--- title: These are difficult times. Please continue to support us! description: As a Charity we depend on donors like yourself to run our Home. Due to the Covid-19 situation, we are cancelling our only fundraising event for the year, image: https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/hubfs/apartmentVIEW%202-2.jpg --- # Single Blog Page ## A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul. ## [These are difficult times. Please continue to support us!](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/blog/these-are-difficult-times.-please-continue-to-support-us) Date: 14-Apr-2020 Category: # These are difficult times. Please continue to support us! Posted by [Monica Chia](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/blog/author/monica-chia) on 14-Apr-2020 10:03:00 ![Monica Chia](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e) As a Charity we depend on donors like yourself to run our Home.  Due to the Covid-19 situation, we are cancelling our only fundraising event for the year, Gala Dinner 2020, and we expect to see at least 26%* less donations. If you are able and willing, please consider: • Donating your one-time Solidarity Payment of $600 to our elderly’s new Home, as suggested by DPM Mr. Heng Swee Keat to those who are able to give to others (Straits Times, April 6).  Every dollar counts during these times. Please donate here: [https://www.giving.sg/stjohnshomesg/love2 ](https://www.giving.sg/stjohnshomesg/love2) or [https://give.asia/love2](https://give.asia/love2) [![Donate Building Fund](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/290491/bbf1ef67-95f2-4297-8a9a-648de9079b1a.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/290491/bbf1ef67-95f2-4297-8a9a-648de9079b1a) • Or perhaps you might want to remember a loved one through our Name a Room campaign.  You can name an Apartment, 47sqm, comprising 4 Personal Cozy Corners, a TV Room cum Pantry, ensuite Toilet and Bathroom with a donation of SGD60,000. You can also name a Personal Cozy Corner which comprises a bed, a desk, a cupboard, curtained-off space of 4.5sqm with a donation of SGD10,000. For more information, please call 62854446 or go to: [https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/building-a-new-home](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/building-a-new-home) *Percentage of Gala Dinner 2019 donations and event grant to total donations for 2019 ### Recent Posts [#### Sharing SJH's Experi... “We would like to visit again ... ](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/blog/sharing-sjhs-experience-in-eldercare) [#### Bringing joy & F... Have you ever felt that your l... ](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/blog/bringing-joy-finding-meaning) [#### Celebrating Multicul... Our community at SJH is a micr... ](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/blog/celebrating-multicultural-singapore-at-sjh) [#### Celebrating Voluntee... On 21 Nov, residents and staff... ](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/blog/celebrating-volunteers) [#### ARRIVING AS STRANGER... 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