Student Advisory Centre

About us and what programs we have to help needy children

A short history
SAC begun on 1st of July 2003 as a Runaway youth program

We are a full member of NCSS, and a registered charity

We are secular, not bounded by geographical regions,and serve all students aged 7 to 17

SACS MISSION

Our social mission is to

-help children from financially disadvantaged families

-meet their basic food needs and -help them progress out of poverty through education.
SACs social mission

Meals assistance

Development programs

Financial assistance

OUR Council

Our Management Council

Peter Douglas Principal GFIA

Sandra Seah Managing Partner Two birds

Ng How Yue 2nd permanent secretary, MTI

Maurice Nhan

Toh Kian Chui Foundation

Lee Foundation

Types of Program
Name of Program
Alpha program
Smiles program EQ Champs Study Champs

What does it do
Keeping potential school drop outs in School
Helps low self esteem students, usually victims of bullying. Reaches out to delinquents with at risk behaviors For academic underachievers, who are struggling in school.

After School program An After school program, to care for children whose parents work long hours.

SAC EDUCATION BURSARY

To Educate the Young

Beneficiaries Growth Over the Years

Service Year 2006 Year 2007 Year 2008 Year 2009 Year 2010 Year 2011 Year 2012

School based social work

115 students

370 1077 students students

1422 students

2136 students

1412 students

875 students

 From Mr Lee Kim Seng, St Hilda Secondary 2012 Dedicated counselor. For this service, I want to say SAC has been most helpful and opened in terms of going into very detailed discussion with the school to work out an arrangement that is of most benefit to our students. From the interviewing of a suitable counselor to the support that SAC provides for the counselor to work well in the school, SAC has always been most supportive. I would like to thank SAC for their friendly, opened and frank discussions carried out with my school. Quarterly visit by SAC Executive Director. As mentioned earlier, Trevor comes in with a very opened and frank approach on things that we can collaborate with SAC. He is always willing to listen to ideas that can help us to work out an arrangement that will be helpful for the students. For the work that we have already carried out, he is always asking for ways to see if the process can be made better. This has always been the most helpful in the collaboration.

 From Ms Yasmin, Loyang Secondary, 2012

ESU counsellor We appreciate this service the most as it gives us an opportunity to work directly with your counsellor as she is based in the school. Over a period of time, the counsellor is seen by the clients and stakeholders as being part of the school hence making intervention work much more effective and efficient. Training curriculum and workbook-

From the past, the training programs provided by SAC are to our satisfaction. We are appreciative of the fact that you include the programme wookbook , post programme evaluation and follow up counselling. The proposals put up by SAC prior to every training program whether it is through the bidding in our ITQs or in your marketing efforts are well-thought of and we appreciate your flexibility in customising your training curriculum to suit our needs.

Ms Michelle Lee Bedok Green Primary School. In 2012, I engaged SAC for my Enhanced Step Up Programme(ESU). I am very happy with the service provided by the counsellor so far. She is receptive to ideas and open to suggestions and she has great interest working with children. SAC is also providing my School with Lunch Box Fund which provides extra lunch coupon for 38 students which are FAS students.

This definitely benefitted the children as they need to stay back for supplementary class/extra CCA training. SAC had also been very approachable and he is very prompt to clarify any enquiries that I have. It had been a great experience working with SAC.

Venue

Your company site Or Outdoors Organize Team sports event ( soccer, basketball) Or Bring students to visit your company Or Give a talk to the students Initiator to support the food and transport cost of student ( S$10) To pay for the cost of the venue

Things to do

Cost

Having sports with Students

Conducting Outings for students

LUNCH BOX FUND

Feed the Hungry Children

Lunch Box Fund

Provides free food to needy children through donations to schools. Schools will then print out food vouchers for the children to exchange for meals at their school canteen. Once supported, each primary and secondary student will receive S$1.00 and S$1.50 per day respectively. With the support of new donors to the fund, SAC has increased the amount of funds it has disbursed since 2007.

Year Amount

2007 S$23,100

2008 S$103,740

2009 S$308,652

2010 $469,613

2011 S$547,804

2012 $36,437

2013 S$50,000 Budget

Fund comparison
Name of fund Description MOE Breakfast fund Straits Time pocket money fund Issued by MOE. Provides money for breakfast Issued by NCSS as the administrator. Provides $1 and S$1.50 per day per student. Used as pocket money, students can buy stationery, transport, toys or food. SAC lunch box fund Issued by SAC. Provide money for lunch only.

Beneficiaries are given voucher for Lunch Box Meal

Lunch box talk

To ensure our students do not solely receive money for lunch box, we require them to attend a quarterly learning experience before money is disbursed

Teaching students to slice vegetables

Looking on as student mixes a sandwich paste

Group photo of happy children

Students happily tucking in

Giving a talk to the students

Giving a department tour

Group photo with the students

Students with souveniors

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY WITH ONE OF OUR COPORATE PARTNER AVIVA WITH FENGSHAN PRIMARY STUDENTS

Venue

Your company site Or Outdoors Bring students to visit your company Or Give a talk to the students Initiator to support the food and transport cost of student ( S$10) To pay for the cost of the venue Financial literacy The services your company provide and how it operates

Things to do

Cost

Topics of interest

Volunteer Sends letters to Schools

School Arranges for needy to meet volunteers in room

Volunteers post needs online.

