Q: Who can join?
A: Membership is open to all, regardless of age,sex, race or religion.

Q: How can we help?
A: You can volunteer your services and look     after one or more needy family/families.Or     you can make a donation to the Group. All     outright donations are double tax exempt.     This means that for every dollar
    you donate, the Government deducts two     dollars from your taxable income.

Q: What about the poor and needy in other      countries?
A: Because of our tax exempt status, we can     only help the poor and needy in Singapore if     we are using funds
    donated to the Breadline Group.

Q: How do you find the poor and needy in      Singapore?
A: The majority of cases are referred to us by     the Social Workers / Medical Social Workers     from various organisations in Singapore.

Q: How does the Group decide that these      cases should be helped?
A: The Family Advisory Committee, currently     made up of 3 experienced Social Workers,     will assess each case and make their     recommendations to the Executive     Committee.

Q: We would like to volunteer our services      but we do not know what to do when we      visit the families.
A: An experienced Breadline volunteer will guide     you.You will accompany the volunteer on     his/her visits to the family/families under     his/her care and observe what needs to be     done.Once you are comfortable, you
    will be assigned an existing or new family.     You are under no obligation at any time, you     can decide not to continue the assignment if     it is not suitable. However, if you decide to     stop after taking on a family, do let the any     Breadline committee member know so that a     replacement can be found.

Q: Are we expected to give the money to      the poor and needy families out of our      own pockets?
A: For funding of recipient/family, each     volunteer can either
    a) make a claim for reimbursement from the        Hon Treasurer every 1, 2 or 3 months; or
    b) pay out of own pocket and make no claim        for reimbursement; or
    c) make a claim for reimbursement but give        donation (any amount) to The Breadline        Group.Tax exempt receipts will be issued        for donations given.