"One Million Row" is the oldest fund-raising project of the Community Chest, which is widely welcomed by Hong Kong people. Since it was first held in 197 1, it has been held for 44 times. Over the years, the number of participants has exceeded 2.7 million, raising over HK$ 400 million.
Wanzhong Tongxin Public Welfare Fund
The annual TV program "Community Chest" is jointly sponsored by the Community Chest and Television Broadcasting Limited. That night, Starlight Glimmer, the city's celebrity and red star, got together to perform and called on the public to give generously.
Enterprise and employee financing plan
The Donation Scheme for Business Organizations and Employees is a major fund-raising activity of the Community Chest, which provides a simple and direct way for business organizations and employees to donate. In addition to direct donations, the organization itself can also encourage employees to organize fund-raising activities on their own, or deduct fixed donations from their monthly salaries through the employee assistance scheme to raise funds for the Community Chest. The Community Chest also has an award scheme to praise it.
In addition, the program also has a special fund-raising activity:-the charity "Food Discount Day": This activity aims to encourage people from all walks of life to donate the cost of lunch to the Community Chest. Good-hearted people who donate more than a certain amount will get a "gift package" from the public welfare fund.
Public Green Awareness Day: This activity aims to promote environmental protection and help people in need. Donors only need to donate a specified amount of money to participate. Participants can invite relatives and friends to sponsor an environmental protection project or wear green clothes to show their support.
"Month" for charity.
Hong Kong is a city where Chinese and Western cultures meet, and there are festivals worth celebrating every month. This project aims to encourage everyone to participate in the monthly donation plan, and the donation will be used to make people in need feel the warmth of each festival. All donations will be sent to the beneficiaries without deducting any administrative expenses. Donations of HK$ 100 or above are tax-free receipts.
Donate gifts to public welfare undertakings
The "Gift Donation for Public Welfare" scheme encourages citizens to change their gifts into donations to the Community Chest on happy occasions such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries and company opening. Let people in need share your happiness through 142 social welfare institutions funded by the Community Chest.
Public welfare is money.
In recent years, the problem of domestic violence in Hong Kong has become increasingly serious. In the first six months of 2007, there were more than 3,700 cases of domestic violence, with an average of 20 cases per day, an increase of 102% compared with the same period last year. The Community Chest's "Public Welfare is Money" campaign is aimed at families with violence crisis in Huize;
Professional social workers mediate and improve family relations.
Shelter facilities to protect abused family members.
After-care counseling service, providing transitional support
In 2007/08, the Community Chest of Hong Kong will donate nearly HK$ 8 million to ten member welfare organizations to provide "family crisis support" services.
Afternoon cannon raises money for public welfare
Jardine Matheson has a long history and its origin can be traced back to the early days of Hong Kong's opening. /kloc-More than 0/50 years ago, Jardine Matheson Group moved its headquarters from Guangzhou and Macau to Hong Kong, and opened offices in the current site of World Trade Center and Yidong Hotel to continue to expand its business. Jardine Matheson had a private gun group and a guard. Whenever the company arrives or leaves Hong Kong, it is a habit to salute with a gun.
The real source of the noon cannon cannot be tested now. One of the legends is that Jardine Matheson angered a senior naval officer at an artillery launching ceremony. So, the officer ordered Jardine Matheson to fire a gun at noon every day to report to Hong Kong. For whatever reason, firing the noon cannon has become a tradition of Jardine Matheson, which has never stopped for many years except for a period of Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II.
Since 1989, the Community Chest has been approved by Jardine Matheson Group to set up a fund-raising activity with firecrackers. Any person or organization can personally fire the afternoon cannon by donating HK$ 33,000 or more to the Community Chest.
Timely rain foundation
Rich, prosperous and colorful Hong Kong, there are a group of unfortunate people wandering around. They are the disadvantaged groups in society. Run for life and struggle for survival every day.
In view of this, the Community Chest set up an emergency assistance fund in early 2004 to provide quick short-term transitional assistance to families and individuals in need. Through the Timely Rain Fund, we can help those who need help.
From May 26th, 2007, the Timely Rain Fund won the generous support of Changjiang Group again, so it was renamed as Changjiang Timely Rain Fund.
The Community Chest Yangtze River Timely Rain Fund will:
Give support to individuals or families who are in financial difficulties and unable to maintain their basic living expenses; -Providing emergency assistance to those in need to avoid family and social tragedies;
Help those who wait for other funds and government subsidies to tide over the difficulties.
The applicant must be a Hong Kong resident and did not receive any financial assistance from other funds and the government at that time.
Aid amount
Each successful application can receive a subsidy ranging from HK$ 2,000 to HK$ 7,000.
Those who have been successfully subsidized by the Yangtze River Timely Rain Fund of the Community Chest and their immediate family members are not allowed to apply for subsidies again within six months.