Patchworks

It has been about a month since Patchworks’ event, “Patchwork of Flavours: Learning Recipes, Bridging Generations” on 28th June 2009 at Bukit Panjang Plaza. If you were there to support us, thank you very much and hope you’ve enjoyed the event as much as we did. If you weren’t able to make it, fret not as we are here to bring you the hottest report of the event!

Along with our Guest-of-Honour Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Patchworks presented our four beneficiaries: AWWA Community Home for Senior Citizens, Kheng Chiu Loke Tin Kee Home, Geylang East Home for The Aged and Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme with the cheque of SGD10, 000.

Guest-of-Honour Mrs Yu-Foo presenting cheque to representatives of our beneficiaries

Energetic drums performance by Zhenghua Secondary School’s Drums Ensemble

Dance performance by South View Primary School’s Indian Dance

The event would not have been successful without the help of many people. Quoting Patchworks’ Vice Chairperson Daniel, “There were much groundwork and foundation that had to be laid. It would be hard for one to imagine the magnitude of the work that was needed to be done, nonetheless, we pulled it off with less than 2 months of planning. We were only able to plan and execute the event due to the dedication, perseverance and sacrifices of all involved.”

We would like to extend our utmost appreciation to our Guest-of-Honour Mrs Yu-Foo for gracing the event, members of NTU Students’ Affairs Office, Alumni Affairs Office and Corporate Communications Office for helping us in numerous ways in facilitating the entire project and event, and all our big-hearted sponsors for their generosity in sponsoring the event’s venue, goodie bag, freebies and lucky draw prizes! Also, not forgetting to show our gratitude to our performers who spiced up the event, and the dedicated beneficiaries for their kind support by setting up booths and engaging in the publicity efforts during the event.

Happy winners of our lucky draw prizes

Guest-of-Honour Mrs Yu-Foo presenting the Certificate of Appreciation to our performers

Most of all, we would like to express our sincerest gratitude to all supporters of Patchwork of Flavours-for believing in our cause and recognizing our efforts!

A Big Thank You!

We are very glad to provide you with the latest updates about Patchworks' donation event as mentioned earlier in this blog.

The event will mainly consist of a cheque presentation ceremony to the beneficiaries of our project, "Patchwork of Flavours"(POF)

A total of $10,000 raised from POF will be divided equally amongst the 4 beneficiaries as follow:
i. AWWA Community Home for Senior Citizens
ii. Kheng Chiu Loke Tin Kee Home
iii. Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme (Singapore)
iv. Geylang East Home For The Aged

In addition, we will be presenting a token of appreciation to long-time supportive entities of "Patchwork Of Flavours".

We have also lined up various exciting programmes, such as community performances by school children and an elderly dance troupe, to entertain the crowds.

Free goodie bags will also be given out(while stock lasts).

Both English and Chinese version of "Patchwork of Flavours" will be sold at the booths at the event. Each new purchase of POF will earn you a chance to win attractive prizes in our lucky draw. There will also be autograph session for the purchase of POF at our booths.

The details of the event are as follow:
Venue: Bukit Panjang Plaza @ The Garden Plaza

Date: 28 June 2009 Sunday

Title: Patchwork Of Flavours: Learning Recipes, Bridging Generations

Time: 12pm to 4pm

With attractive prizes to win, freebies to gain and most importantly, a chance to learn more about how Patchworks reach out to the elderly and bridge the gap between the generations in our meaningful project POF, now bring your family members along to this inter-generational event to enjoy a fun-filled sunday! You will not be disappointed!

Patchworks is donating SGD10,000 to four beneficiaries in June or July!
Tentative date: 28 June 2009. Early morning to early evening event.
It's a milestone for us, and probably for NTU students as well! The 10k is solely raised from the sales of "Patchwork of Flavours" (POF).

We are looking for capable souls within NTU who can handle one or several portfolios just for the event organization itself. Such as, Business Managers, Logistics and Operational Support, and general cheerful volunteers to attract and draw crowds!

