u00e9\u2019s differently-abled baristas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD TO ROADSIDE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS<\/strong><\/p>

Champion: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) Pakistan Alumni Chapter<\/strong>
Alumni distributed lunch to the informal construction workers who gathered at intersections to wait for jobs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fourth NUS Day of Service saw many repeat volunteers as well as those who participated for the first time. It was another Saturday well spent helping those less-fortunate, and doing our part for our environment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","category-social-impact"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4580"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6009,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions\/6009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}