Sands China Supports Macau Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop for Seventh Year in a Row
Volunteers deliver food hampers in preparation for Chinese New Year
(Macao,
Feb
2, 2019) –
Nearly 70 Sands Cares
Ambassadors helped distribute over 360
Chinese New Year food hampers to
disadvantaged families Saturday,
volunteering at Macau Holy House of Mercy’s
Welfare Shop for the seventh straight year.
The event 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.
The hampers contain staple items like rice,
noodles, biscuits, canned food, cooking oil,
toothpaste, shower gel and others. Sands
China has also added a specially prepared
New Year’s gift pack this year, containing
dried foods like mushrooms, conch and
scallops.
The Welfare Shop began monthly
distribution of food and essentials in
2013 to help families with financial
difficulties. The service has since
helped several thousand households from
disadvantaged neighbourhoods get relief
from rising living costs.Sands China has
been a major sponsor of the programme
since 2013, and has donated MOP 2
million to date, including this year’s
donation of MOP 300,000.
“The Sands Cares Ambassadors continue to do
good work in the community, and the company
is proud to see their ongoing support of
Macau Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop,”
said Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands
China Ltd. “We are also pleased to offer the
company’s further support through annual
donations, so that the Welfare Shop can
continue its service of assisting households
in financial need. The company also sends it
congratulations to Macau Holy House of Mercy
on celebrating its 450th
anniversary.”
Dr. Wong presented a cheque for MOP 300,000
Saturday to Macau Holy House of Mercy
President António José de Freita, member of
the Board of Trustees Bruno Nunes, and
President of the Supervisory Committee José
Ricardo das Neves. Chan Kam Meng, President
of the Federation of Macau Workers
Associations, and Leong Iok Va, President of
the Supervisory Committee; Ng Sio Lai,
president of the board of the General Union
of the Neighbourhood Associations of Macau;
Io Hong Meng, President of the Supervisory
Committee; and Winnie Wong, vice president
of corporate communications and community
affairs for Venetian Macau Limited; were
also in
attendance.
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 initiatives like
its support of Macau Holy House of Mercy’s
Welfare Shop 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:
Sands China President Dr. Wilfred Wong presents a cheque for
MOP 300,000 to Macau Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop
Saturday. Since 2013, the company has donated MOP 2 million
to help provide disadvantaged families with relief against
the rising cost of living.
Left to right: Gisela Nunes, secretary
general of Macau Holy House of Mercy; Winnie
Wong, vice president of corporate
communications and community affairs for
Venetian Macau Limited; Isabel Marreiros,
principal of Day-Care Centre; Leong Iok Va,
President of the supervisory committee of
the Federation of Macau Workers
Associations; Chan Kam Meng, president of
the Federation of Macau Workers
Associations; António Jose de Freita,
president of Macau Holy House of Mercy; Dr.
Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China Ltd.;
Ng Sio Lai, President of Board of the
General Union of the Neighbourhood
Associations of Macau and Io Hong Meng;
President of the Supervisory Committee;
Bruno Nunes, member of the Board of Trustees
of Macau Holy House of Mercy; José Ricardo
das Neves, president of the supervisory
committee of Macau Holy House of
Mercy
Photo caption:
Sands Cares Ambassadors meet outside Macau Holy House of
Mercy’s Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Blind at Fai
Chi Kei Saturday, before distributing food hampers to
disadvantaged families through the centre’s Welfare Shop. It
is Sands China’s seventh year in a row supporting the
initiative.
Photo caption: Dr.
Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China Ltd. and Sands Cares
Ambassadors help distribute food hampers to disadvantaged
families Saturday through Macau Holy House of Mercy’s
Welfare Shop, spreading blessings and good cheer for the
Year of the Pig.