If you have experience, all the better. If without, but is willing to learn, training will be provided! We just need your commitment and enthusiasm.

Basic requirements.
Biz Mags: Good command of english, a bit of business sense. Available via phone, email and in Singapore.
Ops and Logistics: Outgoing, steady, non-panicky, glib tongue. Able to handle customers, books and sales.

The event will include perfomances and lucky draws, goodie bags will be given.

If you are interested to assist us, please write to patchworks.is. donating@ gmail.com with your name, email and number. This is open to all your friends as well! We will provide food and refreshments for the event, and award you eca points for recognition of your service.

Patchworks is proud to announce that it is donating SGD10, 000 to our four beneficiaries!
This donation is made possible by continuous public support for our recipe-book “Patchwork Of Flavours”.

An official donation event will be held soon, most probably in the upcoming months and we will present a cash cheque to each of our beneficiaries.

Patchworks will announce the date and venue of the donation event on this blog- it will be a simple ceremony with lots of fun-filled activities- so stay tuned and come back for further updates!

Once again, thank you very much for your encouraging support and our partners’ unwavering belief in our cause!

Hey guys it has been a while! January 2009 marks the beginning of Patchworks’ collaboration with Kopitiam to place "Patchwork Of Flavours" (POF) at 11 Kopitiam outlets around Singapore.

The collaboration kicked off on the 17th of January with a mini-launch of the Chinese Edition of POF at Sembawang Shopping Centre’s Kopitiam with a book-sale cum cooking demonstration.



Prior to the event, members of Patchworks were already seen in action before some of the stalls at Kopitiam opened. Our members worked as a team for the preparation for the cooking demonstration and appreciation ceremony.

Cooking ingredients were chopped and prepared





Aprons to be presented to Aunty Anna and Aunty Seenie at the end of the event were decorated.






Booths for the cooking demonstration and selling of cookbooks were set up.






Members were also dispatched to different parts of the shopping centre to hand out flyers and inform the public about the event held at Kopitiam. We targeted areas like the entrance of the shopping centre and Giant with more human traffic.


We were honoured to have two recipe contributors, Auntie Anna and Auntie Seeni, to personally demonstrate to the crowd how to prepare their featured recipes. The cooking demonstration started at around10 a.m. with Aunty Anna’s Stuffed Tau Pok.



With the help of the DJ’s humor and friendly nature, we managed to draw in a huge crowd. At the end of the demonstration, the public was invited to experience the taste of the delicious Taopok that Aunty Anna made.



We had a break in between and the DJ went around Kopitiam food court to raise interest of the public. It was an interesting session as the DJ asked fun and innovative questions which spiced up the atmosphere a lot!





Shortly after, Aunty Seenie’s demonstration on how to cook Simple Fried Putumayam followed. Many were enticed by the fragrance of the dish and sang praises of it after savoring its extraordinary flavour.



Favorable feedbacks on the dishes served as good advertisement for our cookbooks, which help to boost sales. Besides that, Aunty Anna and Aunty Seenie autographed the cookbooks and took pictures with the purchasers of the books which helped to make things more interesting.

At the end of the event, we had an appreciation ceremony for Aunty Anna and Aunty Seenie. The aprons which we decorated earlier were presented to them and worn by favorably them. The Patchworks committee then took group photos with them. With that, the event ended rather successfully.





Many thanks to Aunty Anna and Aunty Seenie for their effort during the event as it helped a lot in marketing our cookbooks to the public. The recipe for the above dishes can be found at Page 11 and Page 19 of the recipe book respectively.

Patchworks would also like to express our gratitude and thanks for Kopitiam Group of Companies for their kind assistance and generosity towards supporting us and a good social cause! And also photographer Kokil for capturing unforgettable moments of the event. Last but not least, a big thanks to our members for organizing the event with such dedication, enthusiasm and hard work.

Get your copy of "Patchwork Of Flavours" today!

Now available at the following Kopitiam outlets (at the Kopitiam Card Counter):

North:
Sembawang Shopping Centre, Bukit Panjang Plaza, Thomson Plaza