Bye 2020

Last day of 2020, so a quick look back at what we have done this year.

This pandemic had caught everyone by surprise, and we are busier than usual just to stay alive.

We hope to resume our hair donations soon, as many had written to enquire, but our main focus is still to raise funds to make more wigs.

Our fundraising has been slow and just last month, Give Asia ended our campaign prematurely due to their system upgrade. They said they were not able to reconnect back their platform to the funding platform, so we would have to create a new campaign in order to receive funds.

Wig Y20-21

We have been making wigs. Our wigs are not just for cover, but an armour filled with love for warriors battling cancer. 

This wig is no exception. Except for this warrior is a 6-year-old princess. Let's gather all the love and wishes for this little princess.
 

Wig Y20-21

Donors: Krystal, Zhong Hou, Shin Jie, Chloe

Wigs update

Wig Y20-01 to Y20-20

These are the wigs donated to NCCS

Wig Y20-01

Donors: Hui Cheng, Cheryl, Ching Lian

Important Announcement

Dear all,
In view of the evolving novel coronavirus (“2019-nCoV”) situation, recycle your hair volunteer group will be putting on hold all upcoming activities.

This includes our next batch of hair to be sent to the wig maker next week.

We would also like to remind everyone to remain vigilant and to adopt good personal hygiene practices at all times.

When all meet up

We had hair donors, recipient and volunteers gathered for one reason; donating of wigs.

And yes, all 30 wigs were donated to the wig bank of NCCS on Aug 24.

Thanks to everyone for your time and effort for making this happen!



... To be continued soon

It's all done

All wigs done and collected, including those from the first batch that had been sent for rework.  Photos of each individual wig will be posted soon.

Total cost for all 30 wigs is SGD 5400. Balance fund now is SGD 7908.59.

To the wig maker... but wait

These are just portion of the ponytails we received. Before we could bring them to the wig maker, they need to be sorted according to their length, texture and colour.

More in the box... can you see it?

Watch This Space

Fundraising update

We started our first fundraising last November, hoping to raise enough fund for 50 wigs. That’s around SGD10,000. As of now, we have managed to raise over SGD8,000.

Here is the update of the amount we raised

Amount raised from Give Asia: SGD 3,125
Amount received after fee deduction: SGD 3,058.96
Offline donation SGD 5,585

Information on donations' detail can be found at the links below;
https://give.asia/campaign/sponsor_a_wig_1
https://recycleyourhair.blogspot.sg/p/our-sponsors.html

We will be starting to make the wigs soon while hoping to reach our targeted amount.

We would like to thank everyone who helped in the contribution of our fundraising.

Fatima's shoutout

“... there is hair at this point but is really the lack of fund that holding so many patients back from getting the wig that they deserved.”
- Fatima



give.asia/oku

Be someone's hero

What can be more inspiring than hearing our very own hair donor supporting the cancer patients?

Dr Xenia touches our hearts by exemplifying “Be Someone’s Hero”.

It is easy to make someone's day happy by giving a bright smile, saying hello in the lift, sharing an umbrella or buying a small box of cupcake.. But, you can Be Someone's Hero by making the cancer patients happy, restoring their confidence by making a small contribution in our fundraising campaign.

https://give.asia/story/sponsor_a_wig_1

Easterin's Donation 2016

I just hoped that this 10 inches of hair will help the ones who need it more than I do and I'm looking forward to growing my hair back again and donating it all over again to help more people. :)

~ Easterin

2nd batch Donated

Our second batch of wigs of 2016 have been donated to Breast Cancer Foundation last Saturday, 13 May 2017.

We would like to thanks our hair donors, sponsors and volunteers for making this possible.

Wig Y16-08

Donors (from Top): Denis, Peixian, Margaret

Dear Santa

http://www.ourbetterworld.org/en/gsoty-story/battling-cancer-style

Voting ends 27 Dec (10 am)

Why So Little Votes

http://www.ourbetterworld.org/en/gsoty-story/battling-cancer-style

Voting ends 27 Dec (10 am)

Did you know that..

• one wig cost around S$200 to make? 
• some of the supposedly sponsored wigs ended up being paid by the volunteers?
• if they win, the prize money could benefit 25 patients / survivors? 
• till date, there are over 800 donors, but the vote count is less than half?
• you have less than 4 days to help? 

Voting ends 27 Dec (10 am)

http://www.ourbetterworld.org/en/gsoty-story/battling-cancer-style

Less than 5 days

This project was officially started in 2011. However, not many people in Singapore knew about this.

A lot of donors suggested that they should create more awareness. However ... .

For the past five years, the volunteers had made a total of 28 wigs and had donated them to NCCS and BCF. These are just some of them. They wish they could keep up with the demand, but ... .

It would cost the volunteers around S$200 to make a wig, and they are fortunate to have some friends, colleagues, hair donors and some anonymous to help in the past. Sadly ... .

If you know the answer, vote for them.

If you don't know the answer, voting for them is the answer.

http://www.ourbetterworld.org/en/gsoty-story/battling-cancer-style

Voting ends 27 Dec 2017 (10 am)

Halfway

This has been a busy year for these volunteers. Other than busy appearing on television and social media. They had been supporting some event as well.

In April, they were involved in an event by Mediacorp Radio station Love 972 and Ocean Butterflies Singapore for VIVA Foundation for Children with Cancer. They help whenever needed. So help them to help more.

Vote for them!

Voting ends 27 Dec 2017 (10 am)

http://www.ourbetterworld.org/en/gsoty-story/battling-cancer-style

Five

Day number 5 … The volunteers have been checking the vote count as and when they are happy anxious. Still far behind.

They had been asking people to vote, but people may not really know what they really do. Yet again, another couple of months back (like there are 24 months this year) crews from Mediacorp Chinese News were seen with them. And then… they appeared on a television programme on Channel U.

The show, World This Week, did a brief segment on what this group is all about, you can watch it over at the link below.

But then, still no sponsor.

Vote for them, though they cannot be your voice in the parliament, they can help those in need too.

Voting ends 27 Dec 2017 (10 am)

http://www.ourbetterworld.org/en/gsoty-story/battling-cancer-style

Day 3

Day 3 of the voting period and it seems like the story of these volunteers are lagging behind. The volunteers are still working hard to get more people to vote for their story.

Did you know?

The project that these volunteers are running is self-funded. They do not have any big organisations or companies to support them. The only support from the government, indirectly, is maybe the GST voucher given to the volunteers and it’s not a big sum.

See these ponytails?

They are waiting to be recycled into wigs for our cancer patients, and they do not need pay a single dollar (not even a cent), it’s all fully sponsored for by these volunteers, their friends and colleagues… and volunteers and their friends again… and their friends again … until may they are broke?

So, vote for them before it’s too late. Voting ends 27 Dec 2017 (10 am)

http://www.ourbetterworld.org/en/gsoty-story/battling-cancer-style