Date: 4 June 2011 (Saturday)

            Time: 3pm to 5pm

            Venue: Ren Ci Community Hospital, Level 4 Multipupose Hall

Synopsis

Buddhist meditation has become mainstream in the US and the west over a generation now, inspiring new areas of "Mind Sciences." Such studies are basically based on two common meditation practices, the Breathing Meditation and the Loving-Kindness meditation. Breathing Meditation is a "mind-centering" exercise where we use our natural breathing to internally calm ourselves. Loving-Kindness meditation is a "heart-centred" exercise for a more inclusive and healing selfhood. One great advantage is that such meditation works best as a self-help living skill (like learning to drive). Mr Piya Tan's talk will look at both the theory and practical aspects of meditation therapy.

Speaker's Profile

Piya Tan is a lay Buddhist minister and a non-denominational practitioner who regularly teaches early Buddhism and practises meditation therapy and counselling. After spending 20 years as a Theravada monk, he became a full-time Buddhist teacher. In the 1980s he was a key consultant and lecturer to the Buddhist Studies Team which introduced Buddhism as religious knowledge in secondary schools in Singapore. In the early 1990s, he was invited to the University of California at Berkeley as a Visiting Scholar in recognition of his Buddhist work. Piya now teaches Buddhism and meditation at various Buddhist centres and the tertiary Buddhist groups. He is married and has two teenage sons.

Programme Lineup

How to Register?

Please call 6746 1110 to leave us your name and contact number. You are also required to pay a registration fee of $5 per person, which includes refreshments.

The exclusive Charity Dinner "Friends' Tribute to Ren Ci" is back again! This year, the fundraising event organised by Ren Ci Hospital aims to raise $500,000 through the sale of tables priced at $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000 and single seats at $2,500 (allocated at the highest tier tables). The dinner will be held at the Grand Ballroom at Orchid Country Club on Thursday, 30 June 2011 at 7.30pm. We are privileged to have Mr George Yeo, Minister for foreign Affairs as our Guest-of-Honour, and are also delighted too that Mrs Yeo would be gracing this exclusive Charity Dinner.

Besides the spread of delectable cuisine prepared by chefs from renowned Peach Garden Chinese Restaurant, we have also invited well-known local and foreign artistes to lend their support to Ren Ci. They will present a series of nostalgic songs that will certainly bring back memories of the good old days.

We invite you to join us in this noble cause and give our patients a ray of hope. Together, your concerted efforts of compassion, unity and determination can certainly help our patients make a difference.

Payments and donations can be issue by cheque to be crossed and made payable to "Ren Ci Hospital". At the overleaf of the cheque, please indicate "Charity Dinner - Friends' Tribute to Ren Ci", as well as your name/ company name and NRIC/ ROC number.  Please mail all cheques to 71 Irrawaddy Road, Singapore 329562.

All funds raised from the Charity Dinner will go towards the recurrent operating fund of Ren Ci Hospital. Your generous donation will be issued with a tax deductible receipt. For more information and further enquiries, please call Ms Karen Tan at 6355 6428.   

~ Updated on 19 April 2011.

For those who have been working hard, you deserve a break. That is why Ren Ci's Staff Welfare Committee (iFUN Committee) is organising a Pre-Labour Day Carnival entitled “LET’S PLAY” on Friday, 29 April 2011, 11am to 4pm, at Ren Ci Community Hospital Level 2 lobby, specially for you. Regardless of whether you are a staff of Ren Ci, or just working around the vicinity, we welcome you to come on down and unwind yourself.

Who says only the healthcare professionals can help the patients? You can, too.

On Saturday, 16 April 2011, let's all do something meaningful for our patients. Support our islandwide fundraising efforts and drop your token of aid into our donation tins during our Ren Ci Flag Day 2011.

Every donation, regardless of the amount, goes a long way to help our patients. All proceeds go towards the well-being of our patients. We hope to raise $100,000 through this event. 

For those who have already signed up as street-canvassing volunteers, remember to collect your donation tins and permits from and return to your assigned collection/return site respectively within the assigned shift hours. The seven collection/return sites are:
- Bishan Junction 8 (Near taxi stand)
- Boon Lay (Near taxi stand / Jurong Central Park, opp Boon Lay MRT) 
- Newton MRT (Exit B, Level 1)
- Outram Park MRT (EW line Level 1, behind 'CAKE' shop)
- Tampines One (outside Topshop Man)
- Sembawang MRT (Near loading bay)
- Sengkang MRT (Outside exit C and Compass Point).

Besides the volunteers who will be reporting to the above stations, we are also glad to have the participation and support from Bukit Batok Zone 2 Residents' Committee, Xin Min Secondary School, Foo Hai Ch'an Monastery, and the Singapore Buddhist Youth Mission. All in all, some close to 1000 volunteers will be going around the island on 16 April with our donation tins.

