Deloitte Consulting Singapore has chosen the promotion of a healthy lifestyle as one of its key community service endeavours this year, embracing a Healthy Together theme. The consultancy is partnering with the Health Promotion Board (HPB) to raise awareness of the happiness a healthy lifestyle can bring through a variety of fun and healthy IMPACT Day events.
IMPACT Day is a year-round celebration of Deloitte s commitment to community investment. Many Deloitte employees worldwide participate in IMPACT Day to help build brighter communities.
Healthy Together is the theme of HPB s upcoming National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign (NHLC) 2010, where all Singapore residents are inspired to share the joys of having a healthy lifestyle, especially when they do it together, across their social networks.
This year s IMPACT Day activities include a Race to Health and a nationwide photo competition titled Healthy Together . Race to Health is an Amazing Race-style event where volunteers from Deloitte Consulting Singapore have led by example to Stay strong, live long . Employees competed in challenges, geared towards physical fitness, at five checkpoints throughout Orchard Road, where their last pit stop was Plaza Singapura Tenants and Plaza Singapura management were key partners in this part of the event. To make this event more meaningful, volunteers had requested pledges for donation from friends, family members and colleagues to support their participation in the race. Proceeds of the Race to Health will go to the Singapore Children s Cancer Foundation.
To encourage the community to get Healthy Together and make healthier lifestyle choices, after the race volunteers gave away apples and brown rice to the public; shared with them the benefits of eating healthy; educated them about the Body Mass Index; and promoted HPB s Healthier Choice Symbols.
In order to engage the public to Stay strong, live long , Deloitte Consulting Singapore will host the Healthy Together photo competition. The competition, open to everybody until 05 November, encourages Singaporeans to capture their own versions of a healthy way of life. Send your pictures to: dcsea_impact@deloitte.com
Service is at the core of everything we do at Deloitte, and IMPACT Day is a way to celebrate that part of our heritage while helping to nurture the health of the community we operate in whether it s by developing skills or sharing resources.
In Singapore, we are inspired by the theme Stay strong, live long because it speaks to a holistic, positive, jubilant approach to community support that resonates with Deloitte s culture. We re excited to be partnering with HPB to spread the message of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, and look forward to working with them on how we can all get Healthy Together, said Stephen Chang, Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting Singapore.
Mr Lam Woon Pin, CEO of HPB, said: We are pleased to have Deloitte Consulting Singapore focus its IMPACT Day on our upcoming NHLC 2010 theme of Healthy Together. IMPACT Day not only highlights Deloitte s strong culture of service, it also illustrates how we can achieve greater positive change in our communities when we do it together. Promoting community health is one of several key pillars of Healthy Together, and HPB looks forward to partnering with Deloitte Consulting Singapore to help build better, brighter and healthier futures for our families, friends and neighbours.
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About Health Promotion Board
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is a statutory board formed under the Ministry of Health, Singapore. HPB is the key national driver for health education, promotion and disease prevention programmes for children, adults and the elderly in Singapore. The vision of HPB is a nation of healthy and happy people, while the mission is to promote health excellence by empowering individuals to take ownership of their health. With its partners, HPB creates a supportive environment, and provides health education and preventive health services to empower Singaporeans to attain the best possible health throughout life.
About Healthy Together
Healthy Together, the theme for National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign 2010, inspires all Singapore residents to share the joys a healthy lifestyle can bring especially when we do it together, across our social networks. The campaign taps into our collective desire to build brighter futures for our families, friends and neighbours.