EtonHouse Gives Back: Box of Joy

In the month of December, we embarked on a project titled EtonHouse Box of Joy to usher in the festive season of Christmas. Working towards making a meaningful contribution to children from underprivileged backgrounds, we invited our EtonHouse community to create ‘boxes of joy’ for them. We encouraged parents to pack useful items, necessities and educational toys in these boxes for children of all ages from newborn babies to 13-year-olds.

The response was overwhelming, and we are thankful for the warm support from our parents, students and staff, who have supported this charity initiative generously, contributing hundreds of gifts. The Boxes of Joy were given to children at Singapore Children’s Society as well as children from Henderson-Dawson Citizens’ Consultative Committee’s We Love Learning programme.

Last Sunday, 150 beneficiaries of the Henderson-Dawson Citizens’ Consultative Committees’ We Love Learning programme received the Christmas gifts delightedly. The annual community party was also attended by Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Joan Pereira, who conducted a storytelling session for the children.

Read the Straits Times feature here: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/kids-give-festive-presents-to-peers-who-have-less

Hear from some of our students on their thoughts of giving back to the community this Christmas.

“This present is for kids that Santa missed their house.”
– Rhys Lovell-Davis, Year 1, EtonHouse International School Broadrick

“I am happy to give to people because not everyone has gifts.”
– Gaku Bessho, Year 4

“Some people in the world don’t have enough resources so we can share our extras. Donation shows appreciation!”
– Karen Watanabe, Year 4

“We need to distribute resources so that there is no waste. I feel happy to help.”
– Kentaro Omura, Year 4

Jenil, Caitlin, Saksham, Weronika, Year 3

EtonHouse Claymore children hanging tags from Singapore Children’s Society on their Giving Tree in school – Each tag indicates an item one can get for a child in need, like stationery, water bottles, etc.

EtonHouse Mountbatten 223 children having fun decorating their Boxes of Joy

Nursery 1 class at EtonHouse Sentosa discussing what to add into their Box of Joy as a class

Collating all the Boxes of Joy at our head office