Meanwhile, volunteers are reminded that they are NOT ALLOWED to solicit donations at the following restricted areas:

- inside MRT stations and on trains/buses,
- inside the premise of shopping malls, hospitals, hotels and places of worship,
- in Changi Airport, Woodlands checkpoint & railway stations.

Thank you all volunteers who have signed up for the Ren Ci Flag Day.

Click here to read more about the post-event writeup.

Flag Day Reference Number: 2010120266 

Date: 21 November 2010 

Time: 8am - 11.30am

Guest-of-honour: Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports

Starting Point: Ren Ci Long Term Care @ Buangkok

Finishing Point: Ren Ci Community Hospital @ Irrawaddy

Thank you for your support and participation!

This fundraising event has helped Ren Ci raise $360,000.

Read more about this event on:

~ Channel Newsasia
~ 早报网 Zaobao.com

This event has been jointly organised by:

  

Food • Family • Fun
美食 • 家庭 • 欢乐

Date: 1 August 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 8.30am - 5pm
Venue: Ren Ci Community Hospital
71 Irrawaddy Road Singapore 329562

Thanks to the concerted efforts of over 300 volunteers and fervent support of the 2000-strong turnout, the 8^th Ren Ci Vegetarian Food Fiesta held on 1 August 2010 raised a total of about $350,000 (unaudited figure, including outright donations and donations-in-kind), exceeding its fundraising target by 40%.

Despite heavy rainfall in the early morning, the spirit of staff and volunteers were not the least dampened. Coming from all walks of life, staff and volunteers worked hand-in-hand as one big family, ensuring that each and every stall is ready to open by 8.30am. Afterall, this year’s fundraising carnival has been aptly themed “Food • Family • Fun”, to emphasize the importance of family bonding through the festive celebration of food and fun.

The encouraging boost in philanthropy and support for this year’s event is also evident. Besides a significant jump in the number of stalls from 40 last year to 61 this year, the number of new corporate participants also hit an all-time high, with organisations such as Crystal Jade Culinary Concepts Ltd, Greentea Packaging Pte Ltd, Happy Realm Vegetarian Food Centre, Ho Bee Group, Lee Kum Kee, Teckwah Industrial Corporation Ltd and Unicurd Food Company Pte Ltd, involving themselves in the event for the very first time.

Commenting on such remarkable support for the event, Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Mr Lui Tuck Yew, who was the Guest-of-Honour, said, "Certainly for Ren Ci, the public has regained confidence. I want to credit not only the management, but also chairman Mr Chua Thian Poh. Over the last three years, he has helped to rebuild Ren Ci Hospital and regain the trust of the public. I know the public is fully supportive of the work that it does. And you certainly can see that in terms of the fundraising efforts."

Besides the wide gastronomic selection of savory vegetarian cuisines, there were also countless exciting activities happening around the hospital premise throughout the day, including a creative fashion show catwalked by senior citizens, a fun-filled cookie-decorating workshop, a cooking demonstration by Chef William from Shatec, live song performances by singers from Echo Music, massage services by TCM physicians, among others.

在大约300名义工的鼎力支持和齐心协力的付出下，吸引近2000人到访的第八届《仁慈素食会》于2010年8月1日成功筹集到大约35万元的善款（未经审计数据，并包括直接捐款和捐赠物总计）。这个数目比活动原先设定的25万元目标超出了近四成之多！

尽管当天清晨下起了倾盆大雨，义工和职员们的士气一点儿都不受影响。来自各行各业的朋友们一早就到达现场，像似一个大家庭般地携手合作，不分你我，为个别摊位进行最后的准备工作，并成功赶在早晨8点半准时开业。毕竟，本届素食会的主题设定为“美食、家庭、欢乐”，就是希望能借着现场的美食和欢愉的气氛，让大家感染到“家”的温暖。

今年的仁慈素食会在很多层面上，确实取得了振奋人心的成果。除了摊位总数明显地从去年的40 摊飙升至本届的61摊外，首次参与这项年度筹款活动的善心机构，也创下历年来最多的一次纪录，其中包括翡翠餐饮集团、绿茶包装私人有限公司、素食林、和美集团、李锦记、德华工业以及统一食品有限公司等。

对于活动取得如此热烈的反应，大会主宾 - 新闻、通讯及艺术部高级政务部长吕德耀先生表示：“对仁慈而言，公众确实恢复了信心。这不只是归功于管理层的努力，更要感谢主席蔡天宝先生。在过去三年里，他协助重建仁慈医院，让它重获公众的信任。我知道公众对仁慈所作的一切都会全力支持。而这能够从筹款活动的反应看得出来。”

除了垂涎三尺的美味素肴外，素食会现场还安排了一连串精彩的活动，让朋友们尽情享乐，譬如：由乐龄人士呈现的趣味时装秀、创意饼干点缀班、专业的烹饪示范、自弹自唱的歌舞表演、中医推拿服务、等。