Designed by and Courtesy of
Jimmy Tan
The Chinese character "Jia", which means Family or Home, at the centre of a round table surrounded by smaller circles of different sizes symbolizing different people, regardless of race, language, religion, sexual orientation, economic status, nationality and social background, coming together and dine as an extended harmonious family.
This logo is designed for Project Family Reunion.
Project Family Reunion
On 17 January 2004, SPACES Community organized Project Family Reunion which aimed to bring cheer to poor Chinese elderly households by offering to clean their homes in preparation for the Chinese New Year 2004 and to join them for the traditional reunion dinner. Apart from offering diverse people groups with an opportunity for social service, it was also an excellent exercise in community building. At a time when family is breaking down and elderly is being neglected, we want to set an example of how different people regardless of social background, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender or economic status can work together to restore the joy of the extended Singapore family.
Project Name: Project Family Reunion. With growing number of elderly staying by themselves and often do not have any relatives to join them for the traditional reunion dinner, we hoped to bring cheers to them by offering to clean their homes and to dine with them as part of their extended families. In addition, Muslim families from Projek Pelangi were invited to join us in the reunion dinner. This gave the community in Tanglin Halt an opportunity for inter-racial interaction and social bonding, welcoming everyone to be part of the Family Reunion during the festive season.
Project Nature: Cleaning and removal of unwanted items of the homes of our elderly Chinese and households under public assistance programmes, as well as, celebrating the traditional reunion dinner with the elderly Chinese we served and invited Muslim families.
Target Group: Elderly Chinese and households under public assistance programmes in low-income estate of the Tanglin Halt area.
Date: 17 January 04 (3pm - 8pm including dinner), Saturday.
No. of households: 27 (Initial target was 20).
No. of volunteers: 105 (Initial target was 50), including 45 pupils from Chinese High School during the morning session from 9am to 12 noon.
Reunion dinner: Chinese halah dinner (17 Jan 04, 6:30pm-8pm) was provided free for all. Volunteers were strongly urged to join the elderly for the reunion dinner as most of them might not have anyone else dining with them during the traditional reunion dinner, and might not even have a better meal for the rest of the year. The reunion dinner offered an opportunity for inter-racial interaction and social bonding for diverse people groups.
Media Coverage: Local Chinese newspaper, Shin Min Daily News, reported on the event the next day. Click here for the English translation.