Donor Donates, volunteer records

Volunteers market for donors to view the needs of children

Donors review problems/ solution/ donation required

Email sent to (i) Donors (i) Schools

Volunteers organize

Volunteers purchase the gifts

(i)
(ii)

Food
Party

To inform of matching

(iii) Introduces donors to beneficaries Volunteers compile donors records and thank donors

Volunteers consolidate uncollected gifts for next disbursement

SAC sends out Tax Donation reciepts

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Benefits

Student Gets what they really need

Social working / Teacher

Supports their children.

Donor Gets to see Beneficiary faceto-face

No amount too much/ too little

Helps the schools mission

Higher trust

No citizenship/ Income criteria/ Various Criteria

Easy to use financial aid.

High interaction opportunity to meet needy people.

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Results so far
1st Disbursement
Number of kids 31

2nd disbursement
45

3rd Disbursement
122

4th disbursement
71

Total 2010

198

Value

5500 5th Disbursement

6351.50 6th Disbursement

51

16,675.50 7th Disbursement

13

6414 8th Disbursement

39

28,527.20 Total 2011

Number of kids

19

122 students

Value

7064

12,554

2566

10584

Approx $32,768 Total 2012

9th Disbursement
Number of kids 15

10th Disbursement
16

11th Disbursement
35

12th Disbursement
45

122 students

Value

$5,125.00

$ 4,868.00

$10,232.00

$7,840.00

Approx $28,065.00

Presenting gifts to the students

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CHILDRENS WISHING WELL

Give to the Poor Children

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CHILDRENS WISHING WELL

Give to the Poor Children

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Month 1
Volunteer Sends letters to Schools School Arranges for needy to meet volunteers in room

Volunteers post needs online

Volunteers market for donors to view the needs of children

Month 2
Donors review problems/ solution/ donation required Donor Donates, volunteer records

Month 3
Email sent to (i) Donors Volunteers organize (i) Food Party

(i)

Schools

To inform of matching

Volunteers purchase the gifts

(ii)

(iii) Introduces donors to beneficaries Volunteers compile donors records and thank donors

Volunteers consolidate uncollected gifts for next disbursement

SAC sends out Tax Donation reciepts

Volunteerism and support

Venue Time Day Cost Donors

Selected Primary and Secondary Schools Disbursement venue changes Based on project needs Last Saturday of every quarter ( March, June, September, December) Nil Can donate to a single child at www.studentadvisory.org.sg

Home improvement Project

Overview

Once a month, 3-5 houses from rental flats, all 1 -2 rooms, are chosen, where children from needy families, receive a Home improvement sprucing up. Project can involve painting, electrical works, plumbing or carpentery.

The charity will sponsor a value of up to S$1150, for the family, in the proportion of S$1000 for home improvement, and S$150 for gifts to the family under the theme Home improvement or Toys

Before

After

Dedicated volunteers in action!

Results for 2012

Number of cases Value of service (based on $1150 per house) Budget allocated 2013 ( 40 houses)

2012 52 houses
$59,800

S$46,000

Home Improvement

(ii) Volunteers in action - we paint, scrub, fix and mend.

(iii) A disbursement gift to the beneficiaries

(iv) a photo of the house after it was done

New and lighter coat of paint brightens up the study area. Installed a shelf for storage

Before

After
Pipes and shelves are given fresh coat of paint after thorough cleaning. Walls are also repaint to brighten the kitchen. -

Before

After

Volunteerism and support

Venue Time Day Cost Donors

Southwest Region 9-5pm Second Saturday of every month S$20 per volunteer ( to co-share cost of paint and equipment) Can contribute S$1150 for the cost per house.

Fund raising

Charity Swim

Children Art exhibition

Title of Event Purpose of event Target participants. Target number of drawings Objectives Date Volunteers needed Duties What does joy mean Art exhibition To let children express what joy means to them Students from the school SAC contributes to. Children from financially needy families Approximately 200 paintings. 300 paintings. To let public know the inner needs of children To raise awareness of SAC work 28th and 29th June 2013 Around 10-12 members To organize the project. Volunteers will be deployed to various role to make event a success. To go to schools and teach the students. There will be training by a Art Teacher who has graduated from lasalle, in how to facilitate children to draw. No experience in drawing is needed. We facilitate.

Training

To sign up

Rsvp to Jennifer@studentadvisory.org.sg

Music, Arts, Dance (MAD) fund

To support and mentor children with artistic interest from low income families, SAC is allocating S$10,000 for year 2013 to engage artist to teach young students. These students are selected from our partner schools in our counselling / philantrophic programms Funding can be used for (i) volunteers reimbursement, (ii) materials Volunteers are invited to teach art to these children. Volunteers are invited to teach dance to these children. All volunteering activities held once a week, for 10 lessons, in the school campus. All volunteering must lead to a end performance or a end art piece.

