The Christmas Tree of Life 2008

Bishan Home & Vocalheart @ Tanglin Mall

2008-12-03T15:03:00.007+08:00

Performance of People with Disabilities from Bishan Home for the Intellectually Disabled and volunteers from VocalHeart.

2008-11-12T09:34:00.009+08:00

Map of Tanglin Mall (Click to view map from Street Directory.com)

Carparking
$3 per entry after 1pm on Saturday;
all day Sunday

Buses to Tanglin Mall
(Board behind Orchard MRT [Orchard Boulevard])
(Stop opposite Traders' Hotel)

Service No	From	To/loop at
7	Bedok int	Clementi temp int
105	Serangoonint	Jurong east int
111	Ghim moh ter	Ghim moh ter
123	Bt merah int	Bt merah int
132	Hougang central int	Bt merah int
174	New bridge rd ter	Boon lay temp int
174e	New bridge rd ter	Boon lay temp int

2008-10-20T13:45:00.005+08:00

The last two months have been an exciting time as we worked together with Tanglin Mall to make this event a reality. There have been some changes to our Christmas Tree of Life event.

Dates: 14 November 2008 to 31 December 2008

Time: 6:30pm to 10:00pm every evening

Location: Tanglin Mall

The centrepiece of the event will be the 12 metre Christmas tree filled with ornaments made of thousands of used plastic bottles. Over 2000 students from primary schools to junior colleges were involved in collecting, washing and cutting more than 10,000 plastic bottles, which will contribute directly to the construction of the giant tree and advant garde lamps made by PWDs and student volunteers.

The Christmas Tree of Life Event promises a fun-filled evening with a Recycled Art Demonstration by PWDs and volunteer artists, carolling performances, Exhibitions & Sale of Recycled Art Pieces & Products, Nightly Light Ups and a snow show every night!

HOW CAN WE BE INVOLVED?
On the weekends from 14 November to 28 December, volunteers will help us to:

Conduct market surveys
Feature new recycled art - 'The Trashformer'
Give out flyers
Assist in demonstration sessions

Do contact Daryl @ 67873200 to sign up now!

Updates on Christmas Tree of Life

2008-08-15T12:33:00.005+08:00

Hello everyone! Its been awhile since the last post. Just a few updates about the Christmas Tree of Life 2008.

Bottles
Our bottle collections with 12 schools is revving up as we approach the construction date in September. We estimate to have collected about 5000 bottles so far from the various schools and are hoping to collect at least 3 times more by September. We can do it!

Official Venue
After talks and discussions with many possible venues, Tanglin Mall has agreed to be our venue sponsor for end of year event.

Year End Event Highlights
~~We are planning to kick off the event on 22 November and feature the Christmas Tree every weekend. On 20 December, we'll begin the Nightly Light Ups until Christmas Day.~~
The programme is yet to be finalised but we're looking into having the following: Recycled Art Demonstration by PWDs and volunteer artists, Performances, Exhibitions & Sale of Recycled Art Pieces & Products, Nightly Light Ups, Official Launch of Christmas Tree by Guest-of-Honor

Official Recycling Company
Eveready Manufacturing, which is the largest plastic recycling company in Singapore, has agreed to be a supporter of our event. They will be collecting the bottles after the event for recycling. They have also expressed interest in joining us in our school outreaches.

Sponsors
We have secured sponsorship in-kind from Philips Lighting. They will be supplying lightings for the Christmas Tree of Life. We are in the process of discussing how they can be more deeply involved.

Christmas Tree of Life Video - School Outreaches

2008-08-13T17:57:00.002+08:00

Photos from our publicity campaign/Workshop

2008-04-08T18:06:00.003+08:00

Photos from our recent publicity campaign and workshop @ HCI. Videos coming soon!

Publicity Campaign

Workshop @ HCI

We're UP!

2008-04-02T03:00:00.003+08:00

The Christmas Tree of Life 2008 Official Blog is finally up!

We kicked off with a publicity campaign to over 20 schools in the Ang Moh Kio, Bishan and Balestier Areas! 3 More schools have made commitments to the project, bringing the total number up to 16! Photos coming soon!

Blog under construction

2008-03-31T11:19:00.004+08:00

Will be up in about a week.. Thanks for your patience!