UOB Heartbeat Walk/Run 2009

I love volunteer work!

Other than the fact that the Lord gave me a heart of service, it always give me joy to be with people. The company where I work gives us opportunities to engaged ourselves in community service and with that I am grateful.

with Lih Pin and my colleagues

It has become an annual event for UOB to have this Heartbeat Run/Walk.As we continue to grow in the Asia-Pacific region, we play an even bigger role in Corporate Social Responsibility. Besides giving back to the community through financial donations, UOB firmly believes that its staff should also be actively engaged in the community through volunteer activities. Initiated by Mr Wee Ee Cheong (Deputy Chairman and CEO of UOB Group), UOB Heartbeat – UOB’s staff volunteerism programme – kicked off with the Heartbeat Run/Walk in March 2007 to raise funds for UOB’s beneficiaries: Children’s Aid Society (CAS) and Very Special Arts, Singapore (VSA). Buoyed by the success of the first Heartbeat Run/Walk, a second one was held in April 2008 to raise funds for CAS and VSA, who have been chosen as beneficiaries for another year and runs still the same for 2009.

Mr Wee Ee Cheong (Deputy Chairman and CEO of UOB Group), giving check for UOB beneficiary

In running the UOB Heartbeat staff volunteerism activities, the bank hopes to achieve the following:
*Fulfill corporate social responsibility
*Leverage on staff volunteerism to extend UOB's company values: In pursuing business goals, there is a need to look after the people we work with and help the communities we operate in. This is achieved by giving back to the communities “with no strings attached.”

UOB Heartbeat Run Participants

The objective of the UOB Heartbeat staff volunteerism programme is to ensure that volunteerism becomes a part of the organisation’s “DNA”, which all employees internalise and live by.

bottled water everywhere

I personally wanted to participate in the Walk but since there was a need for more volunteers, I opted to just choose the latter as I would normally do. It was great working with people of different races and of other UOB departments. my team of volunteers as we were being designated to our location

my trainers in UOB ( Joey on my right and Kim on my left)

Until our next UOB HEARTBEAT Activity!