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Group Heart Card Action Sends Warmth to Disabled Youth

2022-06-02T04:50:36.892Z


The epidemic has lasted for nearly three years, causing huge psychological pressure on the disadvantaged groups and the elderly in the society. In addition to the support of epidemic prevention materials, what they need is more care and understanding. Hong Kong Cosmetics Industry Association and JCI Haoyang


The epidemic has lasted for nearly three years, causing huge psychological pressure on the disadvantaged groups and the elderly in the society.

In addition to the support of epidemic prevention materials, what they need is more care and understanding.

The Hong Kong Cosmetics Industry Association cooperated with JCI Haoyang Youth Chamber of Commerce and Gift Workshop to organize the "Hong Kong Love in Time. Love in Time" program. In addition to material gifts, it also launched handwritten and online card actions to send encouraging messages to the audience, with the power of words. To help them re-start after the epidemic.


The "Love in Hong Kong. Love in Time" program is co-operated by the Hong Kong Cosmetics Industry Association, JCI Haoyang Youth Chamber of Commerce and Gift Workshop, and is supported and sponsored by Longzhou, GOGOX, MEMO PLUS PR, and Longya Development Co., Ltd., as well as Hong Kong Disabled Persons The Youth Association, the Hong Kong Blind Association and the Luxiang Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities participated.

The plan is divided into three stages. In the first stage, more than 120,000 items of materials and 38,000 yuan of donations have been successfully raised, including rapid test kits, masks, skin creams, disinfectants, disinfectant tissues, hand sanitizers, and health care products. and paper towels.

(Photo provided by Hong Kong Cosmetics Industry Association)

The plan is divided into three stages. In the first stage, more than 120,000 items of materials and 38,000 yuan of donations have been successfully raised, including rapid test kits, masks, skin creams, disinfectants, disinfectant tissues, hand sanitizers, and health care products. and tissues; the second stage is to distribute materials and handwritten greeting cards. The handwritten greeting cards and the E-card platform are used to send care to the disabled and visually impaired, and provide them with anti-epidemic materials. The activity will be launched this month. Online Heart Card, and promoted to Chinese-speaking regions in the Asia-Pacific region through the JCI network.

On August 11, a commendation meeting will be held during the "Beauty and Health Life Expo" held at the exhibition, and cooperation and sponsors will be invited to attend.

Event director Mimi Yeung believes that what Hong Kong lacks most during the epidemic is not anti-epidemic materials, but also the lack of interpersonal care.

Every heartfelt card in the event is "flesh and bloody", among which 1,500 physical heartfelt cards were handwritten by volunteers convened by the International Professional Mediation Association. The words are full of love, gratitude and encouragement.

(Photo provided by Hong Kong Cosmetics Industry Association)

The association said it understands that for some beneficiaries, they need more spiritual support.

23-year-old Eric is a beneficiary of the plan. He said that under the raging fifth wave of the epidemic, the inconvenience of mobility caused by his disability made it difficult for him to go out to buy daily necessities, and he felt lonely when he did not go out with friends during the epidemic.

In the program, volunteers sent supplies and handwritten greeting cards to their homes, and regularly browsed the electronic greeting cards on the website to bring spiritual support to his life, and felt the concern of Hong Kong people for the disadvantaged under the epidemic, " I'm so relieved, I'm not alone in the face of the epidemic."

Event director Mimi Yeung believes that what Hong Kong lacks most during the epidemic is not anti-epidemic materials, but also the lack of interpersonal care.

Every heartfelt card in the event is "flesh and bloody", and 1,500 physical heartfelt cards were handwritten by volunteers convened by the International Professional Mediation Federation. The words are full of love, gratitude and encouragement.

The E-card website will be launched in the third phase of the "Hong Kong Love in Time" program. Anyone can log in to the website to become a supporter of the event plan, select a desired e-mood card and upload it to the website, and mark it with their heartfelt wishes for disadvantaged groups. speak, express concern in words.

After the card is released, all beneficiaries can read the card, and those who are interested can go to the Gift Workshop website to participate.

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