Register now for the DUAL Ball on October 16!

DUAL Ball tickets are now on sale!!! Early bird lucky draw for one Ball night stay at the Four Seasons!!

1. About the DUAL Ball

DUAL will hold its fifth annual charity ball on Saturday 16th October 2004 at the Four Seasons Hotel, in support of True Hearts Connection (THC). Mr. Charles Ormiston, Dartmouth alumnus and Managing Director, Bain & Company S.E. Asia, Inc. will be gracing this night as the Guest-of-Honor.

THC is a volunteer-run organization that aims to guide under-privileged youths through life by pairing them with volunteer mentors. It is also endearing to note that DUAL counts its members amongst these volunteers, many of whom are young professionals and JC/university students. This year, THC is also working on a number of exciting projects, including (1) setting up best practices guide to provide the framework and guidelines for effective mentoring service delivery, protect the youths, and safeguard the integrity of the mentoring programs in Singapore, which it intends to share with existing mentoring organizations and those interested in setting up mentoring organizations; (2) pioneering new mentoring scheme to reach out to out-of-school / at-risk youths; and (3) expanding the mentoring scheme to include volunteers from polytechnics and children whose parents who are detained in Drug Rehabilitation Centre or are being remanded in Prison. Proceeds from the Glamour and Glitz Ball will fund these projects, in addition to THC's regular mentoring activities. More details about the TrueHearts organization can be found at www.truehearts.org.

The DUAL Ball Committee seeks your support in sponsorship throughyour company or in a personal capacity,and in attendance of the Glamour and Glitz Ball to support THC's cause in the presenceof like-minded friends.

The RSVP form can be downloaded here (MS Word document).

For enquiries & sponsorship information, please contact Ms. Ng Hau Yee at dualball2004@yahoo.com.sg.

2. Lucky Draw

Here's your chance to win a one-night stay ina Deluxe Room including breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel for the Ball night (Sat Oct 16th). All payments fortickets receivedby Thurs Sept 30th will be eligible for the early bird lucky draw. Lucky Draw will be conducted on Sat Oct 2nd and the lucky winner will be announced to all Ball attendees immediately.

3. DUAL Ball 2004 Designated Charity & Development Skillbase Volunteer Opportunity

DUAL Ball has designated TrueHearts as its 2004 charity and volunteer opportunities are available. TrueHearts is a mentoring program for youth and the disadvantaged, please view their profile and opportunities in the attachment, for enquiries contact recruit@truehearts.org.

Please note the change in the dates from the DUAL August Update. Specific upcoming activities requesting for volunteers are:

The DUAL Ball 2004 Committeehave lined up two more meaningful and fun activities with TrueHearts. To take part, please email Catherine Chien at tanjiarine@yahoo.com with your email address and contact number. Look forward to seeing you there!

1. Bukit Timah hike with Chaoyang Special School students

Please sign-up by 1 Septemberif you'd like to helpguide the 100 mentally challenged students from Chaoyang Special School.We'll need 25 volunteers.

2. Dragonboat with local junior college and secondary school students

Please sign up by 1 October

Let us know if you are interested in:

• Helping to plan the event: Oversee the planning and provide advice to the organizing committee consisting of junior college students
• Using your dragon-boat experience: Help guide the participants and steer the boats (alongside other professionals)
• Taking part as a participant: you will need to pay $5 on the day itself

DUAL is the Distinguished Universities Alumni League, an umbrella organization comprising members from the following 17 alumni clubs - Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Cornell University Hoteliers, Dartmouth College, INSEAD, Johns Hopkins University, London Business School, London School of Economics, MIT, NUS MBA, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.