Valentine’s Day is a time to express love and appreciation, not just to our significant others but to the community around us. Instead of the usual chocolates and flowers, make this day extra meaningful by giving back.
Here are five opportunities where you can spread love and kindness.
1. Willing Hearts
Willing Hearts is Singapore’s largest soup kitchen, preparing, cooking, and distributing close to 9,000 hot meals daily to over 70 locations island-wide. They support the elderly, disabled, low-income families, children from single-parent households, and migrant workers. By volunteering your time in meal preparation or distribution, you can help ensure that the underprivileged receive a warm meal and a touch of kindness.
Find out more here.
2. Happee Hearts Movement
Happee Hearts Movement was founded to support the healthcare needs of people with intellectual disabilities—an often-overlooked community. It is the only non-profit organisation in Singapore that focuses on ensuring accessible healthcare for them and their aging caregivers. By supporting their mission, you can help provide holistic and dignified healthcare to those who need it most.
Find out more here.
3. Hearts Connect
Hearts Connect is an initiative where volunteers befriend and engage with seniors through tabletop activities and meaningful conversations. If you enjoy socialising and want to bring joy to the elderly, this is a perfect opportunity to make a difference. Training and orientation are provided, making it easy for first-time volunteers to get involved.
Find out more here.
4. Angel Hearts
Angel Hearts is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing comfort to bereaved families who have lost their babies. Volunteers repurpose donated wedding gowns into angel gowns, which are given to hospitals and funeral homes for babies who have passed. If you have sewing skills or would like to contribute in other ways, this is a touching way to support grieving families.
Find out more here.
5. Singapore Heart Foundation
The Singapore Heart Foundation has been at the forefront of heart health awareness and disease prevention since 1970. Through fundraising, community outreach, and financial assistance programs, Singapore Heart Foundation provides life-saving support to those in need. You can contribute by donating, volunteering, or spreading awareness about cardiovascular health.
Find out more here.
While Valentine’s Day is a wonderful occasion to show love, giving knows no season. Everyone can give every day and everywhere by contributing their time, talent, treasure, ties, and testimony. Visit giving.sg to explore opportunities to give back all year round.
Whether it’s through volunteering or donations, every small act of giving can warm a heart. This Valentine’s Day, let’s make a difference in someone’s life.
