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| A new project, Shoulder to Shoulder "拍拍膊頭"行動, has been launched by the Federation to tackle the looming problem of youth unemployment. A pioneer move will be the issue of service |
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vouchers. These will mean families in difficulty can maintain children's out-of-school activities at HKFYG Youth SPOTs and other service units.
This plan is being followed up with a central data station for job-seekers, an info-bank for vocational training and an employers counselling service. These measures are backed up by the phone hotline, 2777 0309 and MSN service that offers young people a guiding hand, a hand on the shoulder in times of doubt and hardship.
Call Gary, tel 2413 6669, to discuss what you can do, shoulder to shoulder in partnership.
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HKFYG on Social Welfare Department's territory-wide volunteer awards list
The Federation always encourages young people to offer help in the community and we are
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delighted to have placed 5th in the Top 10 Highest Service Awards given by the Social Welfare Department for 2007. Our keen volunteers totalled 525,900 service hours during the year. The two HKFYG volunteers selected by the Steering Committee on the Promotion of Volunteer Service in October this year for the Hong Kong Outstanding Youth Volunteers Scheme Awards 2008-09 are Mr William Chan Chun-ho and Ms Yeung Hong-ki. The Awards Ceremony is on 6 December 2008.
Kick-off for JP Morgan Community Enhancement Centre at HKFYG Youth SPOT
The 2-year reading and literacy project will be launched and a plaque unveiled at the JP Morgan centre in the HKFYG Tin Shui Youth SPOT on Thursday 4 December 2008. Mr Leung Che-cheung, MH, JP, Chairman, Yuen Long District Council, Mr YEUNG Tak-keung, JP, District Officer, Home Affairs Department (Yuen Long), Mr Fu Tsun-hung, District Social Welfare Officer, Social Welfare Department (Yuen Long), Mr Lai Tung-chai, Chief School Development Officer(Yuen Long), Education Bureau, Mr E Michael Fung, Chief Executive Hong Kong Branch, JP Morgan and Ms Junia HO, JP, Chairman of HKFYG Youth Service Committee, will be present as officiating guests.
Child Development Fund scheme: HKFYG with the Prudential
Fly High With Us Young Saving Scheme, supported by the Prudential Assurance Co Ltd has now officially begun. It will help 120 children in New Territories West to save for their future with mentorships as well as matching corporate donations of HK$200 per month.
Third Youth Learning Project with Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation
This project encourages youth to understand better the economic ties between Hong Kong and countries in the Asia-Pacific region. It is jointly organized by HKFYG and the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation and targets youth of 29 or younger. Involving research, seminars and discussion, it improves knowledge and skills and includes a team competition plus a project report and presentation. Seminars begin on 5 December 2008.
Federation Grand Raffle for charity coming up February 2009
HKFYG is now collecting prizes for its annual charity Grand Raffle. If you or your company have something really eye-catching or special, and would like to make a handsome gift for the sake of children from low-income families, please contact Bonnie, tel 3755 7101. Those children need your help. Now more than ever.
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Beat Drugs Fund School Resource Kits
A grant of HK$2m has been approved under the Special Funding Scheme of the Beat Drugs Fund Association for
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HKFYG to create drug education kits for use in schools. This is part of the campaign to fight drug abuse by young people and training for teachers will also be organized. Call Tang Wai Hung for more details, tel 3579 4560.
Apple Daily Charitable Foundation steps up for Step One Project
A sum of HK$69,000 has been given to HKFYG by the Apple Daily Charitable Foundation in support of the outreach Step One project for teenage girls at risk. The project was launched with funding and manpower support from Reebok and features training mentorships and community service projects for the girls who develop a sense of achievement by taking part. Contact Edward, tel 2701 8866 for more details.
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Correctional Services Department makes HKFYG beneficiary of Autumn Fair
22 November was annual fair day for the Correctional Services Department. The Sports Association of the department kindly makes the Federation a beneficiary of the fair's sale of work made at correctional institutions around Hong Kong. It includes baking, handicrafts and art such as paintings by adolescent prisoners.
Free passes for Omega Mission Hills Golf World Cup
| HKFYG has received 77 passes for this special tournament to be held at the challenging Mission Hills Olazabal Course from 27-30 November 2008. This donation reflects Mission Hills' goal to encourage young people to take up golf, which they demonstrate by regular partnership with HKFYG. |
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PMA Music Foundation donates 300 Nick Vujicic seminar tickets
HKFYG members were invited by the PMA Music Foundation to a seminar on Tuesday 25 November in the Academic Community Hall of Hong Kong Baptist University. The seminar, led by Nick Vujicic who has neither arms nor legs, was called Attitude is Altitude and his aim was to motivate young people to get their comparatively normal lives into perspective.
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