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What is Twins Plus?

Twins Plus Singapore was created in 1999 by Canadian mom Susan Hall together with some friends... it is now over 100 families!
Twins Plus is a non-profit, all-volunteer group formed to provide its members support, guidance and sharing of information pertinent to bearing and raising multiple birth children in Singapore. We are a mix of foreigners and local Singaporeans and welcome anyone who is interested in joining the group!

We meet regularly at our monthly gatherings and at our age-appropriate babies & toddlers playgroups. We also organise talks on specific subjects (with or without experts), and we launched specific support groups for parents of preemies & parents who went through fertility treatments!
Additionally, social activities are held throughout the year with members‘ children and spouses. An informative resource library is also available for members' use.
So if you are expecting twins or have twins (or any higher number!) and would like to meet with similar others and want to share experiences, join us!

“Who’s Who” Twins Plus at the end of 2006?

We represent almost 100 families, on par with last year – not that we have stopped growing, but Singapore being a regional hub, many of our families have left the country to follow other job opportunities.
But in 2006, close to 80% of you have signed up for another year, which is very positive for us!
• Today we have 85 families of twins and 14 families of higher multiples. That means almost 220 kids ranging from 0 to 9 years, or 260 children if you include the siblings.
• Close to 50% of our multiples are born in or after 2005… or are yet to arrive, and as a whole 90% are born in or after 2002.
• 38 of our families have siblings, and although only 5 chose to have other kids after their multiples, 4 of our families of higher multiples already had children before the arrival of their kids. No doubt they have an idea or two about time management!

We realise that over the years our parents have grown more committed (as you would have seen at our garage sale), not basically “buying a service”, but here to help each other, creating a sense of belonging which is so important, and makes us very proud of what we are! Thanks and let’s keep it going!

 

 

The Twins Plus Team

The following people help manage the groups' activities and operations:




Tiffany & husband Sean with
Graeme (L) & Liam (R)


Tiffany is our Welcome and Mentoring Program Coordinator. Please mail to Tiffany@twinsplussing.com if you are new to Singapore &/or Twins Plus, or you wish to join our Mentoring Program!




Josephine with Alessia & Hayden


Josephine is our Gatherings and Social Events Coordinator. Please mail to Josephine@twinsplussing.com if you want to join us at our next social!




Delina with
Chantel & Aiden


Delina is our Treasurer, Membership and Website Administrator. Please mail to Delina@twinsplussing.com if you want to join or call her on HP 9178 8998 if you have any questions about Twins Plus!




Kelly with Enzo,
Remi & Ilian


Kelly is our Marketing, PR and Talks Coordinator. She can be contacted via email at Kelly@twinsplussing.com



Sandie with Alex(03), Mat, Rhiana,
Zach & Elisha(02)

Sandie is one of our truely amazing mums! Not only is she the mother of 5 including triplets Matthew, Rhianna & Zachary born in Jul 06, but she's coordinator for the playgroup for multiples born in 2006!

To contact her, simply email her at Sandie@twinsplussing.com!



Picture to come soon!


Priyanka has recently come on board to help us coordinate the Playgroup 2007/08.

Contact Priyanka at Priyanka@twinsplussing.com!



Nicole with Jenna, Leslie & Lennart

Nicole has always been a familiar face at our gatherings & Garage Sales, plus lending her talents in producing a short video clip on Twins Plus & now she is our Newsletter Editor.

If you have interesting articles/info to contribute, email her at Nicole@twinsplussing.com



Sasha with Aaron, Alijah, Sara & Hadi

Sasha is a treasure of resources for other parents. Not only will she always take the time to respond at length to questions posted on our Forum of Discussion, but she also offered to take the lead on our support group for Preemies! Do write to Sasha@twinsplussing.com or call her on 8322-6273 if you need some help!



Kavita & Prashant with twins Sofya & Reyna, & older sister Saiya

Kavita eagerly offered to help out soon after she joined as a member in Aug 07 & is our Special Projects Coordinator! If you have any suggestions on improving Twins plus, email her at Kavita@twinsplussing.com



Picture to come soon!

Jeanette helps to manage our Buy & Sell Portal. She can be contacted at Jeanette@twinsplussing.com



Angelika

Angelika is our Outreach Coordinator - always such a big help when it comes to organising our Annual Garage Sale!
She can be contacted at Angelika@twinsplussing.com.

 


But there are many other people who helped us throughout the years...

Just to name a few:



Laurie (here with sons Evan & Seth b. 2001) was the president of Twins Plus from 2002 to early 2005. She now lives in Los Angeles



Petra (with Tom & Mark b. 2003) was membership admin cum treasurer cum website master from 2004 til early 2005, when she moved to Dubai


Petra (with Nicole & Bianca b. 2003) was in charge of the PG03 for a year until she moved to Sydney in November 2005


Delina, Cecile, Laurie, Cynthia & Petra at Laurie's farewell

Purnima with Aum & Aditya (b. 2004)
Purnima was our PR coordinator from mid 05 to Dec 06


Agnes & Per with Daniel & Nicholas (b. 2004)
Agnes was PG coordinator for the 2004 kids until she left Spore early 2007

Germa & Marina
Germa & Marina were in charge of the PG02 until 2007

Leesa coordinated the PG05 together with Megan before moving back to Perth


Cecile with Lois & Elia (b. 2003)
Cecile was our driving force from 2005 - Sept 2007 & has since moved to Switzerland. She was Welcome coordinator, breastfeeding expert, web manager, librarian - just to name a few of her many roles in TwinsPlus.

Ayda with Dilge Su, Eren and Artun
Ayda provided wonderful DIY activity ideas for our Newsletters & over the years, has become an expert in managing allergies.

Nicola, a GP by training, helped out as our Talks Coordinator - organising sessions conducted by Paediatricians, until late last year.


Megan with Connor & Rhuari (b. 2005)
Megan started out as PG 2005 coordinator while she was expecting, began our After-ART support group & was editor for our Newsletter in 4th quarter of 2007.

 

Press archives

They have been writing about us and/or our members!

- Today newspaper (15 June 2007 - Page 1 and Page 2) is celebrating Father's day with Humphrey Chin, a super-dad of 5
(Copyright 2007 MediaCorp Press Ltd. Courtesy of TODAY)

- Family Magazine (December 2005) about parenting multiples

- MotherHood Magazine (December 2005) about Charissa's special pregnancy

- The New Paper (November 2002) about Shirley's quads

And you may also have read about Anita's triplets in the December 06's issue of Mother & Baby?


Jerrell, Jade & Jarrett @ 10 months

 


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