Announcements and upcoming events:
If you are interested in volunteering, TWC2’s next volunteer orientation session, Heartbeat, will be held on Tuesday, 14 July 2020 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 Heartbeat of July 2020”.
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.
During the last two months, TWC2 has been very fortunate to have received thousands of donations from our supporters through platforms like PayPal, Giving.Sg, and Give Asia. We are in the process of issuing the receipts through an automated system to any donor who has supplied a valid email address. Because of the volume, these receipts may take up to four weeks to be sent to donors. While processing these receipts we noticed a number of obvious typographical errors with email addresses and different donors using the same email address. If you have provided an email address and don’t receive a receipt within four weeks of the donation, or feel that the receipt has been incorrectly issued, please email us at info@twc2.org.sg .
Through June and July 2020, we will continue to be mostly working from home. 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 only be manned sporadically.
Workers needing help and advice can reach us through our WhatsApp help numbers. See the posters on this page http://twc2.org.sg/info-for-clients/ for more information in various languages.
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