Sino Caring Friends - 2010
| Sino Caring Friends volunteers enjoyed the joy of music and dance with more than one hundred underprivileged children |
| Sino Group's 'Art in Hong Kong' and EXCEL of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts jointly held an event featuring music and dance performances on 24 July, namely ’The Joy of Music and Dance Series’. 120 underprivileged children were sponsored to watch two spectacular performances, 'Dance to the Historical Development of Hong Kong' and 'Jazz by EXCEL Children'. Sino Caring Friends volunteers played musical games and learned impromptu jazz steps together with the kids and presented a gift bag of stationery to each of the children for their new academic year. |
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| Sino Caring Friends celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with the elderly |
| To celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, over 30 'Sino Caring Friends' organised the 'Hearty Rice Dumplings for the Elderly' charity event together with enthusiastic senior volunteers from Island Resort's Evergreen Club on 12 June. They visited about 80 elderly people at an elderly centre of The Hong Kong Society for the Aged bringing them warm regards and 500 healthy rice dumplings tailor-made by Sino Group's Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel. The volunteers also brought the elderly a happy afternoon with exciting games, a magic performance, classic songs and fresh fruits. |
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Sino Caring Friends organises a 'Cantonese Learning Programme'
to help the South Asian families integrate into our society |
Sino Caring Friends have joined hands with HK SKH Lady MacLehose Centre Services for Ethnic Minorities to organise a 'Cantonese Learning Programme'. Through interactive games and learning sessions, the programme aims to teach basic Cantonese to South Asian families to build their confidence and help them integrate into our society.
The first of the four sessions took place at Lady MacLehose Centre on 27 March 2010. Sino Caring Friends and the volunteers from the Islands Youth Association taught South Asian family members aged from 4 to 38. The first session included easy-to-grasp teaching materials produced specially for the initiative and emphasised listening, and speaking basic daily phrases such as greetings and public transportation. |
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Sino Caring Friends organises a 'Fun Easter Cookies Workshop'
for the children of the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society |
On 20 March 2010, Sino Caring Friends organised a 'Fun Easter Cookies Workshop' to celebrate an early Easter with a group of 17 children from Hong Kong Family Welfare Society at Sino Group’s City Garden Hotel in North Point.
Under the chef's guidance and volunteer assistance, the children made creative cookies in the shape of rabbits and other Easter themed characters. The workshop also enabled participating children to improve their communication and cooperation skills as they played an Easter egg hunt game with the volunteers. All who attended enjoyed a happy and meaningful afternoon. |
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| Birthday party for the children from Hope Worldwide |
| On 6 February, Sino Group's volunteer team Sino Caring Friends joined a group of children at the Hope Worldwide Centre for Kids to celebrate a memorable birthday party in Shek Kip Mei. All who attended enjoyed a happy afternoon with cake, tasty food, games and presents. Kids who joined the party for the second year expressed their happiness at the birthday celebration and the fun they had with the other children and the big brothers and sisters. They also emphasised that they will surely join again next year. |
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