Outdoor Promotion at Bishan

A great day for the outdoor selling of duckies at Bishan estate. :) To most of us, it was our first time doing such a promotion and street collection in public, but it is meaningful...for charity. ;)

I was mainly stationed around the Bishan Community Library surroundings. When we first started we were quite shy, but after some time... we got the momentum and were able to approach the public easily. Well... generally, I think the public's responses were not bad. Those who have heard about the duck race were rather supportive in this event again this year and they came forward to give to the 6 beneficiaries by adopting a duck from us. =)

At other locations, such as the Bishan bus interchange as well as near the Bishan MRT station, some other groups of our student volunteers were actively helping in promoting the duck race to the public. Despite the hectic lifestyle of Singaporeans when they were in transition from one location to their destinations, some stopped to hear from us and gave what they could to support this year's duck race. :) Thanks to the kind hearts of these people...

I think those student helpers did a great job for the day... taking breaks at the library cafe whenever they felt tired from the long hours of talking and standing. Haha ~ But without those student voluteers, we wouldn't have reached out to a wide group of people in Bishan Central. I was in fact very impressed with some who carried out the sales with full of commitment, and getting some people from the public to support the duck race willingly from the bottom of their hearts.

Well done our student helpers. :) Thanks to those of you out there who have adopted a duck.

Tomorrow we have another outdoor promotion at Orchard Road... If you happen to go Orchard for shopping or dining...you may want to consider supporting the duck race...anyway, it's also the last time that we can support the Great Singapore Duck Race. Let this nation event be a success. ;)

See you all this Weekend!

Weekend is almost here... Some of us are going to spend some time helping out with the outdoor sales in both Bishan and Orchard Road areas. Thanks Ms Kwa for getting our permits ready for Street Collections this weekend. :)

I actually had a meeting with the staff in-charged of the weekend sales...we would like to ensure that we got everything right and we know our duties well enough to coordinate the outdoor sales. We briefed the student helpers who would be helping us during the weekend sales. I actually observed them and I thought the response to volunteer to assist us was good, and they appeared keen to be involved in this event. :)

I helped Mr Ong and Ms Kwa with managing the necessary paperwork and documents like the permits and registrations for each of the student helpers at the end of the day... Then we were all done and prepared for the weekend outdoor sales... =) It's gonna be fun!!!

Hey...so do come and support us ok?

30th June 07 (Saturday) --> Bishan (Surrounding Junction8)
1st July 07 (Sunday) --> Orchard Road

Can call your friends or families along... It's the weekend anyway... Family day and a good catch-up with our friends, right? =)

Start of Sales to Internal School of IT staff =P

Yeah... Quite happy... First time selling the duckies...and furthermore on my own. Went around to most lecturers' offices in my NYP School of IT to promote the upcoming SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007. I was delighted to see my lecturers most willing to support this event I am involved in. Haha ~ Yup, it was quite fun... at the same time I began to get used to the selling. Because when I handled the sales on my own for the first time... I did make careless mistakes, like forgetting to tear the portion of the Adoption Certificate for those who adopted a duck after filling in their contact details...and well...erm...forgot to collect money!!! ~ Ooops! Haha ~ HeeX... Nevertheless, I thought the accumulated sales from individual staff was good.. :) Thanks to some of you lecturers who supported by adopting more than a racing duck. =)

Had a picture with Mr Yap... Haha ~ He adopted 2 racing ducks and got a blue and red rubber duckies. ;)

After a round of promotion to the lecturers on both level 3 and 4 offices... I met up with my lecturers-in-charged of this Duck Race to discuss about getting my fellow juniors who were studying in NYP as student helpers for the outdoor sales. I guess we need some good student volunteers to promote this event to reach out to the public in those locations we had thought of. We planned to give a briefing the following day to the student helpers about the duck race outdoor selling.

Planning + Games for Promotions

What are some places where we could reach out to more people in Singapore? We actually brainstormed on a list of locations where we could carry out outdoor promotions of the SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007, so that the public will be more aware of this mega event and at the same time, give to charity for those who are intersted in supporting it. :)

Having the Wheel of Appreciation done in the process... some of us thought of the various categories of token of appreciation which we could distribute to the public who adopt a duck for charity. The public would actually get to spin the wheel on the projected monitor screen and thereby they would be getting a little token from NYP according to the category of the wheel spin.

Just a little add on fun to that, we would also be developing a game application like a tile image puzzle in which one could arrange the jumbled tiles back to their correct positions to obtain the original picture.

Peeps, look forward to see the outcome. =) They will be out in a few days time.. :)

Some Preparations Related to Duck Race Promotions

I was at NYP today to discuss some interactive games using Flash and Java to create for the Duck Race promotions. My team and I spent some time brainstorming and we came upon some interesting ideas... I was thankful that we had great designers among us - San San and Zhaojun. :) Thanks! They would be helping out with the designs we need in the applications. I drafted out the project schedule and we would start working on them over the next few days.

Jia you, team.. We can do it. ;)

SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 is back!

SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 is back! Some of you might have heard about the duck race from previous years. This is the 7th time that the Duck Race is being held at the Singapore River, and it might also be the last as the Singapore River will soon be converted to a reservoir. Wanna support this year? :)

When I heard about the return of the Duck Race in Singapore, I immediately felt that it is going to be an exciting event and yet in some ways, we all can contribute to the society by doing our part... I became rather keen to be involved in it and started working on this project not long after I was back from Cambodia for my Overseas Community Service Project upon graduating from the Diploma in Business Informatics from Nanyang Polytechnic.

Personally, I feel that this is a rather meaningful event in which it will benefit the society with the funds raise by the public for 6 beneficiaries, and at the same time, it is going to be a great day of fun and excitement for families and friends at the Singapore River. More details of the duck race can be obtained at http://www.scs.org.sg/scsduckrace... and look out for new updates regarding this event in this blog. Feel free to share your comments, views and opinions about this maga fun event over here... =)