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The Community Chest Flag Day 2019 Cancelled
2019-11-14
In view of the recent ongoing social movement, The Community Chest of Hong Kong announced the cancellation of The Community Chest Flag Day 2019 to be held on this Saturday, 16 November. Meanwhile, the “Gold Flag Sale” to be held within organisations and schools remains unchanged.
Participating schools and organisations who wish to continue to support The Community Chest Flag Day to benefit over 2.5 million needy in Hong Kong may join our Gold Flag Sale. For details, please visit: app.commchest.org/event/flagday2019/leaflet.pdf.
The Community Chest Flag Day is an annual fundraising event which mobilises volunteers from schools, Chest’s member agencies and organisations to take part in the Street Flag Sale and Gold Flag Sale, helping the Chest to accumulate resources for 163 social welfare member agencies. The 2018 event was supported by over 14,000 volunteers, and raised $4.6 million.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the cancellation. Participants can contact the Chest at 2599 6107 or 2599 6129 for more information.
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