Announcements and upcoming events:
If you are interested in volunteering, TWC2’s next volunteer orientation session, Heartbeat, will be held on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, at 7:30pm. The one-hour session will be hosted virtually on Google Meet. Please register your interest by writing an email to <info@twc2.org.sg> with the header “Interested in attending Heartbeat”.
In our reply, you will be asked to register on an Eventbrite page wherein a Google Meet link and more details will be provided. You will not need to download any apps to attend the Google Meet session. A web browser and good internet connection will suffice.
If you are not familiar with Google Meet, you can check out some of the FAQs at this link.
Our next Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Sunday 18 April 2021, from 3pm to 5pm. The format will be that of an online meeting similar to the 2020 AGM. However, we have secured a room for in-person attendees who wish to observe the proceedings. The room can only to hold up to 25 persons and therefore we will need to ration the seats in advance. As for how to connect online to the meeting, detailed information will soon be sent out to members. Members are also requested to ensure that they have paid up their memberships for the coming 12 months in order to have voting rights at the AGM.
Through August and September 2020, we will continue to be working from home more than half the time. Our Administration phone number (6247 7001) and email address (info@twc2.org.sg) remain open during usual weekday hours for any enquiries. Our office will be open daily between 10am and 6pm but with only a skeleton staff.
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