What: A balanced diet, as promoted through FRESH, is one half of the equation. To ensure our children are truly healthy, they would need to engage in meaningful physical activities, and this is SPEED comes in to complement FRESH. The program aims to promote a more active lifestyle among our children and to ensure they have proper apparels and footwear when they engage in physical activities.
For 2025, the structure is as follows: Each child is given a budget of $96 ($80 in Gift Cards to be borne by the volunteers + compulsory 20% general donation to CWW for coordination) to shop for sports apparels and footwear at Decathlon. Duration is short (approximately 3 to 3.5 hours) and level of interaction is high (1 child to 1 adult ratio recommended).
2-way transport is required as the nearest Decathlon is not within manageable walking distance. Minimum number of children to be sponsored per session is 10. Do let us know if you would like to sponsor more
children.
As the program is likely to involve trying out of apparels and footwear and hence more time consuming, the number of volunteers should match the number of children to ensure that sufficient support and attention be given to each child.
This would be suitable for volunteers who wish to bring children out for shopping but may not be confident about being able to impart nutritional knowledge to the children.
Who: 7 to 12 years old or 13 to 17 years old
When: School Holidays (Weekdays only for Children, Weekdays and Saturdays for Youths)
Volunteers will attend a briefing in person on the day of the event to learn more about the programme flow.
Volunteers and children to go through the shopping lists together in their pairs to ensure that items on the list meet the program requirements.
Volunteers will guide the student with their shopping based on the list prepared.
Volunteers and students to head back to the meeting point for debrief and dismissal.
Ready to make a difference? Sign up to volunteer for the SPEED program and support our children in leading healthier, active lives!
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