Date: Saturday, 3 December 2011
Time: 7.00pm – 11.30pm
Venue: MPH
Cost: $40.00
Entertainment: Performance by MSG (Malcolm, Sebastian & Gerard)
Closing date: Saturday, 12 November 2011

For enquiries and bookings, contact Bridget at 6447 1578 or bridget@eurasians.org.

In November, 3 brave EA Dragonboaters will be kayaking for 24 hours for the ARC Children’s Centre, an centre dedicated to nurturing and enriching the lives of children with serious illnesses. Details are as below:

Names of team: Xpedition2 (X2)
Name of project: X2 Four Zero 24hr Kayak Charity Challenge – Fund Raiser for ARC Children’s Centre
Venue: One Fullerton & Marina Bay
Duration: Saturday, 26 November 2011, 12pm to Sunday 27 November 2011, 12pm (24hrs)
Volunteers: 32 (8 Leads)

Format: The three members of X2 target to paddle a minimum of 240 km within the 24hr period. There will be at least one team member in the water at any point in time. (Each member targets 80km) The plan is to have companies and individuals to pledge by kilometer made by the team to charity. With this format the team has set a target but also have the capacity to raise more many by paddling over the target. Each lap will be over a distance of 1.6km in a rectangle format. Target set is 150 laps.

Objectives: To raise funds for the ARC Children’s Centre. Using our strengths as athletes (Kayakers) and events specialists, to be able to develop and manage a sport event in aid of charity. Doing our part for the community.

For more information and sponsorship, contact Calvin Christian Willem Palyama at 9847 9258 or X2pedition@gmail.com

Deputy Chairman, Minister Lim Boon Heng launched the People’s Association (PA) first mobile portal – OurCommunity.sg – at the Grassroots Seminar on 21 November 2010. The PA has developed this portal to reach out to more residents. They can access information on PA’s programmes conveniently, 24/7, on the go, through any smartphone. This will help raise awareness of PA’s programmes and draw more residents to our CCs, community programmes and activities.

OurCommunity.sg is a web portal that can be accessed via any smartphone. Unlike mobile “apps” which are phone and browser specific, no download and installation is required to access ourCommunity.sg.

OurCommunity.sg features the courses, events, interest groups and facilities that PA offer, and allows users to locate PA outlets with the help of Google Maps. Users can even find out which District or GRC they belong to, see who their Mayor or Advisers are, by simply keying in their postal code in the “My Community” page of the “Around Me” tab. Here are other features in the portal:

The EA’s Education Committee is looking for tutors to teach:

• General Paper, Economics, Chinese and Maths to an A-level student, on a voluntary basis.
• Chinese and maths to a Primary 5 student

For enquiries, please contact Jacqueline at 6447 1578 or jacqueline@eurasians.org

Do consider donating all or part of your Growth Dividend 2011 to the EA by visiting SG Gives. Your donation will help support Singapore Eurasians especially in childhood education as well as support needy Eurasian families.

To donate, visit http://www.sggives.org/eurasians. Thank you for your contribution!

Do you know of anyone who is 60 years and above who is an active ager and a role model for other seniors? Someone who is active and dynamic in both mind, body and spirit? They could even be your family member, friend or colleague.

Council for Third Age is on the lookout for seven dynamic seniors to win the 2011 Active Agers Awards. Recognise and nominate your active ager role models today! Fabulous prizes await both winners and nominators.

To nominate, visit http://www.activeageingfestival.com.sg/awards/index.html or collect a nomination form at all POSB branches and NLB Libraries. Nominations close on 30 May 2011.

Many people list public speaking of their greatest fears. But learning how to put your views across to a crowd can make you more articulate, build your confidence – and it can also be great fun. The EA Toastmasters Club aims to help individuals, young or old, to improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Since the Club was established in 2009, many of its members have successfully overcome their fear of public speaking and have gone on to win awards at speech contests

The Club holds its chapter meetings on the first and third Saturday of each month and welcomes all to attend.

For more information, contact Zaf Coelho at coelhoz@gmail.com

The EA is reaching out to all to support the Association’s Eurasiana dance troupe which sends dancers to events like the Chingay Parade and National Day Parade every year. We need anyone who loves dancing to come out and be part of our dance troupe to keep Singapore’s Eurasian culture and heritage alive!

To be part of this exciting and vibrant dance troupe, contact Patch at 6447 1578 or patch@eurasians.org

The Social Circle welcomes you to our Reading Club to
Discover
Share
Discuss
Socialise.

Pick up a book whether you are an avid reader, lapsed reader or still waiting to get started.

The opening session was held on 9th September 2010 and facilitated by Mrs. Kiang-Koh and Mr. Peter Lee of the National Library, Marine Parade. The first group of seven members shared a lively, interactive review of the book Ever After. We came away enlightened and eagerly looking forward to the next meeting.

Date: Second Friday of each month
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Platinum Lounge

To join us, contact Patch at 6447 1578 or patch@eurasians.org

In line with the Singapore Youth Flying Club (SYFC)’s mission to promote aviation among youths and to inculcate in them a strong passion for flying, the SYFC is offering a free flying training programme for youths aged between 16 to 18 years old who are preferably in their first year in polytechnic, junior college or IP/IB schools.

Applications are open throughout the year. Limited vacancies are available for each intake so if you know of someone who is interested and meets the eligibility criteria for the programme, do encourage him or her to sign up fast!

For enquiries and registration, contact SYFC directly at 6483 6236 or visit www.syfc.sgfor more details.