This exhibition and auctiion was put together by students and staff of the MA Arts and Cultural Management Programme at LASALLE College of the Arts, with the 6 artworks donated by a private collector who has supported young LASALLE artists through the early years of their careers, and who proposed the cause – Willing Hearts.
A secular, non-affiliated charity, Willing Hearts is wholly run by volunteers, apart from a handful of staff. It operates a soup kitchen that prepares, cooks and distributes about 5,000 daily meals to over 40 locations island wide, 365 days a year. Every morning, volunteers prepare, pack and transport the meals to the various locations.
Beneficiaries include the elderly, the disabled, low income families, children from single parent families or otherwise poverty stricken families, and migrant workers in Singapore.
Willing Hearts’ vision is to improve the lives of the underprivileged and marginalized by providing them with their “daily bread” and to help them become useful members of our society.
In addition, Willing Hearts extends the following services to its beneficiaries:
– Dental Care
– Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatments
– Optical Care
– Legal Aid
– Bereavement Services
– Tuition Services for needy Primary school-going children
– Street Charity
Willing Hearts is a registered as a society with the Ministry of Home Affairs since February 2005 and as a charity with the Ministry of Ministry of Social and Family Development since December 2008.
If you would like to support them, please visit their webpage, or you may make a donation through Giving.sg. You can also volunteer in person, preparing and packing meals at the soup kitchen at Kembangan-Chai Chee Community Hub, 11 Jalan Ubi, which is open from 5.30 am to 2.30 pm daily! To volunteer, sign up here. Willing Hearts has a simple philosophy when it comes to volunteering – Just come with a warm smile, two helping hands, an open and willing heart, and one simple question “How can I be of help today?”
Art of the Willing Hearts 