Music, Arts, Dance (MAD) fund

Demographics To support and mentor children with artistic interest from low income families, these students are selected from our partner schools in our counselling / philantrophic programms
SAC is allocating S$10,000 for year 2013 to engage artist to teach young students Funding can be used for (i) volunteers reimbursement, (ii) Materials

Funding Funding usage

Volunteers involvement
Volunteering frequency

Volunteers are invited to (i) teach art to these children (ii) Teach music or dance to these children
All volunteering activities held once a week, for 10 lessons, in the school campus.

End results

All volunteering must lead to a end performance or a end art piece.

Hot meals
We will be adopting troubled teens staying in homes, starting from AG home, a home for troubled youths from Feb to April, to provide (i) free food once a month. (ii) Financial assistance (iii) Bringing the children out

Cost per meal is S$10 per beneficiary. We expect 40 to 50 pax per hot meal program. Total budget allocated year 2013 : S$10,000

Day Time Service Style

Every 4th Saturday of the month 11am to 12 noon (i) Volunteer to pick up food from Score Kitchen (ii) Volunteers to serve food to students (iii) Volunteers to befriend students Free

Cost of volunteerism

Keeping public informed

Newsletters
We created monthly newsletters for our donors and partner.

Overseas Community Service

Photos of (i) Office at Rise above With Staff Bea, cyrus, With staff irene, ( even adding people like jenny okay)

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Friendship and Fellowship

Friendship and fellowship is the very heart of Knights.

Based on a lifetime of club membership, it allows a long term structured living of friendship and service to the community.

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Club Structure
President Chairmanship Administration Accounts Harmony & Fellowship Logistic & Discipline Account Check 1st Succeeding Chairman 2nd Succeeding Chairman Membership growth & retention Council member in club 20 10 other = members members minimum per club

Secretary
Treasurer Jester Bailiff Internal Auditor 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Membership director Immediate past president

Organizational relationship of the SAC council and the knights club

Knight Club Home improvement

Knights club of Wishing Well Knights Club of Community Arts

Knight Council

Charity Foundation

Reporting

Compliance

Knights Club of Standard

Chartered, Reading Room)

Knights Club of Hot Meals

Knights club of Lunch box fund

Knights

Name Tag

Half yearly volunteer recognition

Club Bell

Club Hammer

Fixed scheduled Members monthly meeting EACH CLUB HAS Club internal fund raising

Compulsory Signature club project

Annual Succession Planning

Submits monthly Club Report to Council Pay Dues on time to sustain the club and to the council Hold AGM annually & Invites others to attend

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Fellowship plan amongst members

Council Website for all members

Connects with the local Government to help local citizens Govt Recruits new members to join the Clubs

Council Newsletter

Council work
Council Bi-monthly Meeting

Holds AGM and Have election of office bearer

(Membership Committee)

Club

Apply

Council

Council Visit to Individual Clubs

Constitution & Club Matters review and endorsement

Council Initiated Social Service

Grants funds

Training for club members

Annual Convention

Council Initiated Fund Raisers

Allocates funds to club championing Council endorsed projects

This is council responsibility

Council Bi-monthly Meeting

Council Website for all members

Connects with the local Government to help local citizens Govt Recruits new members to join the Clubs (Membership Committee)

Council Newsletter

Annual Convention

Holds AGM and Have election of office bearer

Club

Apply

Council

Council Visit to Individual Clubs

Constitution & Club Matters review and endorsement

Council Initiated Social Service

Grants funds

Council Initiated Fund Raisers

Allocates funds to club championing Council endorsed projects

Training for club members

Monday
Week 1 Week 2

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday
Lunch box talk

Friday

Saturday
Lunch box talk

Lunch box Talk

Lunch box talk

Home Improvement Project ( 60 Knights)

Week 3

Hot Meal ( 15 Knights )

Hot Meals ( 15 knights)

Hot Meals ( 15 Knights)

Hot Meals ( 15 Knights)

Hot Meals ( 15 Knights)

Sports day with students. (50 mentors + 10 knights)

Wishing Well disbursement ( 20 Knights)

Week 4

Monthly & Quarterly work plan

Monday Week 1 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Quarterly, Lunch box fund talk Quarterly, Lunch box fund talk Friday Saturday Quarterly, Lunch box fund talk Home Improvement Project

Week 2

Week 3

Sports day with students.

Week 4

Quarterly, Lunch box fund talk

Quarterly , Wishing Well disbursement

Our offices
Headquarters Blk 365 Clementi Ave 2 #01-503 Singapore 120365 Project office 609 Bedok Reservoir Road #01-690 Singapore 470609 Off shored office Rise Above Foundation Cebu, Inc. 252, 4th Street, Happy Valley Subd., Guadalupe , 6000 Cebu City, Philippines

The End Thank you for your time!

Website:www.studentadvisory.org.sg