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International Volunteer Day 2023: Sands Celebrates Team Member Efforts and Surpassing Its 2025 Volunteerism Target in Two Years
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 17, 2024 / Las Vegas Sands Las Vegas Sands A culture ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"International Volunteer Day 2023: Sands Celebrates Team Member Efforts and Surpassing Its 2025 Volunteerism Target in Two YearsNORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 17, 2024 / Las Vegas SandsLas Vegas SandsA culture of service is central to Sands' regions around the world, and volunteerism is a core tenet of the Sands Cares community engagement program. As such, the company prioritized contribution of 150,000 Team Member volunteer hours to address the critical needs of its communities as one of three 2021-2025 targets for its corporate responsibility program.However, in 2021-2022 Team Members provided extensive support for pandemic-related efforts. As a result of these efforts along with core Sands Cares volunteer initiatives, Sands surpassed its 2025 global target with 192,330 volunteer service hours logged by the end of 2022.While a new target will be announced in the company's next environmental, social and governance report in spring 2024, Team Members remain committed to important global and local volunteer initiatives.In recognition of the United Nation's International Volunteer Day 2023 on December 5, Sands is commemorating Team Members' dedication to the company's goal of making its communities better places to live, work and visit.Here's a look at some of the core Sands Cares volunteer efforts globally and in local regions:Global Volunteer InitiativesSince 2014, Sands has hosted the annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build with Clean the World, in which thousands of Team Members assemble hygiene kits for people facing hardship and disaster situations in their local regions. Through 2022, Sands Team Members assembled 938,000 kits to aid Clean the World's mission, and 2023 kit builds kicked off at Marina Bay Sands and corporate headquarters in October, with Sands China's build scheduled for December.Last year, Sands established another global volunteer initiative as regions joined forces for the annual Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build, which is being held in 2023 through a series of events in Macao and Singapore that began in June and continue into 2024. In June, more than 350 Marina Bay Sands Team Members and partners assembled 5,200 food kits for The Food Bank Singapore. Kits included rice, rolled oats, biscuits, condiments and instant beverages.In Macao, Sands China will complete a series of activations from June ...