MACAU—For the fifth year in a row, Sands China demonstrated the Sands Cares spirit of community service by hosting the Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build, an annual volunteer initiative of parent company Las Vegas Sands Corp. Close to 450 participants gathered at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo, including members of social service organizations, Sands China’s Sands Cares Ambassador community volunteers and other team members, and management executives from Las Vegas Sands. Together, they assembled 5,000 food kits, which will be distributed to locals in need through Caritas Macau. These efforts underscore Sands China’s dedication to fulfilling its corporate social responsibility and its long-standing commitment to supporting the Macao community.
The food kits also contain healthy and nutritious recipe cards designed by Caritas Macau and Sands China’s food and beverage team, further enhanced with professional guidance from nutritionists of the Macao Health Bureau. Through this new element of the kit, Sands China aims to promote the importance of a nutritious and healthy diet to the public, in full alignment with the Macao SAR government’s “Healthy Community” initiative and the “Healthy Macao Blueprint.”
Wednesday’s Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build was organized by Sands China with full support from the Social Welfare Bureau and the Health Bureau of the Macao SAR government. This year’s event set new records in both the number of participants and the number of food kits assembled.
Patrick Dumont, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., and Chairman of the Board and Non-Executive Director of Sands China Ltd., showed his support in person by participating in this event in Macao, packing food kits for local underprivileged groups—alongside team members from 34 different Sands China departments and community partners. The warm and energetic atmosphere was a demonstration of the cohesive strength of Sands China team members in serving the community.
Thirty Tons of Food Kits
The 5,000 food kits assembled this year weigh 30 tons in total. Each kit contains 11 food items procured from local SMEs, including rice, cooking oil, egg noodles, and biscuits, as well as soup packs from Tung Sin Tong Charitable Society. The food kits also contain healthy and nutritious recipe cards designed by Caritas Macau and Sands China’s food and beverage team, further enhanced with professional guidance from nutritionists of the Health Bureau. Through this new element of the kit, Sands China aims to promote the importance of a nutritious and healthy diet to the public, in full alignment with the Macao SAR government’s “Healthy Community” initiative and the “Healthy Macao Blueprint.”
Dumont said: “For more than two decades, we have proudly called Macao home, making sustained investments to support the city’s diversified development, while helping build a stronger, more resilient community through our Sands Cares corporate citizenship program. The Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build is a meaningful reflection of that long-standing commitment. As the initiative marks its fifth year in Macao, and its largest edition to date, our Group’s management has returned to Macao to join Sands China team members and community partners in assembling 5,000 food kits, delivering support and care to Macao’s community. Together with efforts across our other operating regions, this initiative will generate 51,000 food kits worldwide this year. This spirit of community service has brought us together as one family, enabling us to make an even greater impact for communities.
“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Macao SAR government for its continued guidance, as well as to our team members and community partners for their unwavering support over the years,” Dumont added. “It is through your trust and support that we have been able to extend the reach of Sands Cares across Macao. Looking ahead, we remain steadfast in supporting Macao’s future. We will continue to work hand in hand with all sectors of society to help Macao build a happier, more vibrant and more diversified city.”
Pun Chi Meng, Secretary General of Caritas Macau, said: “We are grateful to Sands China for its ongoing support of Caritas Macau’s charitable services over the years. This year marks the fifth year of the Sands Cares Global Food Kit distribution, and the number of food kits has increased to 5,000 to benefit more people in need. This caring initiative represents not only material support but also a heartfelt expression of the community’s care for vulnerable groups. The long-term partnership between Sands China and Caritas highlights the value of collaboration between corporations and social welfare organizations in building a caring community. These food kits will directly benefit the elderly, rehabilitation service users, low-income families, and others, alleviating their daily burdens. Looking ahead, Caritas hopes to carry forward this spirit of compassion, working together with the society to advance more initiatives that benefit the community, enabling care and kindness to continue spreading throughout Macao.”
Reaching Those in Need
The Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build initiative has prepared nearly 17,000 food kits for the Macao community to date. All food kits assembled this year will be delivered by Sands Cares Ambassadors to 34 Caritas Macau care homes and centers across multiple districts, including Fai Chi Kei, Praia do Manduco, Iao Hon, Ilha Verde, and Coloane. Caritas Macau will then distribute them to elderly residents and underprivileged groups in the community, ensuring that both food supplies and care reach those in need in Macao.
Sands China launched the Sands Cares Ambassador Program in 2009, becoming the first integrated resort operator in Macao to establish a volunteer team. To date, over 4,000 team members have joined the program as Sands Cares Ambassadors, contributing a cumulative total of over 362,000 service hours, fully demonstrating the company’s long-standing commitment to fulfilling corporate social responsibility and giving back to the Macao community.
Launched in 2022 by Las Vegas Sands Corp., the Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build is held annually in Sands’ operating regions worldwide, including Macao, Singapore and Las Vegas. The global volunteer initiative provides food support for people in need by assembling and distributing food kits to beneficiaries of local social service organizations. It is one of three global Sands Cares initiatives, alongside the Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build with Clean the World and the Sands Cares Accelerator, a program that helps advance nonprofit organizations to make greater community impact.
Through these initiatives, the Sands Cares global corporate citizenship program has been consistently guiding Sands’ philanthropic efforts around the world, providing support for global communities in various aspects including hardship relief, disaster response and preparedness, education, preservation of cultural and natural heritage, and local business and nonprofit partner development. Over the years, the Sands Cares program has introduced numerous initiatives to give back to society and has actively collaborated with local charities and social service organizations to help build more blissful, harmonious, and inclusive communities.
