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Sands Cares Ambassador Programme Celebrates 11 Years
Sands Cares Ambassador Programme Celebrates 11 Years
Ceremony inaugurates new working committee and honours Adelson Citizenship Award winners
(Macao, Sept. 17, 2020) – The Sands Cares Ambassador programme celebrated its 11th anniversary with a ceremony at The Venetian® Macao Wednesday, featuring the inauguration of the new Sands Cares Ambassador Working Committee and an award presentation for the three Macao winners in this year's Mr. Sheldon G. And Dr. Miriam Adelson Citizenship Awards, presented by Sands Cares.
Over 100 team members and guests attended the event, including representatives from the China Liaison Office, the Macao SAR government, and local community partners, as well as Sands China executives.
"Sands China is very proud of our Sands Cares Ambassadors, who have been giving up their free time to do volunteer work to help others, particularly society's more vulnerable groups," said Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China Ltd. "As we celebrate 11 successful years of the programme, we are excited to use this occasion to officially inaugurate its working committee, so that we can organise various community activities for our ever-expanding team of 3,300 volunteers in a more effective and efficient manner. We will continue to contribute and give back to society, while injecting more positive energy into the community."
To better cope with the expansion of the company's volunteer service and the growth of its volunteer team, a Sands Cares Ambassador Working Committee has been set up. The new committee seeks to recognise talented Ambassadors and offer them opportunities for personal development, such as taking on project leadership roles for Sands Cares events. It also aims to organise more community activities with the overall goal of serving more people in the community.
The inauguration of the committee included an oath-taking ceremony for the new committee members, administered by Huang Huagai, director of the social work department and deputy secretary general of the Liaison Office of the Central People's government in the Macao SAR; Hon Wai, director of the Social Welfare Bureau; and Dr. Wong; and witnessed by local community partners and other guests.
Additionally, Wednesday's event featured the presentation of the Mr. Sheldon G. And Dr. Miriam Adelson Citizenship Awards to three winners from the Macao region. They were among the nine global winners of the annual awards announced in July, who exemplify a dedication to giving back to local communities and important causes. The awards were created in 2017 to honour the Adelson family's long-term commitment to philanthropy and the legacy of giving they have instilled within the organisation.
Sands China was the first integrated resort operator in Macao to formally establish a volunteer team when it launched the Sands Cares Ambassador programme in August 2009. The programme gives Sands China team members a platform for serving the local community by organising community activities and initiatives that work toward creating a better Macao. With membership of 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 close to 110,000 hours of voluntary community service with more than 450 activities since the programme's founding.
The Sands Cares Ambassador programme is part of Sands Cares, the global corporate citizenship programme of parent company Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Photo caption: Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China Ltd., delivers his remarks at a celebration event for the 11th anniversary of the Sands Cares Ambassador programme at The Venetian Macao Wednesday.
Photo caption: The three Macao region winners of the Mr. Sheldon G. And Dr. Miriam Adelson Citizenship Awards receive their prizes from Sands China Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred Wong (centre) and their respective department heads. The winners are: Surya Kumar Thapa (second from left) from security, Zhou Yaqing (third from left) from table games, and Chao Lai Lin (third from right) from convention and exhibitions.
Photo caption: Members of the Sands Cares Ambassadors Working Committee take their oaths during Wednesday's ceremony, witnessed by local community partners and guests.
Photo caption: Representatives from the China Liaison Office, the Macao SAR government, and local community partners, as well as Sands China executives, gather with members of the Sands Cares Ambassadors Working Committee at The Venetian Macao Wednesday.
Photo caption: The Sands Cares Ambassador programme – the longest-running volunteer team among Macao's six integrated resort operators – celebrates its 11th anniversary Wednesday at The Venetian Macao.
