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President's Challenge is an annual series of community-based
activities started by President S R Nathan in 2000 to rally the
public towards helping those in need of assistance. His call is for
Singaporeans to create a society where showing kindness and having
a generous spirit of giving and caring for the less fortunate in
our midst is part of our social ethos, and in doing so, to build a
more cohesive society.
The major activities of the President's Challenge are usually held
around the September school holidays. The specific aims of
President's Challenge are firstly, to increase awareness about how
the community can get involved in helping the less fortunate and
secondly, to raise funds for the social service sector. The
President's Challenge provides a platform to highlight the role of
the public, people and private sectors in meeting these aims
through their active and voluntary participation, both during the
period of the PresidentÂ’s Challenge as well as outside.
Besides the many events organised during the President's Challenge
period, many individuals and organisations have also taken upon
themselves to embrace the President's call by organising supporting
activities to encourage volunteerism and raising funds for
President's Challenge.
Through the generous support of Singaporeans from all walks of
life, the President's Challenge has, in the three years since its
inception, raised over $41 million. Together with the many partners
and sponsors who have helped to defray all the administrative
costs, every dollar raised under the President's Challenge has gone
entirely towards the beneficiaries.
