Star Appeal for the SAS Education Foundation
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n the evening of Saturday, March 1, 280 parents, teachers, administrators and friends of SAS gathered in the elegant Windsor Ballroom at the Goodwood Park Hotel to enjoy an evening of friendship, food and specially arranged student entertainment and student art. Celebrating three successful years, the Star Appeal Dinner has become an SAS tradition. Held in support of the SAS Education Foundation, with the generous support of the Khoo family and the Khoo Teck Puat Foundation, who provided the venue and underwrote the cost of the dinner, this year’s Star Appeal raised $500,000 for the foundation. The money will be used to provide additional financial resources to support the students and programs at SAS. Again this year, the SAS Education Foundation will provide funding for financial aid and scholarships, athletics and intramural activities, visual and performing arts programs, student-led community service initiatives and other special projects such as the Parent Speaker Series, designed to identify speakers to address issues of special interest to our parent community. And again this year, the foundation has also been able to extend the scholarship for a student from Cambodia. This student continues to enjoy her new life in Singapore and is thriving at SAS. Without the commitment of her host family and the contributions to the foundation, her attendance at SAS would not be possible. Thank you to the many generous donors to the SAS Education Foundation. The names of the individual and corporate donors are listed elsewhere in this issue of NewsFlash. Many thanks are also due to the Star Appeal committee, Eun Choo Khoo, Mae Anderson, Janine Byrne, Janie Darmadi Ooi, Suzie Nam, Bon Park, Fae Sugiharto and Beth Gribbon without whom this evening would not have been possible and to the Khoo family for underwriting the dinner and the ballroom. The student entertainment and student artwork on display were special parts of the evening. Thank you to the teachers, the student musicians and student artists, who directed, performed and displayed their work at the dinner. A lively auction held at the end of the evening contributed over $56,000 to the total raised at the Star Appeal. This would not have been possible without the support of several very generous donors. Thank you to Wendy Yap and Vinum Fine Wine Merchants for the selection of wines and the “wine tasting,” to Ignatius Chan for the dinner at Iggy’s Kitchen Table and to Singapore GP Private Limited and Lenovo for the Formula 1 tickets. A special thank you to John Byrne, auctioneer extraordinaire. Thanks are also due to Wendy Yap and Vinum Fine Wine Merchants for the wonderful wines served during dinner, to Devin Kimble and Crystal Wines for the Champagne served at the reception and to Edan and Bon Park for funding the table arrangements. All helped to ensure a delightful evening for those attending the dinner and that every dollar contributed went directly to the foundation and the students at SAS. If you were unable to attend the Star Appeal Dinner and would like to make a contribution to the SAS Education Foundation, you may do so by sending your donation to the Development Office at SAS or by making a donation online on our secure website at http://alumni.sas.edu.sg/?edonations. For more information about the SAS Education or about making a donation, please contact Beth Gribbon at 6360-6303. Photos CourtesyFoundation of Live! Studios
SAS NewsFlash – March 2008