Sands China Renders 10 Consecutive Years of Support to Macau Holy House of Mercy's Welfare Shop
Company's contributions to food hamper initiative have benefitted 3,400 families to date
(Macao,
Feb. 10, 2022) – Sands China Ltd. made a MOP
300,000 donation to Holy House of Mercy Feb. 10, marking
Sands China's 10th consecutive year of support to the
charitable organisation. Additionally, around 30 Sands
Cares Ambassadors are volunteering at Macau Holy House
of Mercy's Welfare Shop Feb. 10-11, where they are
helping distribute over 370 Chinese New Year food
hampers to disadvantaged
families.
Since 2013,
the Welfare Shop has been distributing food and
essentials each month to families with financial
difficulties, helping several thousand households from
disadvantaged neighbourhoods get relief from rising
living costs. Sands China has been a sponsor of the
programme from its beginning, and the company's
contributions have benefited 3,400 families to
date.
Each hamper
contains staple items like rice, noodles, biscuits,
canned food, cooking oil, toothpaste, shower gel and
others. With this year's hampers, Sands China
additionally prepared a red packet with a MOP 100
supermarket coupon and an epidemic prevention pack
containing useful pandemic supplies for each
family.
As was done
last year, beneficiary families are collecting their
hampers at Macau Holy House of Mercy's Welfare Shop in
groups, on different days and time slots, in line with
the Macao's government's epidemic-prevention guidance to
avoid gathering in large
groups.
Dr. Wilfred
Wong, president of Sands China Ltd., said: "Sands China
is pleased to be in our 10th year of supporting Macau
Holy House of Mercy's Welfare Shop and its distribution
of food hampers to low-income families. Our thanks go to
our Sands Cares Ambassadors for their time and energy in
extending the company's goodwill and to Holy House of
Mercy for their continued collaboration – we look
forward to many more years of serving the community
together."
Dr. Wong
presented a ceremonial cheque for MOP 300,000 Feb. 10 to
António José de Freitas, president of Macau Holy House
of Mercy's General Assembly, Manuel Pires, member of
Holy House of Mercy's Board of Trustees, and Gisela
Nunes, secretary general of Macau Holy House of Mercy.
Chongnin Sam, vice president of corporate communications
and community affairs for Venetian Macau Limited, and
guests of honour Ng Sio Lai, president of the General
Union of the Neighbourhood Associations of Macau and Sam
Iat Cóng, vice president of the board of directors of
the Macao Federation of Trade Unions 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, The Parisian Macao and The
Londoner® Macao – the Sands Cares Ambassadors
have contributed more than 175,000 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. The company's community work is part of Sands Cares, the global
corporate citizenship programme of parent company Las
Vegas Sands
Corp.
Photo caption: Sands China Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred
Wong presents a MOP 300,000 cheque to Macau Holy House of
Mercy Feb. 10 at its Welfare Shop.
Left to right: Gisela Nunes, secretary general of Macau Holy
House of Mercy; Manuel Pires, member of Holy House of
Mercy's Board of Trustees; Ng Sio Lai, president of the
General Union of the Neighbourhood Associations of Macau;
Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China Ltd.; António
José de Freitas, president of Macau Holy House of Mercy's
General Assembly; Sam Iat Cóng, vice president of the board
of directors of the Macao Federation of Trade Unions;
Chongnin Sam, vice president of corporate communications and
community affairs for Venetian Macau Limited.
Photo caption: Sands Cares Ambassadors and guests of
honour participate in Sands China's cheque presentation
ceremony Feb. 10 at Macau Holy House of Mercy's Welfare
Shop. Sands China has supported the shop's food hamper
distribution efforts for 10 consecutive
years.
