Sands China Supports Caritas Macau's Charity Bazaar and Charity Run with MOP 300K Donation
19th consecutive year of company donations
(Macao,
Nov. 8, 2022) – Sands China Ltd. recently
donated MOP 300,000 to Caritas Macau, in support of two
annual Caritas Macau events, the 53rd Charity
Bazaar and the 2022 Charity Run. It is
Sands China's 19th consecutive year donating to the
local NGO; this year's events are raising funds to build
a small elderly
home.
Sands China
has made annual donations to Caritas Macau since 2004.
The funds help support Caritas Macau's operational
expenses and its efforts to develop and implement social
services in the
community.
2022 Charity Run
At a ceremony Oct. 30 at Zona De Lazer Da Marginal Da
Taipa, Sam Chongnin, vice president of corporate
communications and community affairs for Venetian Macau
Limited, presented a ceremonial cheque for MOP 100,000
to Caritas Macau Secretary-General Paul Pun Chi Meng in
support of Caritas Macau's 2022 Charity
Run.
In light of
the uncertainty brought by COVID-19, this year's Charity
Run was again held as a virtual run, in order to prevent
large gatherings of people in a centralised location.
For the
virtual run, participants completed their runs at their
own chosen locations within a specified period of time
and then submitted photos from their runs, such as from
running apps or treadmill
screens.
Around 40
Sands Cares Ambassadors and family members showed their
support by attending the cheque presentation ceremony
and participating in the virtual charity
run.
53rd Charity Bazaar
Around 120 Sands Cares Ambassadors volunteered at the
53rd Charity Bazaar Nov. 5-6, where they ran a game
booth to raise funds for Caritas Macau. All proceeds
from the booth will be donated to Caritas Macau, without
deducting
costs.
Visitors to
the booth won prizes like hotel stays and tickets to The
Parisian Macao's Eiffel Tower, food and beverage
vouchers, gondola ride tickets, and tickets to teamLab
SuperNature Macao at The Venetian®
Macao.
At the
bazaar's opening ceremony on Nov. 5 at Nam Van Nautical
Center, Sam additionally presented a MOP 200,000
ceremonial cheque for Caritas Macau to
Pun.
Sands China
Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred Wong said: "It is always a
pleasure to continue our support to Caritas Macau to
help them carry out the invaluable services they provide
to the Macao community. Our thanks go to Caritas Macau
for organising these two meaningful events to bring the
community together for a good cause. We are also
grateful to Sands Cares Ambassadors and their families
for their support and participation again this
year."
Pun said: "We
are grateful to Sands China for their longstanding
support to our charity services. While we met tough
challenges in fundraising in the face of the instability
brought by COVID-19 this year, Sands Cares Ambassadors
have shown their support by participating in the Charity
Run. They also rendered their wholehearted support to
the Charity Bazaar over the weekend despite the unstable
weather, and we also want to thank Sands China's
volunteers for their passion and
involvement."
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's
support to charitable organisations like Caritas Macau
and the company's Sands Cares Ambassador programme are
part of Sands Cares, the global
corporate citizenship programme of parent company Las
Vegas Sands
Corp.
Photo caption: Sam Chongnin (left), vice president of
corporate communications and community affairs for Venetian
Macau Limited, presents a ceremonial cheque for MOP 100,000
to support the Caritas Macau 2022 Charity Run to Caritas
Macau Secretary-General Paul Pun Chi Meng at a cheque
presentation ceremony Oct. 30 at Zona De Lazer Da Marginal
Da Taipa.
Photo caption: Sam Chongnin (left), vice president of
corporate communications and community affairs for Venetian
Macau Limited, presents a MOP 200,000 cheque to Caritas
Macau Secretary-General Paul Pun Chi Meng at the opening
ceremony of the 53rd Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar Nov. 5 at
Nam Van Lake Nautical
Centre.
Photo caption: Sam Chongnin, vice president of
corporate communications and community affairs for Venetian
Macau Limited, joins Sands Cares Ambassadors at their game
booth at the 53rd Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar Saturday at
Nam Van Lake Nautical
Centre.
Photo caption: Attendees of the 53rd Caritas Macau
Charity Bazaar visit the game booth run by the Sands Cares
Ambassadors Saturday at Nam Van Lake Nautical
Centre.