Welcome to the year of the Tiger!  On behalf of the CAS Board, I wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010.  It promises to be an exciting one for CAS and the Canadian community in Singapore, with many events and socials already scheduled for your fun and enjoyment.

I just returned from a fun week in Toronto and can definitely confirm that Winter Olympic fever has hit Canada harder than my toonie on the Tim Horton’s counter.  Inspiring ads on TV, posters plastered everywhere and the buzz and excitement was truly contagious!  The Canadian 5 pillars have been busy organizing events for you here in Singapore and we will look forward to duplicating the hype.  Bookmark the CAS website and log on often to ensure that you do not miss a single event.  If you are not yet a card-carrying member nor receiving our weekly e-blasts, drop us a line at info@canadians.org.sg and we will include you in on the fun asap.

We hope you are pleased with the new and improved print version of the Maple Leaf Times.  The shorter, newsier format is guaranteed to keep you up to date on anything and everything Canuck-related in Singapore.  We are always in need willing or aspiring writers to fill our pages so if this is something that you find of interest please contacts our editor and you may find your article in the next issue.

In addition, do let us know if you are interested in volunteering some of your time and skills towards helping out with CAS events or assisting us in the office.  We are a fun and dedicated bunch, and as a non-profit association we rely solely on volunteers so we always appreciate and extra set of hands or so helpful ideas.

In line with our ongoing efforts to raise our profile and to work with the local community, and I am pleased to announce CAS’s partnership with SG Cares – a newly launched initiative by NVPC (National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre).    More
information can be found at: www.sgcares.org and look out for our SG Cares article in the upcoming Mar MLT.

Cheers,