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Hong Kong
Taiwan
Philippines
Singapore
Malaysia
Thailand
Indonesia
China
Belgium
Netherlands
Poland
United
Kingdom
Ireland
Switzerland
Turkey
Luxembourg
Spain
Portugal
“What better
cause for everyone
to unite around than
giving back to our
community?”
up – with its staff, suppliers, families and the students of
hsin-chieh elementary school to raise money for the Child
Welfare League foundation. These four hundred-plus
participants joined in a “ten people, eleven-legged slow race”
and together raised tWD580,000 (just over usD19,000) in
the hope of ‘bringing more to life’ for the underprivileged
children of taiwan.
In total, the A s Watson Global Volunteer team,
comprised over 15,000 local AsW staff and their
family members worldwide, donated over
hKD11 million to charitable causes and
participated in more than 53,000 loving
gestures during the month of october
2011. upwards of 15,000 people
benefited from these donations and
gestures, including underprivileged
children, mentally or physically
disabled citizens and cancer
survivors.
“This was such an inspiring first
year,” said Mr van breen, reflecting
on the success of the Global Volunteer
Month. “It has been heartening to see
our theoretical discussions in May 2011
successfully materialise in october and to see the
incredible progress made.”
plans are already in the works for the 2012 Global
Volunteer Month, also slated for october, according to
Mr van breen. “It was great to see everyone come together
like this. I know that we have touched the lives of many of
our customers, and that feels really good.”
The A S Watson Group’s 1st Global
Volunteer Month was held in October
2011, with 28 business units and over
15,000 people participating in support
of their local communities.