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27 Oct 2011

Towngas Volunteer Service Team receives "2010 Volunteers with Service Hours exceeding 10,000 Award"

Our Towngas Volunteer Service Team received the “2010 Volunteers with Service Hours exceeding 10,000 Award” from the Steering Committee on the Promotion of Volunteer Services of the Social Welfare Department on 7 October. They received the award for their more than 10,000 hours’ of ongoing commitment and contribution to the community in 2010. 

Last year a wide array of social service activities were held. In addition to our largest annual event “Rice Dumplings for the Community”, they also included our “Mooncakes for the Community” as well as our “Cooking for Fun English learning class” initiative, held for young immigrant students newly arrived from the mainland. Volunteer Service Team members also provide year-round attention and care to the elderly living on their own with our “Soup to Warm the Heart”, “Photo for the Elderly”, “Hair-cutting Service for the Elderly”, “Personal Emergency (PE) Link Check-up Service for the Elderly” and “Installation of Safety Rails” programmes. Our volunteers also tap into their expertise to organise specially tailored activities for children and teenagers. These include paying visits to sick children in hospital as well as teaching “youth-at-risk” to make rice dumplings and cookies.

Representatives from Towngas Volunteer Team received the award.