Sands Shopping Carnival Engages Community
Sands Cares
Ambassadors host local community groups to enjoy some
summer fun
Company also invites community enterprises to set up
booths at the three-day carnival
(Macao,
August
9, 2020) –
With the Sands
Shopping Carnival offering some
weekend fun for the Macao community Aug.
7-9, the Sands Cares Ambassadors decided to
host some local community partners to
experience the carnival on its opening day
at The Venetian® Macao’s Cotai
Expo. To further support the community,
Sands China also invited local community
enterprises to set up booths at the
three-day
carnival.
Featuring over 500
booths and offering the best deals to Macao
residents and tourists, the carnival was the
largest shopping event of its kind in Macao.
It provided a free business platform for
local SMEs and Sands retailers amid the
pandemic period, while creating a new
weekend destination for local residents and
tourists, in support of the Macao SAR
government’s Consume for the Economy
initiative.
On Friday afternoon,
Sands Cares Ambassadors accompanied members
of the Good Shepherd Sisters’
Women’s Mutual Help Centre and
the Macao Down Syndrome
Association to enjoy some of
the carnival’s attractions – showing them
around and helping them practice safe virus
prevention
measures.
Around 20 family
groups from Good Shepherd Sisters paired up
with 20 Sands Cares Ambassadors to have fun
at the carnival’s inflatable slides, animal
rides, balance bikes and game booths,
followed by a walk around the carnival to do
some shopping.
And another 20 or so
family groups from Macao Down Syndrome
Association joined 20 Sands Cares
Ambassadors to make mini pizzas at the Luso
International (LIB) Presents: Little Master
Chef Workshop, with the children dressing up
as chefs to make their pizza creations
before moving on for some shopping around
the
carnival.
“Sands China is
proud to take this opportunity to engage
with some of the community groups we work
with in order to promote diverse community
participation,” said Dr. Wilfred Wong,
president of Sands China Ltd. “Events like
the Sands Shopping Carnival present
opportunities for our team member volunteers
to give back to society in meaningful ways,
and we are happy to see them hosting
community groups to enjoy some summer fun
during these extraordinary
times.”
One of the
participating Sands Cares Ambassadors Chan
Kit Iu said: “I was glad I was able to be
here with some of the community groups to
help them enjoy the carnival and keep safe
during the pandemic. It made me really happy
to see their joyful faces here because I
believe everyone in society right now needs
some positive energy during this pandemic
period.”
In further support
to the community, Sands China also invited
two local community enterprises – the Macau
Association for the Mentally Handicapped’s
Casa de Petisco “Sam Meng Chi” and Fuhong
Society of Macau’s Corner of Portuguese
Cuisine Cantinho Luso – to sell food during
the three-day carnival. The goal was to
provide an opportunity for the community
groups’ restaurants to gain exposure in the
local commercial market and to create job
opportunities for their members. Both
restaurants provide vocational training
services for their organisations’ service
users.
Macau Special
Olympics participated in the carnival as
well, showcasing some unique arts and crafts
products made by its members at a booth.
Some MSO members also got an opportunity to
role-play as news reporters during the
three-day event.
Some of the other
diverse activities and attractions at the
Sands Shopping Carnival included the
ICBC ePay Presents: Karaoke King
Singing Competition, an
international-cuisine food area,
performances, lucky draws, MOP 1 products,
and deals up to 80 per cent
off.
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 more than 110,000 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 gather together with members of Good Shepherd
Sisters and Macao Down Syndrome Association after spending
time together at the Sands Shopping Carnival Friday at The
Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo. Featuring over 500 booths and
offering the best deals to Macao residents and tourists, the
three-day carnival was the largest shopping event of its
kind in Macao, and supported the Macao SAR government’s
Consume for the Economy
initiative.
Photo caption: Members of
Macao Down Syndrome Association make mini pizzas with Sands
Cares Ambassadors at the Luso International (LIB)
Presents: Little Master Chef Workshop Friday at
The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo, as part of the three-day
Sands Shopping Carnival.
Photo caption: Members of
Good Shepherd Sisters and Macao Down Syndrome Association
enjoy the Sands Shopping Carnival Friday at The Venetian
Macao, accompanied by Sands Care Ambassadors.