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Our Club's Signature Project this year was raising $100,000 towards the Yellow Ribbon Fund. It was specifically meant for the Yellow Ribbon Emergency Fund that caters to the sudden financial loss of the families of the incarcerated, until more permanent government grants are in place to help them cope in the absence of their loved one/s. November 6, 2015 was when we presented our cheque to Yellow Ribbon Fund. It was done during the "Dining behind Bars" event hosted by Yello... See More

The Rotary Club of Pandan swept up a number of awards at Rotary International Multi-District Conference in Bangkok May 12-14, 2017. President Dave Wee was awarded as an All Star President leading the club to win Gold for Best Vocational Service Project, Best Club Newsletter. He also bagged 2 bronze awards for Best Rotaract Project and Best International Service Project.

The Installation of our new Board of Directors 2015/2016 on June 26, 2015 @ The Raffles Town Club, Singapore.

On 2 July 2017, 13 RCPV members & their family members hosted a fun filled welcoming dinner for 14 Rotarians from our sister club, RC Changrai North at Fraser's Robertson.

RCPV celebrates the start of the new Rotary year for President Dave Wee and his Board of Directors. Event was held at the Carlton Hotel on 9 July 2016 with Guest of Honour Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth Ministry Ms Sim Ann.

250 participants attended a health talk on liver and colorectal cancer at SGH Academia on 23 Jan 2016. The talk was helmed by 2 prominent specialists in this field Dr Richard Guan who was also a Past President of The Rotary Club of Pandan Valley and Dr Denis Nyam. Both are specialist doctors at Mount Elizabeth Medical Center.

Our major project for this rotary year is the Project Heart of Love (PHOL). The objective of this project was to refurbish 20 one-room HDB subsided flats for elderly folks aged 65 years and older. Their flats are old, dirty, infested with pests and worn out furniture. Each flat cost $3000 to refurbish which includes uncluttering the flats of old and dirty furniture, cleaning and painting to give the old folks a clean and healthy environment to live. The club targets to refurbish 20 homes at a cost of $60,000. To raise the required funds, the club embarked on a fund raising activity by way of a charity film premier. The fund raising movie night was held on 17th December 2016 at the Cathay cinema screening the a premier movie, Rouge I, a Star War Story. Through the generous support of Rotarians and friends, we managed to sell out all the tickets and saw a full house. Thank you, Rotarians and your friends for your generous support.

Officiated by Guest of Honour, Senior Minister of State for Health & Transport Dr Lam Pin Min, our Pneumonia Vaccination project kicked start at Teck Ghee for nearly 60 needy seniors. Another 40 recipients has been scheduled for 23 June 2018.

RCPV's 3rd Club Assembly was hosted by PN Patrick Cheo at his residence. A total of 21, including DGE Mohan and PDG GB Chew, 10 Family Members and a guest attended this event. An update of the 3rd Quarter activities was presented to members and recognition of both the new & upgraded Paul Harris recipients, Stefanie Wong and PP Lee GA were accorded by PDG GB Chew. Being a great cook, PN Patrick Cheo cooked up a storm of 7 local favourites for members who enjoyed the yummy dinner and some lucky ones got to ta-pau balance home for their families. The food was so good that members donated a total of S$ 732 to the RCPV Sunshine Box. Thanks for PN Patrick Cheo for his generosity and hard work to make this Club Assembly fun and successful

On 15 July 2017, RCPV celebrated their 35th Installation Dinner with a great turn out of guests and members. It was a Balik Kampung night of fun and great fellowship !

RCPV is so proud to present this musical as our community project this year. This Rotary Day project reached out to over 2000 audience at the Marina Bay Sands theatre. A $500,000 cheque was handed out to 50 charities, including our four beneficiaries - Association for Persons with Special Needs, Handicaps Welfare Association, The Singapore Association for the Deaf and Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped. We are privileged to work with A Nation In Concert to impact our community with a storyline set against our own wetlands Sungei Buloh for a more caring society. This show is run completely by volunteers.

DG Jeff Yong's official visit was held just before the Club's 1st Assembly in the new Rotary Year on 6 Sep 2019 evening, at the NUSS Guild House at Suntec City. Leadership teams from RCPV and SUTD Rotaract Clubs presented Rotary Year 2019-2020's goals and projects to the 45 members and guests who attended the event. 2 new members, Louis Loo and Stefanie Wong, were inducted and recognition to the new Paul Harris Fellows were conducted by DG Jeff Yong.

On 9 September 2017, families and friends of RCPV with the help of our Interactors & Rotaractors from St Joseph International School, Stamford American International School, SUTD headed to Block 217 at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 for Project Heart of Love. From 10.30am till 4.30pm, two units of the rental flats were scrubbed clean, painted and refurbished with new sets of furniture, fixtures and curtains. Another fulfilling community project in collaboration with Charis Mission for the needy folks....

