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Pure In The Community Supporting our Community Pure Yoga is committed to supporting a variety of community and charity efforts. October 2006 Pink Revolution (for breast cancer awareness) Fundraising with specially organised yoga & fitness classes on 21, 24 & 26 October that request minimum donation from participants All proceeds go to Hong Kong Cancer Fund September 2006 Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society Sponsorship for fundraising dinner on 16 September June 2006 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Charity sale of themed T-shirts and wristbands at all our yoga and fitness retail areas to raise awareness and funds All proceeds went directly to refugees in Hong Kong December 2006 Hong Kong Dogs Rescue Founded in 2002 by Sally Andersen, HKDR has been rescuing and re-homing dogs for many years before forming a recognised organisation that would allow dogs to be taken from AFCD kennels where they were due to de destroyed. HKDR believes that education about the keeping of dogs as pets is vital, to prevent cruelty through ignorance and the abandonment of so many. Sponsorship for a charity auction November 2006 Matilda Sedan Chair Race The main fundraising event of the Matilda Sedan Chair Race Charities Fund, it consists of teams carrying a sedan chair racing around the Peak on a choice of one of two routes (3.2km for course A and 2.1km for course B), starting from The Matilda International Hospital. Teams from a broad cross-section of Hong Kong - corporations, associations, clubs and schools - are all welcome to join the Race. Sponsorship for a lucky draw The Children's Institute of Hong Kong The first school in Hong Kong set up solely to educate children who fall within the Autistic spectrum. Their goal is to provide a quality education for children who cannot learn in a mainstream environment, as well to provide academic and behavioral support for children who can learn in a typical education setting. Sponsorship for their charity auction on 18 November AIDS Concern - November 2005 - February 2006 Pure Yoga studios will be selling two designs of T-shirts to support AIDS Concern for HK$100. All proceeds will go to AIDS Concern. Breast Cancer Awareness - November and December 2005 During this period pink bracelets were available for sale from all Pure Yoga studios. Over 1,500 were sold over the two-month period. Hope Tees - December 2005 Pure Yoga supported Hope Tees, a innovative programme which offers a limited edition T-shirts each designed to reflect the unique qualities of a worthwhile cause. Four designs supporting four causes were available for sale at Pure Yoga studios: Ai Tam Nursery (Ho Chin Minh, Vietnam), Kashmir Earthquake Relief Programme, Operation Santa Claus, Hong Kong, International China Concern (Orphanages in China). St. James' Settlement - October 2005 Pure Yoga became collection points for non-perishable food goods for a month, in support of the St. James Settlement's Call for Food. This objective of this initiative is to "provide food to people in need on a short-term and weekly basis, relieve hunger and to promote social cohesion through encouraging people to share resources with those less fortunate than themselves." Our generous students, teachers and staff filled the donation boxes to the brim for the benefit of hungry children from the Mainland.  |
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