Sands China Team Members Celebrate Chinese New Year with Elderly
Chinese New Year volunteer
activity in 13th year
Benefits Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance programme
users
(Macao,
Feb. 15, 2022) – Around 150 Sands China team
members visited the homes of nearly 130 elderly
residents at Seac Pai Van public housing in Coloane
Tuesday, for an annual volunteer service activity for
Chinese New Year, in an effort to spread warmth to the
community.
Sands China's
volunteer group, the Sands Cares Ambassadors, have
participated in the activity for 13 consecutive years,
where they visit the homes of elderly users of the Peng
On Tung Tele-Assistance programme during the Chinese New
Year period. This year, Sands China team members from
various departments also joined the Ambassadors to
volunteer their time for this good
cause.
In 2010, Sands
China became the first integrated resort operator to
support the Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance programme,
which is organised by the General Union of Neighbourhood
Associations of Macau (UGAMM). Since then, Sands China's
donations to the organisation have benefited more than
10,400 elderly to date. The funds help support people
with financial difficulties to use the service and also
go toward helping the programme develop more value-added
services.
"Caring about
the welfare and happiness of the elderly is a virtue
that our Macao community cherishes," said Sands China
Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred Wong, who was one of
Tuesday's volunteers. "Sands China is very pleased
therefore to continue our tradition and to be of service
during Chinese New Year in support of this meaningful
initiative. We are grateful to our team members for
offering their time and energy to help care for Macao's
elderly as we celebrate the Year of the
Tiger."
Volunteers
from Sands China sat down to chat with the residents and
handed out Chinese New Year gift packs that had been
purchased from Fuhong Society of Macau and prepared by
its members with disabilities. The gift packs contained
household staple items and an epidemic prevention pack
containing useful pandemic supplies. Additionally, Sands
China prepared supermarket coupons to be delivered by
"gods of wealth" greeters for each elderly
resident.
Some of the
team members helped change light bulbs that needed
replacing, swapping them out for energy-efficient LED
bulbs. A few of them who have attended a home
maintenance course organised by UGAMM performed home
safety checks and simple water and electricity
maintenance work for those who needed
it.
The annual
visits with elderly are part of Sands China's community
caring activity series entitled "Spreading Warmth to the
Community," where the company shares joy and kindness
through visits and celebrations with sectors of society
needing care.
Sands China's
community work is part of Sands Cares, the global
corporate citizenship programme of parent company Las
Vegas Sands
Corp.
Photo caption: Volunteers from Sands China gather
outside The Venetian Macao Tuesday for Sands China's 13th
annual Chinese New Year service project in conjunction with
the Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance programme. Around 150
volunteers visited more than 100 households of elderly
residents.
Photo caption: Sands China Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred
Wong (third from left) and other team members visit the home
of an elderly resident at Seac Pai Van public housing in
Coloane Tuesday. A total of around 150 Sands China team
members visited the homes of nearly 130 elderly residents
for an annual volunteer service activity for Chinese New
Year, in an effort to spread warmth to the
community.
