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Anderson Serangoon Junior College

Serving

Discover how AJC has woven service into college life, from community clean-ups and overseas projects to charity runs and Family Day.

Last updated 11 June 2026

AJCares
In keeping with the college motto Non Mihi Solum, AJC always regarded service as integral for a holistic education. Service-Learning was implemented in 2001 to build a strong sense of service among students and provide opportunities for student ownership as they engaged in meaningful projects to serve the community. Through this programme, students also built social, civic, and academic skills. In 2015, the college initiated AJCares, a college clean-up effort, which saw students rolling up their sleeves to clean the college while appreciating the non-teaching staff. In 2017, the college repackaged it to encompass AJCares for AJ and AJCares for Community, the first focusing on the college and the latter on the Ang Mo Kio community. This was to engage students’ hearts and minds to care for their environment, to better serve the needs of the immediate community, and to reflect on their role in moving Singapore forward. Through AJCares for Community, students better understood their community and themselves.

Two young men wearing glasses repair or install a white ceiling fan, viewed from below.
Man in purple shirt cleaning a window with blue and yellow tape strips, building and trees visible outside.
Students in white uniforms stand near large louvered windows in a classroom, smiling and interacting with each other.
A young woman with glasses leans over to assist two older women seated at a table in a large indoor hall.
Six people gathered around a table with papers and drinks, looking at documents together indoors.
A young woman serves a plate of vegetables to elderly people seated at a table with several plates of food.

Serving the Community
Serving the community always underpinned the philosophy of education in AJC. Over the years, AJCians had a multitude of opportunities for serving the college, the country and the international community. The first Overseas Community Involvement Programme (OCIP) project to Inner Mongolia in 1997 marked a significant milestone in AJC’s participation in community service. Since then, OCIP trips to various countries and regions, including Chiangmai, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia and Hainan became a regular affair. AJCians taught English, interacted with the locals, and constructed facilities for the betterment of people’s lives in their various projects. Through these meaningful ventures, AJCians learnt invaluable lessons in love, humility, and service.

Young men in white shirts lay bricks on a dirt path while many workers labor in the background outdoors.
A group of young people in matching shirts walk among palm trees near a beach, carrying yellow garbage bags.
Students in white Anderson Junior College shirts play outdoor games on grass with a red balloon, blue bucket, and cones.
A large group of people posing indoors under a banner for a Tray Return Centre initiative dated 2014.
Group of young people mostly wearing yellow "interact" shirts posing together indoors near a bilingual sign.
A large group of students in blue shirts pose with an Anderson Junior College banner in front of a building.
Large group of children and adults posing outdoors in front of a building with Thai text signage.

Family Day
It began in 1986, when AJC was all abuzz with activity at the college’s first AJC Food and Fun Fair, where students, staff and their family members thronged the food and games stalls set up by students. A day designated to fun and bonding, the biennial event sought to raise money for charity and for the college’s building fund. It was later renamed ‘Family Day’ to not only show appreciation for the support from loved ones, but also to reflect the strongest of bonds in the AJ Family.

A man in a black tank shoots an orange water gun at a smiling teen in a blue shirt near a large black barrel.
Two men operate a manual ice shaving machine outdoors, one pouring green syrup over shaved ice in a bowl.
A large group in white shirts runs past a yellow building decorated with colorful bunting flags, with two wheelchair users among them.
A large group of smiling students gathered around a table with snacks and food containers under a tent outdoors.
Outdoor school fair with students in pink shirts, colorful balloons, a person in a wheelchair, and game booths.
A large school courtyard filled with students in white uniforms, colorful balloons floating above, surrounded by buildings.

Running for a Cause
The year 1990 saw the birth of the AJC Golden Baton Marathon, one of the most novel fund-raising events to have been conceived at AJC. The event saw both teachers and students running relays from Ang Mo Kio to Woodlands and back over a distance of 42km while carrying golden batons sponsored for $500 each. Since then, running for a cause took the form of the Resilience Run event, which sought to reach out to the wider community. During these runs, each cohort of AJCians stepped forward to pledge their accumulated distance achieved to secure sponsorship of rice, which was then distributed to the needy families each year. In their inaugural attempt in 2015, AJC secured sponsorship of 1500kg of rice from NTUC FairPrice Foundation in support of the “Run for Rice” movement which benefitted low income families in Singapore.

A large group of students in white shirts and black shorts face a leader holding a blue and yellow flag outdoors.
A person waves a blue and yellow flag to start a race as numbered runners line up on a colorful track.
A large group of young runners in blue and yellow uniforms with race bibs run along a tree-lined path.
A group of smiling young students in white shirts and black shorts pose together outdoors at a sporting event.
A large group of young runners wearing white numbered bibs race along a paved path lined with trees.
A large group of young students in white shirts and black shorts jogging outdoors near a modern building.