Former, current Singapore athletes doing extra workouts in aid of Food Bank charity

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The disruption to her sporting routine caused by the coronavirus pandemic offered Stephenie Chen food for thought. No longer able to paddle her canoe across the banks of the Kallang River, the five-time SEA Games gold medallist decided to peddle her athletic ability to help...

Lim-Prasad, meanwhile, co-founded In My Shoes, which collects and spruces up new and old sports shoes before distributing them to underprivileged kids and at-risk youths.

"There are people out there who are really affected and need help... I still have to do my training , so I'll just take this as part of that." Yip, Singapore's first Paralympic gold medallist and a current Nominated Member of Parliament, said one of the reasons the group decided on The Food Bank Singapore is that"food makes people happy", particularly during difficult times.

"Especially in the current situation, food makes people happy, and it's nice to do something nice for other people."

 

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