Our Communities Initiatives

We work to keep our regions strong by establishing initiatives and investments in the areas where Sands can have the greatest impact on our communities' health.

Sands Cares in Action

Corporate Team Members attend the annual Dress for Success Southern Nevada Success Showcase. We support Dress for Success Southern Nevada with Sands Cares capacity-building funding for the organization's free business styling and workforce development services for women who are unemployed and underemployed.
We helped bring National Hispanic Institute's transformational youth leadership development program to Las Vegas with a seed investment and annual underwriting of expenses and stipends for students.
As part of the Sands Cares Youth Empowerment Initiative, Sands New York hosted Long Island students to meet and learn from two-time PGA major winner and Sands champion ambassador Collin Morikawa.
Sands China serves as the title sponsor for the annual Macao 10K. Team Members participate in the event annually, and Sands Cares Ambassadors provide volunteer services.
Green Future was the first Macao nongovernmental organization to complete a three-year membership in the Sands Cares Accelerator. During its time in the program, the environmental NGO successfully launched and established Sap Fong, a social enterprise that provides Macao businesses with waste sorting and recycling services. Green Future's goals with Sap Fong are to increase recycling rates in Macao and provide support services to independent recyclers.
To promote local artists, Marina Bay Sands' ArtScience Museum offers ArtScience Encounters, which enables local artists to transform hidden and overlooked spaces in the museum to showcase their creations. The ArtScience Residency Program enables creators to grow with a longer-term opportunity to develop their work..
We contribute funding for the youth mentorship programs offered by 100 Black Men Las Vegas as part of our Sands Cares priorities on supporting education and providing opportunities for youth from diverse backgrounds.
The annual Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build represents our commitment to addressing food insecurity and supporting disadvantaged populations in our communities around the world.
The LGBTQ+ Center of Southern Nevada is a member of the Sands Cares Accelerator and is focusing on improving marketing and communications to sustain the organization into the future during its tenure in the program. We have also supported The Center with capacity-building funding for its health center and administrative facilities.
Sands China's Team Member volunteer corps, Sands Cares Ambassadors, provide support to Macao social service organizations and celebrated 15 years of community support in 2024.
Sands Cares Ambassadors in Macao annually volunteer for Caritas Macau, which provides services to individuals, families, groups and communities.
The annual Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit, founded and presented by Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and Sands, drives the Movement to End Youth Homelessness, which aims to address Nevada's high incidence rates and ensure vulnerable youth have a pathway out of crisis and into bright futures.
Art Outreach was the Sands Cares Accelerator's first graduate in Singapore. During its time in the program, Art Outreach focused on establishing its HEARTH program, which provides local artists with exhibition space where they can develop and share work, as well as professional development opportunities.
Marina Bay Sands conducts its annual Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build with The Food Bank Singapore, which distributes supplies to organizations supporting disadvantaged populations in Singapore.
Marina Bay Sands hosts a variety of volunteer service initiatives to support local community organizations in the 10 weeks leading up to the annual Sands for Singapore Charity Festival.
Sands Cares Ambassadors regularly volunteer with the Fuhong Society of Macao, which provides diverse services to people with intellectual disabilities.
Sands Cares Ambassadors are a key component of the Sands Shopping Carnival, Macao's largest sales event for local businesses. One of their volunteer efforts is accompanying beneficiaries of local community service organizations to experience the event's attractions.
Another annual tradition for Sands China's Sands Cares Ambassadors is volunteering at the Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar.
The annual Sands for Singapore Charity Festival at Marina Bay Sands has raised more than $30 million for Singapore community service organizations since its inception in 2013.
The Sands Hospitality Immersion Program with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund enables students from historically Black colleges and universities to take a deep dive into the Las Vegas travel, tourism and leisure industry and learn about its wide range of career tracks.
Sands Cares funding has enabled Americares to train emergency responders at the organization's Asia Response Hub in the Philippines, as well as in Greater New York, in line with our focus on helping our communities prepare for natural disasters.
As part of the annual Sands for Singapore Charity Festival at Marina Bay Sands, Scoops of Hope features locally inspired flavors with sales proceeds benefiting Metta Cafe and its mission to provide food and beverage vocational training programs for graduates with intellectual disabilities.
We have supported the Asian Community Development Council in launching in-language social services such as food distribution, as well as the organization's Healthy Asian Pacific Islander Medical Center in Las Vegas..
In 2024, Sands Team Members passed the milestone of 1 million hygiene kits built for Clean the World at the annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build, which was established in 2014.

