Gifts of Opportunities

Since its establishment in 2012, the TTS Foundation has been working hard to raise funds that will go into enriching Tanglin students through various educational and philanthropic endeavours. Tanya Sahni, Development Manager, shares their plans for 2021-22.

TTS Foundation started the academic year on an exciting note with the launch of its annual Fundraising Campaign 2021. Our goal this year is to raise SGD 450,000, which will go into spearheading a variety of programmes to enrich our students’ education. This includes driving sustainability initiatives; encouraging leadership and service activities; giving access to inspirational visitors and significantly driving both participation and excellence in our sports and arts programmes.

One such example is the Deirdre Lew Service Award (for Years 10 to 13). This award is a fantastic opportunity for students to give back to the community and be inspired. It is encouraging to see Tanglin students come up with their own wonderful ways of serving the community using their unique talents. Sponsoring up to SGD 500 per applicant, this award has supported the efforts of many students like Year 12’s Rhea (see p56) to carry out service-based activities, making their mark in Singapore and the wider community.

This year, funds raised have a two-fold purpose, supporting exceptional educational projects for our students as well as Tanglin’s prestigious Centennial Arts Project with its very first art installation plans already in place for 2022.

THANK YOU!

SEPT 2021 DONATIONS

AUG 2022

29%

Providing exceptional educational opportunities in 2021/22. First Art Installation of Tanglin’s Centennial Arts Project in 2022.

PARENT ADVOCATES

More than 60 parent advocates also supported the campaign by reaching out to their peers in the Tanglin community, raising awareness about TTS Foundation and appealing for donations. Tanglin parent and advocate Dipti Thakar said: “The TTS Foundation provides both tangible and intangible benefits for the students by funding inspirational opportunities through its various projects and sustainability initiatives and encouraging student engagement at all levels. Seeing my children experiencing and benefitting from these exceptional opportunities highlights the importance and impact of each and every contribution, however large or small.”

A POSITIVE RESPONSE

Thanks to our community’s generosity, over 245 families have donated nearly SGD 130,000 as Friends, 1925 Society, Lions, and Patrons of the TTS Foundation. We also saw over 100 families make their very first donation, so we want to say a big thank you to all who gave generously to the TTS Foundation. In fact, your gifts are already hard at work in the following projects:

• TTS Foundation Lego Robotics Challenge • TTS Foundation Incredible India Day • TTS Foundation History of Math Show • TTS Foundation Toy Box Christmas Performance • TTS Foundation TEDxTanglin Trust School • TTS Foundation Deirdre Lew Service Award • TTS Foundation Uniform Donations to Caring for Cambodia

MEASURING OUR PROGRESS

For the very first time, TTS Foundation created a dedicated digital page so the Tanglin community could view our campaign’s progress in real time. On top of popular Project videos and the 2020-21 Report of Giving, families could check on the progress of our year groups’ participation on a leaderboard, read our wishlist of projects for the year, and see a live tracker of incoming donations and a virtual wall filled with wonderful messages from our donors.

We hope to encourage more families to make a gift to the TTS Foundation. For those who have yet to make a gift, you may still do so via the QR code. Families can also look out for our next TTS Foundation Giving Day in Term 2, which promises to be fun with a new race and brand-new challenges!

Want to know more about TTS Foundation’s projects or to donate?

Email our team: foundation@tts.edu.sg.