Project Happy Feet Slipper Race is a non-competitive 3-5km walk in slippers (flip flops) to fundraise for education and training programmes benefiting underprivileged children and youths, especially those in developing countries. Conceptualised by Singaporean non-profit organisation Project Happy Feet, the event is run entirely by volunteers so that 100% of registration fees, donations, and spillover sponsorship cash can be channeled directly to pre-identified programmes. The inaugural PHFSR was held on 13 Novemeber 2011. Today, the race has gone beyond Singapore, to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and Cebu Mactan Island in the Philippines. The event has raised in excess of SGD400,000, benefitting underprivileged children in Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines. Project Happy FEet Slipper Race is able to go the distance because of corporate partners and sponsors. In this deck, Project Happy Feet hopes to share how corporate partners have helped in the past PHFSR, and recommends ways for corporate organisations to get involved through sponsorship in cash or in kind, supporting through extending networks, volunteering and participating in the event itself. For more details, please contact terence@projecthappyfeet.org
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About Project Happy Feet
Not-for-profit organisation registered in Singapore
on 7 July 2009
Supports education and training of
underprivileged children and youths
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Corporate Governance
Funds independently audited
Conforms to local fund-raising regulations
100% of donations go to beneficiaries
Operational cost defrayed by corporate sponsors
100% volunteer-run to save cost
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Achievements
Raised more than SGD400,000 since 2008
Built 1 school in rural Nepal, 1 library in rural
Cambodia, and contributed to several schools
and village infrastructures
Funded more than 500 scholarships in Vietnam,
Cambodia
Fed more than 5,000 children with nutritious
meals
Positively impacted thousands of lives
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Project Milestones
2008 – PHF Team in Siem Reap
2009 – PHF Team in Hanoi
2009 – HIHS students in Siem Reap
2009 – ACS (I) student councillors in Siem Reap
2009 – “Chefs for a Cause”
2010 – Recipes from the Heart
2010 – ACS (I) student councillors in Siem Reap
2011 – PHF Team in Hanoi
2011 – PHF Team in Siem Reap
2011 – PHF Slipper Race in Singapore
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Project Milestones
2012 – PHF Volunteer Leadership Experience in Cambodia
2012 – “Make Learning Possible in Nepal” fundraiser at The
American Club
2012 – PHF Slipper Race in Singapore
2012 – Filled With Love @ Fullerton Hotel
2012 – Opening of School in Nepal
2013 – Singapore’s Total Defence Campaign
2013 – PHF team in Siem Reap
2013 – PHF Slipper Race Ho Chi Minh City
2013 – PHF Slipper Race Cebu 2013 Resort Edition
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Quick Facts
Signature fund-raising mechanism for PHF
Non-competitive 3-5km walk in slippers (flip-flops)
First held in Singapore on Sunday, 13 November,
2011, 3km route at East Coast Park
100% volunteer organised and managed = zero
manpower cost
More than 5,000 experienced Slipper Races in
Singapore and Vietnam since 2011
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Quick Facts
Raised in excess of SGD230,000 for education of
underprivileged children in
Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam
Event cost less than SGD30,000. 100% covered by
sponsorship in cash and in-kind
100% of funds collected go towards beneficiaries
Corporate Participation Awards for strongest
employee participation: KPMG, Young
NTUC, Knight Frank, MagiKats, Standard
Chartered
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Vision of PHFSR
“PHFSR in every city”
To have local NGO partner PHF in organising
PHFSR in their city (e.g. KOTO in HCMC)
100% of funds collected must go to education
and training of underprivileged children
First PHFSR outside of Singapore held in Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam in March 2013
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IP Protection
ATMD Bird & Bird - Singapore’s leading law
practice with strength in Intellectual Property
protection
Sponsors legal expertise for IP protection of PHF
and PHFSR
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Ways to support PHFSR
Sponsorship in cash or in kind to defray cost
Extend corporate network to bring in sponsors /
participants
Encourage employees to sign up as participants
Make outright donation
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Case Study: Crocs
Sponsored 100 pairs of Crocs Slippers to be given
away as treasure hunt items along the route
Gave $10 vouchers
Sponsored prizes for crowd interaction games on
stage
Extended one retail unit for Race Tag collection
Hosted PHFSR Media Event
Helped PHFSR and achieved branding + sales in
return
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Case Study: South East CDC
Gave dollar-for-dollar matching grant for
corporate donations up to SGD15,000 (i.e. if a
corporate partner donates SGD15,000, SECDC
matches with another SGD15,000)
Extended its network to help publicise, promote
PHFSR
Helped waive off permit fees
Helped PHFSR and promoted community bonding
(met its mission)
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Case Study: Ben & Jerry’s
Sponsored ice-cream vouchers for all
participants
Offered booth space at its Chunkfest to PHF to
promote PHFSR
Helped PHFSR and
achieved branding + sales
(and met its social mission)
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Case Study: Markono Print
Media
Sponsored the production of 5,000 A5 flyers to
promote sign-up of PHFSR
Sponsored 1,000 brochures for PHF
Helped PHFSR save cost and met its CSR
objectives
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Case Study: Standard
Chartered Bank
117 employees signed up as one corporate
group
Sponsored 50 children beneficiaries from Metta
School for the event, and walked with them
Created a picnic for the 50 children beneficiaries
on event day
Employees helped PHFSR reach fund-raising
target, also made a difference to their regular
beneficiary
Ben & Jerry’s Chunkfest is an annual event attracting 15,000 people. PHFSR has a booth, and stage time, to publicise, attract and register participants