We spoke to Ms Kris Tan, Business Manager from Chye Thiam, one of the largest environment and maintenance companies in Singapore.
Hi Kris, why had your organisation decided to support Club Rainbow?
Chye Thiam Maintenance (CTM) was looking for a non-profit organization that fit our objectives of working with underprivileged children and youths, and lending help in ways other than just donations and Club Rainbow was a good match with our objectives. Club Rainbow had also been very proactive in engaging corporate partners like us and we had a pleasant time partnering with Club Rainbow in
2019.
Chye Thiam supported our flagship cycling event, Ride for Rainbows. Can you tell me more about your experience?
In order to ensure that we create a meaningful volunteering experience for our staff in CTM, we volunteered to be the logistics partner for Ride for Rainbows. This allowed our staff to contribute to a meaningful cause using company's existing resources and skill sets, with their personal time and effort, and by sacrificing their "beauty sleep". Our waste collection colleagues and hygiene specialists were also roped in to clean and clear the waste for the event. In addition, our CEO also led a team of riders to participate in the "Fun" category to help raise funds as well. It was truly a great CTM team effort!
How do you think the experience benefited your organisation and your employees?
It was a very fruitful, meaningful and heart-warming experience for us. A timely reminder for many of us that a little good goes a long way. We are not a big company, with huge CSR budgets to spare. We hope that our various activities with Club Rainbow over the one year period, be it the donation to the food collection drive, or the delivery of the food packs to the children and their families, or being the Official Logistics Partner for Ride for Rainbows, had helped to make a little difference in someone's life. Our colleagues also had the chance to bond deeper with fellow colleagues and do good together.
We are thankful for the support from Chye Thiam and hope that we have a chance to partner with them again!
Should your company or organisation wish to support our children and their families, please email us for a discussion: crscpm@clubrainbow.org
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