Sands Cares Ambassadors Do Annual Spring Cleaning for Live-Alone Elderly
10th year of Chinese New Year volunteer activity Benefits Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance programme users
(Macao,
Jan
14, 2019) –
Continuing their annual
tradition, Sands China’s Sands Cares
Ambassadors helped clean the homes of about
100 live-alone elderly at Seac Pai Van
public housing in Coloane Saturday in
preparation for Chinese New Year.
The spring cleaning activity is also one in
a year-long series of celebratory activities
leading up to the 10th anniversary of the
Sands Cares Ambassador programme in August
2019, with the theme Spreading Love and
Embracing Our
Community.
It is the 10th year in a row that volunteers
from Sands China have visited the homes of
live-alone elderly users of the Peng On Tung
Tele-Assistance programme organised by The
General Union for Neighbourhood
Associations. Since it began supporting the
programme in 2010, Sands China Ltd. has
donated a total of approximately MOP 1.8
million, benefiting nearly 6,800 live-alone
elderly to date. The funds are used to
support people with financial difficulties
to use the service and also go toward
helping the programme develop more
value-added
services.
Sands China Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred
Wong, who participated in Saturday’s
activity, said: “Engaging with the local
Macao community is extremely important
to Sands China. The elderly, in
particular, are treasured members of the
community, and it is our collective
responsibility to help care for them in
their golden years. Sands China is very
proud of our Sands Cares Ambassadors for
their continued service to the elderly
and to the community at large.”
With cleaning supplies in hand, nearly 150
Sands Cares Ambassadors helped clean and
tidy the homes of the elderly residents they
visited on Saturday, sweeping, mopping and
scrubbing in preparation for the Year of the
Pig. They also chatted with the residents
and gave out Chinese New Year gift packs
purchased from Fuhong Society of Macau,
which contain useful staples like oil, grain
and
noodles.
Leong Heng Kao, president of the General
Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau
(UGAMM), was also present Saturday, and
said: “Sands China has been a
long-time supporter of our various services.
We are always pleased to see their
volunteers taking the time to do service in
the community, and the elderly residents
happily look forward to these spring
cleaning visits each
year.”
The Sands Cares Ambassador programme was
established in August 2009 to give Sands
China team members an outlet for serving the
local community by organising community
activities and initiatives that work toward
creating a better Macao. With membership of
more than 3,300 volunteers from across all
Sands China properties –
Sands® Macao, The
Venetian® Macao, The
Plaza® Macao,
Sands® Cotai Central and The
Parisian Macao – the Sands Cares
Ambassadors have contributed 94,000 hours of
voluntary community service since the
programme’s
founding.
Sands China’s community work is part
of Sands
Cares, the global corporate
citizenship programme of parent company Las
Vegas Sands
Corp.
Photo caption:
Sands Cares Ambassadors gather outside Seac Pai Van public
housing in Coloane Saturday ahead of their 10th annual
Chinese New Year spring cleaning service project in
conjunction with the Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance programme.
Nearly 150 volunteers visited about 100 households of
elderly live-alone residents Saturday.
Photo caption:
President of UGAMM Leong Heng Kao (right) joins Sands China
Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred Wong (centre) to visit an elderly
live-alone resident at Seac Pai Van public housing in
Coloane Saturday for the traditional Chinese custom of
spring cleaning. Nearly 150 Sands Cares Ambassadors spent
time with around 100 residents, helping them clean their
homes in preparation for the Year of the Pig and sharing
Chinese New Year gift packs purchased from Fuhong Society of
Macau.
Photo
caption:
Sands Cares Ambassadors visit elderly live-alone residents
at Seac Pai Van public housing in Coloane Saturday for the
traditional Chinese custom of spring cleaning. They spent
time chatting with the residents, helped them clean their
homes in preparation for the Year of the Pig, and shared
Chinese New Year gift packs purchased from Fuhong Society of
Macau.