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SINGAPORE : Some 50 volunteers from Sembcorp Industries brought yuletide cheer to patients at the Assisi Hospice on Monday.
The company recently adopted the hospice and has pledged to be its corporate sponsor for the next three years.
The hospice's Christmas celebrations were in limbo when its sponsor Lehman Brothers pulled out after it was in financial difficulties.
After hearing this, Sembcorp Industries decided to play Santa.
Part of the company's initial donation of S$58,000 will be used to make the garden there more user-friendly.
Assisi Hospice cared for 1,192 patients in 2007, of whom 122 were children.
The patients suffer from cancer or other life-limiting illnesses.
The hospice's annual projected expenses stand at approximately S$6 million, and it depends mostly on public donations to keep it running.
Assisi Hospice is hoping its "Tree of Hearts" Christmas Light-up Drive will help bring in the necessary funds.
The hospice said it still needs S$500,000.
With a S$10 donation, members of the public can light a bulb on the hospice's Christmas tree. - CNA/ms
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