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Balancing work and family commitments is a constant challenge many people face. But at HP, employees remain committed to volunteer work while coping with this challenge, driven by their passion to serve and supported by the company's senior management.
For over five weeks since June 18, some 450 employees from across all ranks in HP focused their energies and clocked more than 3,600 hours in support of HP's "V-Challenge" initiative to fulfill the wishes of five adopted charities of the President's Challenge 2005.
In addition to all the 'sweat capital' and hard work, the $300K raised through the generosity of HP employees and industry partners will be donated to the five charities.
The five charities are Autism Youth Centre, Geylang Senior Citizens' Health Care Centre, Metta Hospice Care, Spastic Children's Association of Singapore, and St. Andrew Community Hospital.
Under the V-Challenge programme in support of President's Challenge 2005, HP employees and senior executives participated in almost 20 activities to fulfill the wishes of these beneficiaries in keeping with the programme's 'Make Your Day' theme. These activities ranged from:
- Pasting cartoon characters to brighten up the occupational therapy rooms at the Autism Youth Centre.
- Organising a party for the elderly at the St. Andrew Community Hospital.
- Organising a fun outing to the Underwater World for the beneficiaries from the Metta Hospice Centre.
- Organising games, arts and crafts and cooking sessions for the elderly at the Geylang Senior Citizens' Health Care Centre.
- Carrying out computer maintenance for the Spastic Children Association of Singapore.
HP employees are encouraged to take one day off work every year to participate in community service under HP's Volunteer Day Programme. Through this programme, HP aims to make a positive impact on the local community through the contribution of human capital as well as its technology.
This year, about 100 employees even sacrificed their weekends on the V-Challenge activities as a show of their dedication to giving back to society.
HP senior executives demonstrated themselves to be good role models for their employees as well. The executives, led by Paul Chan, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, HP, Asia-Pacific & Japan, recently conducted a workshop to teach children from the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore how to use tablet PCs to create digital artwork. Through the artwork, the children expressed their wishes for our country's 40th birthday. This artwork will subsequently be presented as a memento to President S.R. Nathan.
Since the 1970s, HP Singapore has actively contributed to the Singapore community. The company's corporate giving and philanthropy culture is guided by the underlying belief that successful organisations are defined not just by what their businesses are, but also by their character, capability and contributions made to the society. HP was recognised for its contributions to the Singapore community when it received the inaugural Corporate Citizenship Award from the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) in 2004.
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