SHKP Quarterly

SHKP Volunteer Team Chief Leader Michelle Leung Staying true and passionate in serving the community for 15 years 初心不改 服務社群 15 年 新地義工 Team 力量總領袖梁麗慈 新地義工 Team 力量總領袖 SHKP Volunteer Team Chief Leader Michelle Leung 梁麗慈 For 15 years, the SHKP Volunteer Team has organized or participated in about 1,000 activities, clocking in around 1.1million hours of service. SHKP Volunteer Team Chief Leader Michelle Leung says that what is more important than these numbers is the Team remaining true to its original mission when it was established. The smiles of recipients and the friendships nurtured are impossible to quantify. The Team’s ABC caring spirit – (A) Association to work as a team; (B) Belief in Building Homes with Heart; and (C) a Commitment to serve the community and reach out to those in need – is all in an effort to build a harmonious Hong Kong. Initiated by management, Building Homes with Heart Caring for both the physical and emotional needs of the underprivileged, the major initiatives of the SHKP Volunteer Team focus on: ‘nurturing youth’, ‘helping the elderly’, ‘helping people with disabilities’ and ‘building homes’. The first three involve visits and long-term plans while the fourth calls upon the professional skills of the Team to provide repairs and basic refurbishment services. The establishment of the SHKP Volunteer Team was inspired by the Group’s Building Homes with Heart culture. Group Chairman Raymond Kwok believes that while monetary donations are important, one- on-one caring and helping are irreplaceable, and from that mindset the Team was born 15 years ago. From only a few hundred members at its establishment in 2003 to today’s 2,600, the Team has grown rapidly over the past decade thanks to the management’s support and the company’s unique advantages. Michelle says, “The Group provides resources for the Team and allows staff to take part in services during office hours. The Group’s strong connections throughout the community built over many years have helped bolster the Team’s volunteer work.” Cultivating with heart, collaborating to make Hong Kong a better home The Team was established to apply the Group’s positive energy in order to give back to the community. “We are called the ‘SHKP Volunteer Team’. Because ‘Team’ also means ‘more’ in Chinese, it is hoped that apart from the support of management and staff, our families, friends and even residents will also join our volunteer work.” Michelle also points out that the SHKP Volunteer Team not only collaborates with government depar tments and sizeable charity organizations, it also develops different plans with small charity organizations as well. “We are very willing to work with charity organizations that are less well known to serve those who are often neglected by society,” she adds. 20 Profile Vol 89 • Q3 2018 • SHKP Quarterly