Sands Cares Ambassadors Spend Day with Fuhong Society of Macau
Service activity at two centres and buffet lunch at Sands Macao
(Macao,
May
29, 2019) –
A group of around 30
Sands Cares Ambassadors spent time with
about 65 members of the Fuhong Society of
Macau May 17, doing a service activity
together before enjoying a buffet lunch at
Sands® Macao.
The outing is 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’s also part of the
celebrations for the 15th anniversary of
Sands Macao, where a ceremony was held May
16.
The day began with Sands Cares Ambassadors
visiting Fuhong’s Pou Choi Centre, where
they made Vietnamese delicacies. The Sands
volunteers then walked to Fuhong’s nearby
Long Cheng Centre, where they shared the
treats with the members there. Afterward,
the entire group travelled to Sands Macao,
where they enjoyed lunch together at 888
Buffet.
The Fuhong Society of Macau is one of
the first NGOs that the Sands Cares
Ambassador programme began collaborating
with, going back to 2009. Sands China’s
donations to Fuhong over the years have
included a large-format A3 printing
system – which gives Fuhong the ability
to print its own promotional materials –
and industrial-sized washers and dryers
for Fuhong’s Happy Laundry Social
Enterprise, including a platform
constructed by Sands China’s facilities
department.
“We have been collaborating since the
opening of Sands Macao,” said Jennifer Chau,
Fuhong’s director. “I still remember when we
were invited to the Las Vegas-style buffet
at 888 for the first time around 10 years
ago, and how we were in awe because Macao
had never seen anything like that before –
and here we are again today! I’m really
grateful that our partnership has remained
strong and that we’re still serving the
community together. It’s a pleasure to work
with the volunteers from Sands China, and we
thank them for taking the time to build
relationships with and create positive
experiences for our
members.”
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.
The Sands Cares Ambassador programme is part
of Sands
Cares, the global corporate
citizenship programme of parent company Las
Vegas Sands
Corp.
Photo caption:
Sands Cares Ambassadors visit the Fuhong Society of Macau’s
Pou Choi Centre May 17, where they made Vietnamese
delicacies to share with the members of Fuhong’s nearby Long
Cheng Centre. The event is one of the celebratory activities
leading up to the 10th anniversary of the Sands Cares
Ambassador programme, and part of the celebrations for the
15th anniversary of Sands Macao.
Photo caption:
Sands Cares Ambassadors and Fuhong members enjoy lunch
together at Sands Macao’s 888 Buffet May 17. The outing is
one of the celebratory activities leading up to the 10th
anniversary of the Sands Cares Ambassador programme, and
part of the celebrations for the 15th anniversary of Sands
Macao.