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Our Work

Our Sands Cares work prioritizes five key issues that are uniform around the globe, yet we are flexible to address and respond to unique challenges and opportunities in our local communities. One of the guiding principles we use in all of our engagements is to promote diversity and create inclusiveness by actively supporting under-represented groups and working to remove systemic barriers to opportunity and advancement.

Hardship Relief

We work with our local communities to address access to basic human needs, such as housing and food, and provide vital support services to people in need. While our focus on providing hardship relief is global, each region has identified specific priorities in their local communities.

In the United States, Sands has become one of Southern Nevada’s most prominent advocates for addressing homelessness, and in particular, youth homelessness – where incidence rates are among the highest in the country.

Around the globe, food security has been a priority with the dual purpose of improving sustainability in our daily operations, while supporting vulnerable members of our communities by donating surplus food from our properties’ meeting and convention business.

Another hallmark of our global Sands Cares initiatives is to help our communities provide social support services to empower disadvantaged populations to overcome barriers and address challenges. Groups supported globally include the elderly, veterans, developmentally disabled people, and children from underprivileged households or with special needs.

Local Business and Partner Development

Beyond our scope as a major business generator and philanthropic funder, we focus on building partnerships that help propel local and diverse businesses, small and medium enterprises, and nonprofits to succeed. Our capacity-building initiatives combine the resources and expertise of a Fortune 500 company with platforms for the growth and development of our partners, in line with our dedication to delivering lasting impact in our regions.

From hosting business development expos and providing training opportunities to helping advance rising nonprofit organizations through our Sands Cares Accelerator, we invest in strengthening the organizations that make our communities great places to live, work and visit.

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Cultural and Natural Heritage

Building a thriving tourism industry in our communities is incumbent on promoting the rich cultural heritage and unique identity of our local regions. We help by supporting efforts to preserve local treasures and celebrating them on a global stage. From showcasing cultural and artistic attractions on our properties and in our communities to creating programs that focus on ecological conservation, we are a committed partner in upholding what makes our regions great places to live, work and visit.

Disaster Response and Preparedness

One of our primary strategies for building regional resilience is to help ensure our communities are equipped to respond to crises and that they have the resources they need when disasters occur.

In the response to the global pandemic over the past few years, we have invested more than $3 million and created elaborate response programs in each of our communities. Efforts have included food, personal protective equipment and other in-kind donations; hosting, servicing and volunteering for testing, vaccination and quarantine programs; and supporting our nonprofit partners’ initiatives to help our communities’ uniquely meet their individual challenges associated with COVID-19.

Beyond crisis response, Sands invests in helping communities build the infrastructure needed to be ready when challenges arise. One of our signature Sands Cares events is the annual global hygiene kit build with Clean the World, in which our Team Members build thousands of hygiene kits for people facing disasters or personal crises. In addition, we have invested resources to support building emergency response infrastructure in Asia, enabling quick and effective action from the hub established by Americares in the Philippines.

Education

We work to advance educational opportunities for students, people with special needs and underrepresented groups who face barriers to learning. Our core belief is that a strong educational system creates an effective workforce of the future, which positively impacts the economic and social health of our communities. Our educational initiatives include supporting mentorship and skills development programs, ensuring access to educational resources and helping build or improve academic infrastructure and educational platforms to foster success.

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Dec 20, 2024

Sands Resorts Celebrate the Holidays with Arts and Cultural Showcases

Promoting the artistic assets and cultural heritage of its host regions is a focus in each of Sands’ regions, which are featuring a slate of exhibitions and live performances during the holiday season to conclude a robust calendar of enriching cultural offerings in 2024.

The NBA and Sands China have announced a multiyear collaboration to bring the NBA China Games to Macao beginning in 2025.

Dec 16, 2024

NBA and Sands China Announce the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns Will Play 2025 Preseason Games in Macao

Sands China has launched a collaboration with the Macao government to revitalize iconic landmarks and spur local economic growth in historic areas.

Dec 12, 2024

Sands China Collaborates with the Macao Government to Revitalize Iconic Landmarks

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