Distributing food and ang pow for needy residents at Redhill has been a signature project for the Rotary Club of Pandan Valley. This year we contributed funds through The Foundation of Rotary Clubs Singapore and expanded this project to household appliances, fridges, fans and rice cookers as many of these require replacements or are non existent in these homes. Interactors from SJII, family members and other friends of Rotary came to help out as well.

On 18 March 2017, we have completed the refurbishment of the first unit for our RCPV community service work " Project Heart Of Love". There was a lot of sweat, a lot of smiles, and a teary beneficiary filled with happiness!

The 37th Installation of BoD was held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. 170 members, guests and family members came in their Retro Outfit and had a blast having their photos taken for memory sake. Many complimented on the good food served. An update on the RCPV International Service Clean Water Project was presented by the Service director, PP Choe PS and an impromptu call for fund was made by MC PP Lim for a dance demo by President Jeanne Lim. A total of S$7,056 was raised on this evening. Proceeds went to this Clean Water project.

The 36th installation of Rotary Club of Pandan Valley President Dennis Wee and his Board of Directors was held at the Copthorne Waterfront Hotel on 30th June 2018

150 participants attended a health talk on Pneumonia Prevention Health Talk at Teck Ghee community hall on 24 March 2018. The Rotary Club of Pandan Valley, Dr Carol Tan of Good Life Cooperative and her team jointly worked with Active Ageing Committee of Teck Ghee conducted this very first Wellness Health event for the needy seniors.

Dr. Lynne Lim spoke about the importance of 'Hearing' health which is often overlooked by many people. Hearing problem is not only common among the old folks, it affects the younger population as well. There are various professional hearing tests available where one could seek diagnosis if encounter any hearing deficiencies. However, it is important to address hearing problem seriously whenever deficiency is detected. Solutions available involve the use of appropriate hearing aids or surgery for some serious cases.

Over the years, our club had received many visitors from far and near. The tradition of exchanging club bannerettes with fellow visiting rotarians continue during our weekly meeting until the pandemic interrupted it.

Installation of President TC Tan & the Board of Directors was held on 30 June 2017 with the presence of DG Datuk Lee Chuen Wan & his wife, Datuk Naomi Chong. It was lunch event filled with so much laughters and great fellowship among the family of RCPV and guests.

PP Andrew Koh & PP Jane Koh hosted RCPV's AGM and X'mas party at their lovely home on 14 Dec, 2019. Both PDG & Mrs. Chew Ghim Bok and DGE Mohan graced the occasion attended by a total of 60 people including RCPV's Ex-members, SAI Interactors & SUTD Rotaractors.  PP Andrew Koh kicked off the donation drive for funds to be raised for RCPV's annual Chinese New Year Food and Ang Pow Distribution at Redhill. A total of S$ 2,820 was raised for the project. 

On 8 December 2016, RCPV visited our Clean Water Project in ChiangRai North. This project served to benefit over 2,600 needy students in SahasartSuksa School. They are mainly orphans from hill tribes from 11 Northern Region of Thailand.

RCPV’s annual Chinese New Year Food and Ang Pow Distribution for the Redhill area was held on January 7, 2017, at Block 89 Redhill Close. 17 RCPVians, 20 family members and 8 interactors from Stamford American International School gathered with sleeves rolled up to package food items for distribution to the elderly who were able to physically come for collection. For those who were not mobile, many of us drove our cars with 2 or 3 team members to deliver to their doorstep. For this project, we obtained FRCS Grant of $3,300. Total funds raised for this project was $9,900. Groceries and food items came up to $5,600 and $2,500 was given out as ang pows. The balance of $1,800 will be used by Apex Club to continue buying weekly groceries based on the needs of the residents.

11 RCPVians, together with spouses and family, were in Chiangmai to celebrate the year’s activities and collaborations with other Rotarians in the district. With our usual Pandan Valley spirit, we gave out a great big roar when it came to roll-call.  We love our roll-calls.  They are fun and they are uniquely us.  It displays such solidarity amongst the members, who never fail do it with so much gusto and pride. Those of us who were at the two Awards Dinners were beaming with pride as we went on stage to receive the following certificates : 1.  GOLD - Best Rotaract Project - LegoLaos 2.  BRONZE - Best Public Relations Project – Public Health Seminar on Colorectal & Liver Cancer 3.  MERIT - Best Vocational Service Project - Public Health Seminar on Colorectal & Liver Cancer 4.  MERIT - Best PR Content - Yellow Ribbon Project 5. D3310 World Class Outstanding District Committee Chair 6. D3310 World Class Club President

Rotarians in our club participated in a District Walk to raise awareness to End Polio Now at the Botanics Gardens on 8 April 2017.