CapitaLand pledges S$200k to President's Challenge to support children and youth with special needs

SINGAPORE - Sept. 17, 2020 - PRLog -- CapitaLand, through its philanthropic arm CapitaLand Hope Foundation (CHF), has pledged S$200,000 to President's Challenge 2020 as it rallies the community to make 8,000 mask pouches under #CareKitWithLove to support children and youth with special needs as well as frontline staff from special education schools amid COVID-19.  The charities identified by President's Challenge to receive the mask pouches are Association for Persons with Special Needs, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore, Lighthouse School, Metta Welfare Association, Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore and Rainbow Centre Singapore.

In addition, 2,000 mask pouches produced by Arts@Metta, a programme under Metta Welfare Association that promotes employment and independence of special needs alumni from the Metta School, will be available for sale to the public in October 2020 and CHF will pledge S$20 for each item sold.  Proceeds from the sale will go to Arts@Metta and CHF's donation will go to President's Challenge 2020. More: http://www.bitly.com/CLxPC2020