Kids from David Garcia's Hong Kong Charities
A big welcome from David Garcia in Hong Kong!
This site is an expression of gratitude to the supporters and the beneficiaries alike of the Hong Kong charities that David endorses.
David Garcia is grateful to the supporters of the Hong Kong charities because without their empathy for those who are deserving and in need, without their selflessness and compassion, without their willingness to go beyond themselves to understand the hopes and dreams of the youth, the Hong Kong charities would remain an ideal, and not be realized.
It is the dedication of the people who administer the charities, raise funds for it (whether as performing artists or managers of the events), and see that such funds are allocated to the proper beneficiaries that turn the ideals of compassion, benevolence and non-passive concern into the realization of hope and love.
Meanwhile, the beneficiaries are also to be extremely worthy of praise, because they have remained steadfast to their goals to better themselves and help in the building of a brighter world.
Should you become interested in likewise being a supporter of the charities, please inquire directly with the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Press Club, the administrator of the charity fund.
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NEWS UPDATE
10th Anniversary FCC Annual Charity Ball A Record Breaking Success as Guests Give Generously for the Children of Po Leung Kuk
Corporate and individual sponsors help make this year’s ball the best ever with a sell-out crowd of 1,500
(Hong Kong – October 15, 2011) – A record-breaking one thousand five hundred guests attending the 10th Anniversary Foreign Correspondents’ Club [FCC] Annual Charity Ball held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre [HKCEC] earlier this month [October 8th] raised the roof as popular 70s rock band, the Doobie Brothers, comprising two original members of the legendary group, performed their most popular and successful hit songs including Listen to the Music, Jesus is Just Alright, Long Train Running, Takin’ It to the Streets, Nobody, Black Water and many others from their fabulous, award-wining repertoire.
The FCC Charity Ball is the club’s annual fund raising event for the Po Leung Kuk/UBS/FCC Language Training Program, the Po Leung Kuk/Merrill Lynch/FCC Children’s Learning Centre, the Po Leung Kuk/UBS/FCC Child Development Program, the Po Leung Kuk/Henrik Nielsen/FCC Scholarship Fund and the Po Leung Kuk/Sprouts Foundation/FCC Education Services Centre, charities that help provide a better future for the underprivileged children of Hong Kong.
The much awaited live auction raised over HK$ 1.3 million with enthusiastic and generous bidders paying handsomely for items like the guitar signed by rock legends Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Keith Richards, Neil Young and many more, the basketball jersey signed by the 1992 USA Dream Team, the Shanghai Tang Mongolian Tent Dinner for 16 persons. Meanwhile, the silent auction went into a higher gear this year with impressive bids for a host of fabulous items including a Chopard Mille Miglia watch, luxury villa holidays, Pal Zileri made-to-measure suits, and a South African flag signed by Nelson Mandela.
The evening’s party spirit was ignited by the flash mob presentation by 100 Po Leung Kuk students from the PLK Choi Kai Yau School dancing to the lively party song “I’ve Got a Feeling”.
After the auction and the PLK children’s dance presentation, the excitement reached a crescendo when the Doobie Brothers appeared on stage for a thrilling 90-minute show regaling the crowd with all their hits. The band line up included original band members Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons and 33-year veteran John McFee.
Aside from ticket sales, a major part of the annual fund raiser is the Raffle Draw which this year gave away top prizes of 2 round trip Continental Air tickets to New York and Chicago with accommodations in suites at the Peninsula New York and Peninsula Chicago, a Chopard limited edition L.U.C Tech Twist watch, 2 round trip Dragon Air business class tickets to Shanghai with stay at The Peninsula Shanghai, stay in a Specialty Suite at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 2 Cathay Pacific business class tickets to Seoul and other fabulous prizes.
Among the distinguished guests at this year’s ball were Secretary for Education Michael Suen and his wife Rita, current Po Leung Kuk Chairman Dorothy Pong, Sally Leung, David and Mahnaz Lee, John Slosar, Daniel and Suzanne Zigal, David & Avisha Harilela, Bill Nader, Shirley Hiranand, Reyna Harilela, Roland & Tricia Buser, Sandro Bottega, Henrik Nielsen, Georges Nony, Barry Nassberg, Michael Fung and many other high profile business and social figures.
About the FCC Charity Fund
The FCC Charity Fund is very proud of the community service projects the charity ball has funded since 2002. The FCC Scholarship Fund was set up to help underprivileged children who wish to pursue tertiary education.
“Education is a great equalizer and the Po Leung Kuk/Henrik Nielsen/FCC Scholarship Fund helps to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty that afflicts most poor families in Hong Kong by educating and mentoring Hong Kong’s neediest children.” said David Garcia, Founding Chairman, FCC Charity Ball, “To date, the Scholarship Fund has awarded 85 scholarships and has produced graduates who are successful professionals in their chosen field.”
In 2005, the Language Training Program (LTP) was launched at the Po Leung Kuk (PLK) headquarters in Causeway Bay that teaches English and Putonghua to the PLK’s 300 children in residential care, aged 2 to 18 years old. The program was launched to address the need of Hong Kong employers for a multilingual work force fluent in Cantonese, English and Putonghua. The Po Leung Kuk/UBS/FCC Language Training Program offers extra-curricular English and Putonghua tuition through a system that makes learning a foreign language fun, interesting and stimulating.
In 2009, the Po Leung Kuk/Merrill Lynch/FCC Children’s Learning Centre (CLC) and the Po Leung Kuk/UBS/FCC Child Development Program (CDP) opened in Lei Muk Shue to provide language training and family and child development services to the estate residents in the area. With increased funding from UBS in 2010, the CDP was able to set up the Baby College, a service that works closely with pregnant women and their families and provides structured parent and child programs to help the baby have a complete developmental workout and improve the relationship between young children and their parents.
Donations
The FCC Charity Fund welcomes donations in cash or kind and these can be channeled thru Ms. Mireya Garcia at mayahk@gmail.com. To receive more information about the fund-raising activities of the FCC Charity Fund and its work with Po Leung Kuk, please visit http://www.fcchkcharityfund.com or the Po Leung Kuk web site at www.poleungkuk.org.hk
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