As the Lunar New Year approaches, MGM carries on the tradition of caring for the community by organizing a series of activities for the elderly and those in need, including the "Spring Clean for Love", "Intergenerational Calligraphy Workshop", and "Songs for Spring Festival" programs, as well as free haircut services for senior citizens. In addition, over 2,500 scarves hand-knitted by MGM Golden Lion Volunteer Team members, other MGM team members, and local students were distributed to 14 social welfare organizations. These activities, organized by MGM, have benefited over 3,100 people, including seniors, students, and people with disabilities.

Cleaning Houses for Lunar New Year

Celebrating the 11^th anniversary of the “Spring Clean for Love" program, MGM continues its custom of helping senior citizens clean their homes before the Lunar New Year to drive away bad luck and bring in good fortune. This year, 220 MGM team members, including over 50 management team members, joined hands to clean the homes of 220 elderly residents at Fai Fu Building in Fai Chi Kei Social Housing. They also helped the seniors decorate their homes with customized festive couplets.

To add a festive touch, the Golden Lion Volunteer Team distributed gift packs to each senior citizen containing staple and nutritious food, as well as daily necessities. Every elderly participant also received a hand-knitted scarf. During the visit, MGM’s mascot, Leo, made an appearance as the God of Fortune to greet the elderly and bring them joy with lively lion dance performances.

Fostering Intergenerational Bonds Through Art and Music

To promote intergenerational harmony, MGM invited 11 students from Macao Tung Sin Tong Secondary School to visit the senior citizens at Tung Sin Tong Elderly Activity Center and write over 100 festive couplets for them. The visit also featured captivating performances, with the Golden Lion Volunteer Team singing classic hits and the MGM Lion Dance Team wowing the audience with an energetic lion dance. To make the event more memorable, MGM invited the members of a local calligraphy and painting association to join the visit and create Chinese paintings for the elderly. The Golden Lion Volunteer Team has also visited over 100 seniors at the Mong Ha Elderly Center of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions. The team members sang classic songs, played games with the elderly, and gave each of the elderly a New Year gift bag filled with staple food and household goods.

Community Haircuts for a Fresh Start

MGM organized five charity haircut events in January, offering free haircuts to more than 150 seniors from Lok I Elderly Care Center, Mong Ha Elderly Center of FOAM, Seac Pai Van Family Support and Community Service Complex of the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau, Brilho da Vida Elderly Center of Macau Caritas, and Northern District Family Services Center of the Women's General Association of Macau. These haircut sessions, led by MGM Golden Lion Hairdressing Team and Teenagers Hairdressing Team, gave the seniors a fresh look to welcome the Year of the Snake. Established in 2015, the MGM Golden Lion Hairdressing Team has been offering free haircuts every month, receiving positive feedback from all sectors of the society. This year, MGM invited 73 students from three local schools to form the Teenagers Hairdressing Team and work with MGM team members to provide haircut services to seniors, aiming to foster a sense of social responsibility among the youth and encourage them to respect and care for the elderly.

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About MGM

MGM is an abbreviation for MGM China Holdings Limited (HKEx: 2282) and is a leading developer, owner and operator of gaming and lodging resorts in Greater China. We are the holding company of MGM Grand Paradise, SA which holds one of the six gaming concessions to run casino games in Macau. MGM Grand Paradise, SA owns and operates MGM MACAU, the award-winning premium integrated resort located on the Macau Peninsula and MGM COTAI, a contemporary luxury integrated resort in Cotai. 

MGM MACAU is a Forbes Five-Star luxury integrated resort inspired by the arts with every element of the resort infused with creativity and style. MGM MACAU has approximately 600 guest rooms and suites and boasts a number of distinguishing features, including the architecturally stunning European-inspired Grande Praça, housed under a soaring glass ceiling. The POLY MGM MUSEUM spanning almost 2,000 square meters, is constructed in accordance with Chinese national standards for the exhibition of Grade-One cultural relics. MGM MACAU’s world class facilities also include conference and event facilities, spa, and seven signature restaurants and bars to fulfill any gastronomic craving. Our property is conveniently located on the Macau Peninsula and is directly connected to the luxury retail shopping complex, One Central.

Designed as the “jewelry box” of Cotai, MGM COTAI offers approximately 1,400 hotel rooms and suites, meeting space, high end spa, retail offerings, food and beverage outlets as well as the first international Mansion at MGM for the ultimate luxury experience.  MGM has joined hands with renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou to set up the “Macau 2049” residency in MGM Theater. The Spectacle at MGM COTAI becomes the record holder of the largest free-span gridshell glazed roof (self-supporting) on January 19, 2019, making it the first architectural and structural GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for Macau, China. MGM COTAI is being developed to drive greater product diversification and bring more advanced and innovative forms of entertainment to Macau as it grows as a global tourist destination. MGM COTAI is the only mega complex and hotel in Macau to gain three-star certification in both Green Building Design and Operation Label, as well as the first hotel in the Greater Bay Area and second in Greater China to receive the certifications.

MGM China is majority owned by MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) one of the world's leading global hospitality companies, operating a portfolio of destination resort brands including Bellagio, ARIA, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and Park MGM. For more information about MGM Resorts International, visit the Company's website at www.mgmresorts.com.

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MGM

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Karen Lam

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MGM

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