More about the challenge- At 11am on Friday, the team set off on a unique challenge to distribute a target of Pick Me Up books to the public, and by their conclusion at 1am, Saturday morning, they have even overceded it! 60% of the proceeds from this challenge will go towards Make-A-Wish Foundation^® (Singapore) and the remaining 40% to the raising of a social enterprise.

THANK ALL OF YOU who have put in your support and goodwill towards the enjoyable success of this challenge! Your kind acts will go a long way in granting a magical wish for the Wish Children from Make-A-Wish Foundation. Preparations are already underway for the official handover of the proceeds raised and all donations received to Make-A-Wish Foundation.

And we want to hear from YOU!!

If you were introduced to the Pick Me Up book this weekend by any of these youths, we’d like to know how you felt about your own experience! What was it like to hear about the miracles from the stories in Pick Me Up? What attracted you the most in the challenge? How did you respond in that instant you were jolted out of your busy schedule for a short moment with them? What were you touched by? How did you show your support? And what stand did you make when you heard about what they were doing?

We’d like to know how the World thinks, feels and experienced this Pick Me Up moment specially created by this team. Share your experience by sending us an email at pickmeupbook@gmail.com ! Cheers!

Hear from you soon!

The Pick Me Up Team

Come celebrate with us and support the book launch of wish-child (from Make-A-Wish Foundation), Charmaine Tan, at the World Book Fair 2008! Author: Charmaine Tan, wish-child from Make-A-Wish Foundation, age 13.

Title of Book: Pick Me Up 2nd Edition

Date: 31st May 2008

Time: 3pm – 5pm

Venue: Suntec City Convention Hall, Level 4, Booth number 4EO1

What the event is about 

We would like to invite you to make the granting of Charmaine’s wish of being published author a memorable one. Charmaine’s book will be launched at the World Book Fair, Suntec City Convention Hall, Level 4, Booth number 4EO1, on the 31st May 2008, from 3pm to 5pm.

The story that Charmaine has written over the past few weeks would be the highlight of the book. Charmaine and her mother would be invited up on stage during the book launch to share her experience of writing the book. After her sharing, she would be having her first autograph session. This event would definitely be a memorable experience for her. 

The Pick Me Up team would like to invite you to grace this significant event and share our vision of inspiring people to make a difference to their lives. This will be an event not to be missed!

More about Charmaine

Charmaine is only 13 and she is suffering from end stage kidney failure, on top of a congenital eye disease which led to her being visually impaired today. She wished to write and publish a book. The good news is her wish will be granted ! Below’s an excerpt of her book (Foreword) by her principal doctor, Dr Yap in NUH.

“Charmaine came to us in June 2007. She was only 12 years old then. That was also the turning point in her young life because shortly after, she reached end stage kidney failure and had to depend on dialysis. What was also worrying us was her deteriorating eyesight. Her eyesight has already been affected by her congenital condition since she was 7 years old, but she managed to complete primary school education in a mainstream school in spite of being able to read only with a severely restricted field of vision. Instead of being hindered by her failing eyesight, she developed a voracious appetite for reading. Whenever she was hospitalized she would bring her big lamp with her so that she could read story books. It came as no surprise to us that Charmaine’s greatest wish is to write and publish a story book. This is her first endeavor, and we know that this will not be her last because she is a determined girl. We hope that other young people will be inspired, just as we are, by Charmaine’s inner strength, to continue to meet challenges and live life to the fullest.”

See you there!

Best Regards

Jada Seet

Public Relations

The Pick Me Up Team

The affiliate team from Pick Me Up has been working on the release of Pick Me Up’s latest package, the “Pick Me Up Today” Video Workshop! It all started when we started sharing our stories on how we received help and guidance by friends and family, even strangers until one of us popped a question, “What about we teach others how to pick themselves up, instead?”

And that’s how the idea for the Video Workshop came out. Kelvin, being the Master Certified Coach sought to show us. His professional experience and knowledge after having coached for more than 10 years has been very eye-opening. And he did a whole classroom session about the topic.

It’s full of insights and learning and it’s worth 3 hours long. Over here, he shares with us:

• The context behind falling into the many pit-holes of life (relationships, career, finance etc)
• The common experiences of being stuck in the holes
• How to identify if you are stuck
• How to get out of it (Pick Yourself Up)
• And how to apply it to everyday life

He also did a real life coaching session with a participant in the classroom. At the end, Kelvin coached her out of her stuckkness on personal project of drawing manga. As a bonus, even revealed to her and the class, the ’secret of happiness’.

It’s fun and have been a breakthrough. The Pick Me Up team is proud to be able to bring it to you.

 To find out more, please visit www.pickmeuptoday.com

You are cordially invited to our OFFICIAL LAUNCH!

Event time:  1400 to 1530*

1400 – 1415     Introduction to the book, Pick Me Up
1415 – 1425     Opening speech by MP Mdm Cynthia Phua
1425 – 1435     Opening speech by MasterCoach Kelvin Lim
1435 – 1450     Sharing by authors
1450 – 1500     Cheque presentation ceremony to
                      Make – A – Wish Foundation® (Singapore)
1500 – 1530     Autograph session

* Please arrive by 1.45pm

Come join us, and interact with the authors and the team. Find out how you can make it happen also!

Drop Zeoane an sms @ 8180 5440 or reply to pickmeupbook@gmail.com so we can reserve seats for you.

 Cheers! See you there.

Your Pick Me Up Team

Apologies for the lack of updates. We were so tied up trying to get out the new site and such.. and we finally did! Kudos to Vicki and Wai Kay for their design and coding efforts. Special thanks also goes out to Johnson, Chris, Alex and Dionis for working on the site and the videos. We had Yixin and Isaac doubling up as our on site bloggers.

I think we are back in action!