Sands Cares Ambassadors Assist Children with Special Educational Needs at Fun Carnival at The Venetian Macao
Nearly 600 invited guests enjoy Special Cares Network Carnival at Cotai Expo
(Macao,
Jan
29, 2019) –
Around 60 Sands Cares
Ambassadors assisted children with special
educational needs and their families at The
Venetian® Macao’s Cotai Expo
Sunday for an afternoon of fun activities at
the Special Cares Network Carnival.
The event 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.
During the event, the ambassadors helped
their invited participants from the Macau
Special Educational Needs Student
Advancement Association – nearly 600 in all
– to check-in, stay safe, and enjoy various
activities at the carnival, including
photo-shooting, getting souvenirs and
snacks, and game booths. Game booths were
hosted by Caritas Macau, Macau Special
Olympics, the Macau Deaf Association, Sheng
Kung Hui Macau Social Services Coordination
Office, Secção de Serviço Social da Igreja
Metodista de Macau, and the Macau Special
Educational Needs Student Advancement
Association. A handicraft workshop was led
by the Macau Association for the Mentally
Handicapped.
“Our association’s children enjoyed this
visit so much,” said Crystal Lei,
director of the Macau Special
Educational Needs Student Advancement
Association. “The volunteers from Sands
China were so helpful and supportive,
and it made our group’s families feel
really special and taken care of. Our
thanks go to Sands China for supporting
our event and giving our families an
enjoyable afternoon.”
Sponsored by Sands China Ltd., the Special
Cares Network Carnival aims to provide
opportunities for children with special
educational needs to enjoy a fun outing with
their families, while encouraging the
strengthening of society’s care for and
support of children with special educational
needs. The carnival also helps promote the
network of nongovernmental organisations in
Macao that provide services to children with
special educational
needs.
Winnie Wong, vice president of corporate
communications and community affairs for
Venetian Macau Limited, said: “Sands China
is continually proud of our Sands Cares
Ambassadors. They represent some of the best
qualities of our team members – compassion,
service-mindedness and professionalism. We
are pleased to see them taking care of
children and families from the Macau Special
Educational Needs Student Advancement
Association for this memorable outing, and
are glad they continue to place importance
on meeting the needs of the
community.”
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
100,000 hours of voluntary community service
since the programme’s
founding.
Sands China Ltd. considers its support of
events like the Special Cares Network
Carnival as central to its commitment toward
social causes and community involvement; it
is one of the many ways the company’s team
of volunteers expresses its care and spreads
warmth to vulnerable and less-advantaged
groups in the Macao
community.
Sands China’s community work is part of
Sands
Cares, the global corporate
citizenship programme of parent company Las
Vegas Sands
Corp.
Photo caption:
Officiating guests launch the Special Cares Network Carnival
Sunday at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo. Around 60 Sands
Cares Ambassadors spent time with children with special
educational needs and their families at the carnival Sunday
for an afternoon of fun activities.
Left to right: Crystal Lei, Director of the
Macau Special Educational Needs Student
Advancement Association; Dr. Wong Soi Tou,
Director of the Health Bureau’s Child
Rehabilitation Centre; Hoi Va Pou, Deputy
Director of the Social Welfare Bureau; Dr.
Tai Wa Hou, Representative of the Secretary
for Social Affairs and Culture; Kong Ngai,
Head of the Department of Education of the
Education and Youth Affairs Bureau; Winnie
Wong, Vice President of Corporate
Communications and Community Affairs for
Venetian Macau
Limited
Photo caption: A
Sands Cares Ambassadors spend time with children with
special educational needs and their families for an
afternoon of fun activities at the Special Cares Network
Carnival Sunday at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai
Expo.