Melco Resorts & Entertainment is joining hands with its NGO and community partners to deliver Chinese New Year blessings, joy and warmth to the local community. A series of 25 volunteering activities celebrating the New Year of the Dragon with local elderlies, children, youth and families began in late January and will continue throughout February and early March. A total of around 370 Melco volunteer participations are expected, devoting more than 420 hours to approximately 1,020 local community beneficiaries for the festive celebrations. Melco continued to encourage volunteers to join the festive activities with their children to highlight the importance of teaching positive values to the next generation, namely by caring for the local community through the act of volunteering.
One festive celebration with residents of Pou Tai Integrated Service Center for the Elderly was joined by Melco senior executives Dr. Kent Wong, Chief Advisor; and Dr. Raymond Lo, Senior Vice President, Property General Manager of Altira Macau & Mocha Clubs; and Master Shi Xinhui, Chairman of Management Committee of Pou Tai Social Service Building and Ms. Hung Hoi Meng, Director, Pou Tai Elderly Integrated Service Center. Festive song singing and games sessions were enjoyed by residents and the volunteers. Melco volunteers also brought along festive greetings and warmth to the senior residents of FAOM Ka Ao Nursery Home and were greeted by Dean of FAOM Ka Ho Nursing Home, Ms. Ung Vai Ha; Deputy Dean of FAOM Ka Ho Nursing Home, Ms. Winnie Lau; and FAOM Consultant, Ms. Leong Iok Wa.
Additionally, Melco volunteers visited elderly beneficiaries of UGAMM Cheng I Comprehensive Service Center for the Elderly to support pre-CNY tidying of their living environments to make room for a fresh start to the new year. Volunteers delivered gifts including blankets to help the elderlies stay warm in the cold weather. Children beneficiaries from Cradle of Hope Association were also invited to enjoy a day of CNY fun and celebrations at Studio City Super Fun Zone together with Melco volunteers.
Furthermore, various arts and craft and food-making events to celebrate the Chinese New Year include:
- Family and child beneficiaries from DSEDJ Parenting Education Centre and The Women’s General Association of Macau joined traditional Chinese paper-cutting and CNY ink-print tote bag-making workshops with Melco’s volunteers.
- Colleagues from across City of Dreams, Studio City and Altira Macau are handcrafting traditional Chinese paper-cut well-wishes at workshops situated in Melco’s Heart-of-House (employee) areas, creating one-hundred styles of blessings to distribute to local community beneficiaries of Pou Tai Integrated Service Center for the Elderly, The Women’s General Association of Macau and Macao Federation of Trade Unions.
- A visit to Macau Caritas Asilo de Sao Francisco Xavier to host arts and craft workshops for seniors to exercise mental and physical abilities as they celebrate the CNY together.
- Elderly and child beneficiaries from UGAMM Elderly Caring Service Network, Centro de Serviços da Zona Norte Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau and UGAMM Elderly Caring Service Network are invited to participate in traditional CNY pastry-making workshops.
