The Community Chest has been supporting our services to meet the social needs through different innovation projects and benefit for elderly, rehabilitated people, youth and family .The subsidy programs include Project Life Encounters – Horticulture Therapy Based Life Story, Project Legacy - Support Service for Families with Grandparents as Parents, Project Crossroad - Life & Death Education and Support Service for Frail Elders, Healthier Bone for Beautiful Community, Happiness to Share: A Project on Nurturing of Happy Families and Uncle Long Leg Letter Box.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
The CLP’s Power Generation Business Group Volunteer Team has been
providing services for the disadvantaged children in Tuen Mun district through
mentorship for eight years. The subsidy programs include “Green Volunteers for
Seniors”, “Build a Caring Hong Kong Together” of the “CARE” Little Reporter,
and “Good Student Award 2014”, etc. The programs aim to provide actual supports
for low-income families and their children in the district, as well as to
encourage the children to build inner strengths, and to cultivate the spirits
of committing to self-improvement, striving for upward mobility, helping the
underprivileged, and ultimately fighting intergenerational poverty. The
volunteer team demonstrated care and respect to the elderly through the “Green
Volunteers for Seniors” program, in which they visited 180 underprivileged
single elderly households in Tuen Mun district and replaced LED light bulbs for
them.
Amoy Food Limited
Since 2008, Amoy has been organizing “Amoy Cooking Corner” for our Tai Po
and the North District centres, teaching female parents cooking methods and
promoting health knowledge, which serves to communicate the concepts of healthy
living and care for family. These activities not only helped expand their
social network, but also let them know that they can seek help whenever in
need. The company has always contributed through donating food, funding
activities and encouraging their staff to become “Amoy Life Angel” and participate
in charitable events. More than 400 female parents and their families have been
benefited as of today.
Promise (Hong Kong) Co., Limited
The Promise and the Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged jointly
sponsored the program of Promise: “Walk
with Children, Walk with Love” 2013, organized by the North District Integrated
Youth Service Centre. Through talent training program, field trip, and outdoor
family activity, etc., they tailor-made a series of learning targets for
grassroots children, and assisted the underprivileged families and their
children in the North District to enhance their motivation to learn, their
resilience in coping with adversity, as well as their language skills. At the
same time, the Promise Volunteers took the role of “Growth Pilot” and
accompanied school children to travel around Hong Kong, encouraging them to be
more concerned about local culture and social issues. Furthermore, the
Volunteers also took part in Athletic Family Fun Day so as to express their
support and care with action, which helped strengthen the relationship among
parents, Growth Pilots and school children.
Varitronix Limited
In 2013-14, Varitronix subsidized Sheung Tak Integrated Youth Service
Centre twice for organizing the “Knowing Ethnic Minority” Social Inclusion
Program. They sent one-to-one matching volunteers to serve as mentors and also
befriend the ethnic minority youths and their families. They showed care for
the service targets through letters and phone. The program also offered homework
tutorial classes, interest classes, outdoor activities, and community stalls to
facilitate more contacts between the ethnic minorities and the community,
proving opportunities for them to learn more about each other’s cultures and
lifestyle characteristics, and lead the first step in social inclusion.
Citybase Property Management Ltd
It was the fifth consecutive year for our collaboration with Citybase in
organizing the program of “One Person One Mooncake; Celebrate Mid-Autumn
Festival with Love” in 2013. Their Club House Management helped in promoting
and collecting mooncakes from their residents. Citybase’s volunteer team then visited our elderly Centres, sending them
mooncakes, cares, and also the happiness of the festivals. In addition,
Citybase provided full supports to our “1st Love Dancing Marathon Show” in
2014. Apart from their enthusiastic help in promotion, Citybase also sponsored
the activity expenses and provided volunteers for on-site coordination, which
enabled the community to learn more about and care for the special educational
needs (SEN) of grassroots children.