Sands Cares Ambassadors Visit Live-Alone Elderly for Annual Spring Cleaning

11th year of Chinese New Year volunteer activity
Benefits Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance programme users

(Macao, January 14, 2020) – A group of around 120 Sands Cares Ambassadors visited the homes of about 100 live-alone elderly at Seac Pai Van public housing in Coloane Sunday, in an annual spring cleaning volunteer service activity ahead of Chinese New Year. The Ambassadors also offered haircuts to the elderly residents while there for the annual activity.

For 11 years now, volunteers from Sands China have visited the homes of live-alone elderly users of the Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance programme organised by The General Union for Neighbourhood Associations. Sands China began supporting the programme in 2010, and has since donated a total of over MOP 2 million, benefiting nearly 9,300 live-alone 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.

Sands China Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred Wong said: “The contributions made by Macao’s elderly population should not be forgotten. Sands China is grateful to our Sands Cares Ambassadors for caring for and serving this important segment of our community, for bringing joy to their hearts, and for spreading the company’s cheer and goodwill during this festive time of Chinese New Year.”

Taking cleaning supplies with them, the Sands Cares Ambassadors worked to clean and tidy the homes of the elderly residents they visited on Sunday, where they swept, mopped and scrubbed in preparation for the Year of the Rat. They also chatted with residents and passed out Chinese New Year gift packs purchased from Fuhong Society of Macau, containing useful staples like oil, grain and noodles. In addition, they offered haircuts to the elderly residents.

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 100,000 hours of voluntary community service since the programme’s founding.

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 Cares Ambassadors gather outside Seac Pai Van public housing in Coloane Sunday ahead of their 11th annual Chinese New Year spring cleaning service project in conjunction with the Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance programme. Around 120 volunteers visited about 100 households of elderly live-alone residents Sunday.

Photo caption: Sands Cares Ambassadors give haircuts to elderly residents at Seac Pai Van public housing Sunday during the 11th annual Chinese New Year spring cleaning service project in conjunction with the Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance programme.

Photo caption: Sands Cares Ambassadors visit elderly live-alone residents at Seac Pai Van public housing in Coloane Sunday for the traditional Chinese custom of spring cleaning. They spent time chatting with the residents, helped them clean their homes in preparation for the Year of the Rat, gave haircuts, and shared Chinese New Year gift packs purchased from Fuhong Society of Macau.