Royal Plaza on Scotts shared the joy with the children at MINDSVille@Napiri, supported by Community Chest, on Wednesday, 2 January. The children were all smiles from receiving the goodies such as assorted cookies, chocolates, homemade stollens and English fruit cakes from Gourmet Carousel as we welcome the new year.

The children's wing at MINDSVille@Napiri provides residential care and protection for children aged six to eighteen years old with intellectual disability and secondary disabilities such as emotional and behavioural disorders or psychiatric conditions. The home provides nursing care and therapies such as behaviour modification and counselling services for these children to help them integrate into the society.

Wennis Lim, Senior Business Development Manager, 43 years old, volunteered to take time off work and spend time with the children. She shared, "I feel glad to have been able to make their day by simply spending time with them. It is meaningful to start the new year by helping the less privileged."

The hotel believes that every employee has a part to play in the corporate citizenship in the hotel. "The hotel embarks on corporate citizenship programmes so as to impart to the employees the spirit of volunteerism and to be socially responsible." said Mr Patrick Fiat, General Manager of Royal Plaza on Scotts.

About Royal Plaza on Scotts

Royal Plaza on Scotts, Singapore's first 100% smoke-free business hotel, is located in the Orchard area, a bustling district in Singapore. The award-winning property was voted Asia Pacific's Best Independent Hotel at the 2012 TTG Travel Awards for the sixth year in a row. The hotel has supported Community Chest since 2001 and has implemented many initiatives for the less privileged through the years.

About Community Chest

Community Chest raises funds on a yearly basis to meet the needs of the social service programmes we help support. Community Chest ensures that fund-raising and other operating costs are kept to a minimum. As these costs are covered mainly by Tote Board and Singapore Pools, every dollar raised by Community Chest will be made available to social service programmes under its care.

About MINDSVille@Napiri

MINDSVille@Napiri is a multi-service centre run by Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS). The complex integrates various services such as a home, hostel/group home for adults with intellectual disability, children's wing and MINDS' third training and development centre.