From back (L-R) - LTC Chang Seng Hann from SAF - HQ Commando and Mr Jarrod Pereira from SPF – “G” Division with Nigel Low from AWWA School, Gan Sun Ling from SCAS and Aaliyah from AWWA School . This year, 170  corporate partners and individual donors were recognised for their contributions and support towards Community Chest at the Community Chest Awards 2011.  A total of 357 Community Chest awards were given out. Two new organisations joined the Community Chest Pinnacle Club Two long-standing partners, who have been strong supporters of Community Chest's monthly workplace giving programme “SHARE”, were conferred the prestigious Pinnacle Award this year, the highest accolade for Community Chest donors. They are the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) – HQ Commando and Singapore Police Force (SPF) – “G” Division. Both organisations have managed to maintain their employees' SHARE participation rate at platinum or gold level (have won the SHARE Platinum or Gold Award) for the past 21 years. 28 per cent jump in contributions from Special Events Platinum Award recipients In the Special Events Awards category, the group that saw the largest increase in financial year 2010 was the Special Events Platinum Award recipients. The 12 winners collectively contributed a total of $9.7 million, an increase of 28 per cent from the previous year. Out of the 12 Special Events Platinum Award recipients at the Community Chest Awards Presentation Ceremony, 10 recipients raised funds through charity funds, charity drives and charity dinners. Singapore Airlines and MediaCorp Pte Ltd are such examples. Special Events Platinum Award recipient, Singapore Airlines (SIA) raised more than $1.4 million for Community Chest at a charity gala dinner last year where they launched their first-ever cookbook, “Above and Beyond”, featuring 50 recipes contributed by members of its acclaimed International Culinary Panel. SIA also donated the net proceeds from the sales of “Above and Beyond”, accumulated from its launch to end of last year, to Community Chest. A key Community Chest partner, MediaCorp, raised over $500,000 for Community Chest through their MediaCorp Charity Fund 2010 project, in which funds were raised through Channel 8‟s TV game show "Gatekeepers" and the 8 Days Car-boot Sales. MediaCorp also received the Special Events Gold award for the "MediaCorp Christmas Gives" project last year where they rallied the public to donate to Community Chest through a series of television, radio and print advertisements. MediaCorp received the 5-Year Outstanding Special Events Award for maintaining their fund-raising contribution amount at Platinum or Gold level for five consecutive years. First-time Corporate Platinum Award recipients’ contributions Not to be outdone, first-time Corporate Platinum Award recipients also showed ingenuity while raising substantial amounts to help the needy in the community. YTL Corporation made a donation of $850,000 to Community Chest and staged a free public concert at their YTL Concert of Celebration 2010. IIFL Securities Pte Ltd celebrated the launch of its trading operations on the Singapore Exchange and donated all the commissions earned in its first week of launch, amounting to $300,000, to Community Chest. Another first time Corporate Platinum Award recipient, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, set up a Community Fund and named Community Chest as its beneficiary, pledging an annual donation of $360,000 over three years. Special thanks to our long-standing partners Over the years, many of our valuable partners have stood by us, during good and bad times in our economy, to help the less fortunate. These organisations have remained committed, year after year and some, decade after decade, to raising funds, sponsoring our fund-raising efforts and contributing generously to our causes. Community Chest is deeply grateful to them, and they are the Housing and Development Board, Lee Foundation, MediaCorp Pte Ltd, Ministry of Defence, National University of Singapore, NTUC FairPrice Foundation, Peter Knipp Holdings Pte Ltd., Raffles Hotel, Singapore Airlines, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Limited and SPH Foundation, Singapore Police Force, Singapore Power Limited, SingTel, SMRT Corporation Ltd, StarHub Ltd, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, United Overseas Bank Limited, and many other organisations and foundations who have been strong supporters of Community Chest. Click here for a full list of Community Chest Award winners.