What’s next for ANZA Action?
As an organisation firmly rooted in the Singaporean community, ANZA Action continues to evolve along with the needs of our members. With a freshly elected Executive Committee and an incredibly generous and enthusiastic cohort of volunteers, the focus of our charitable arm turns to how we can keep on improving our service. And everyone in our association can assist here – where do you think we could help?
While it’s been five years ago now, the post-Covid world has presented all of us with a changed landscape; the global political and economic situation is – to put it mildly – somewhat in flux. It has become obvious that what we were doing previously to raise funds and awareness may not be the best use of our limited resources going forward. With so many smart, talented, generous, and caring people in the ANZA community, a collective brainstorm on how we can evolve ANZA Action has got to yield a very bountiful crop!
ANZA Action supporting AIDHA and the Salvos
If you know a cause that would benefit our adopted home of Singapore, let us know. If you think your company or employer may be willing to contribute, ask the question at your end. Start a conversation that could ultimately be beneficial for all parties. ANZA’s resources won’t stretch to cover all our ambitions, but if you don’t ask, you don’t get!
Get in touch at [email protected] with any questions, suggestions, or potential ideas. Better still, lend us your skills and let’s keep on making a difference where it’s needed most!
We’ve come so far!
Now, how to move ANZA Action forward?
- ANZA began as a male social club, but by the 1960’s, women were at the forefront of ANZA’s activities, fundraising, and events
- A Women’s Auxiliary Report in 1979 by then Chairwoman Wendy Kentwell, revealed that wheelchairs and mosquito nets had been purchased for Singapore Leprosy Relief Association (SILRA)
- While charities supported by ANZA have changed over the decades, the Salvation Army and RDA (Riding for the Disabled) have remained constant from the start
- How we give back has evolved with the advent of technology. Today, we offer a range of ways to get involved with ANZA Action including fundraising campaigns such as the yearly toy drive for LOVE, NILS who support children with cancer; volunteering at styling sessions for Dressed for Success who help lower-income women to enter the workforce; or assisting AIDHA, an organisation providing financial literacy and self-improvement classes for Foreign Domestic Workers
- In May, at our fabulous ANZA Black Tie Ball 2025 – A Night in the Tropics we raised SGD$19K for Children’s Aid Society (Singapore). A night well spent!
ANZA volunteers prepping our fundraising ANZA Ball