{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"160719","rtpr_id":"nACSG7y2fa-20261005","ticker":"LVS","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["LVS"],"title":"2026 Sands for Singapore Charity Festival Raises More Than $5.5 Million for Local Charities","author":"ACCESSWIRE","published_at":"2026-10-05T13:45:00.455Z","article_body":"NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) / October\n5, 2026 / Las Vegas Sands (https://pr.report/s1kx)\n\nOn Aug. 28-30, Marina Bay Sands' 2026 Sands for Singapore Charity Festival\noffered the community a spectacular three days of live music and dance\nperformances, shopping-for-a-cause, and gourmet pop-ups and games - all with\nthe purpose of raising funds for local charities.\n\nThrough events held during the 12(th) edition of the festival at Marina Bay\nSands' Event Plaza as well as in the eight weeks leading up to the event,\nfundraising activities and community engagements delivered more than $5.5\nmillion to organizations that empower people with disabilities, uplift\nlow-income families and support vulnerable communities.\n\nIn total, the festival's cumulative contribution to local charitable causes\nsince its inception in 2013 is $40 million, reflecting 12 years of collective\ngiving and community partnership.\n\n\"We are deeply heartened by the generosity of the public, our Team Members and\nour partners in rallying behind charitable causes through the annual Sands for\nSingapore Charity Festival,\" Paul Town, chief operating officer at Marina Bay\nSands, said. \"Hospitality is fundamentally about bringing people together, and\nwe believe that ability can be harnessed to strengthen communities and create\npositive impact beyond our doors.\"\n\nFundraising for the 2026 Sands for Singapore Charity Festival kicked off\nseveral weeks before the event with Dine for Good, a new campaign across 12 of\nMarina Bay Sands' celebrity chef and signature restaurants. From Aug. 1-30,\nproceeds from 12 hallmark dishes, including Maison Boulud's coq au vin and\nYardbird's chicken and waffles, were channeled to the AWWA Enabled Living @\nBedok program, a community co-living pilot launched in December 2025 to\nempower people with disabilities to live more independently within public\nrental housing. Diners were able to contribute simply by enjoying meals with\nfriends and family.\n\nAnother new fundraising effort this year was Impact Match, a digital game\nspecially created for this festival to raise awareness for NorthLight School,\na specialized institute that provides future-ready and values-driven education\nto help young people thrive. Festivalgoers of all ages raced to match\nidentical school supplies in rows or columns and assembled 1,088 digital\nschool packs over three evenings at the Event Plaza.\n\nThese initiatives complemented returning programs such as the Good Bites\nMarket, which delivered proceeds from five gourmet pop-ups at Marina Bay Sands\nto AWWA. The popular Giving Marketplace was reimagined with a\nboutique-inspired concept that gave 12 local nonprofits, social enterprises\nand small businesses a more curated and visually engaging space to showcase\ntheir crafts and share the stories behind their causes.\n\nThe new concept provided a more experiential avenue for visitors to discover\npurpose-driven brands while connecting with the communities they support.\nProceeds were retained by participating organizations, which included APSN, a\nlong-term Marina Bay Sands partner that offered handcrafted cookies made by\napprentices with disabilities; ART:DIS, which offered lifestyle products and\ncorporate gifts created by artists with disabilities; and The Shy Crafter, a\nsmall business that showcased whimsical earrings and miniature dinosaur\nsculptures.\n\nOther pre-festival fundraising, community engagement and volunteer service\nactivations by Marina Bay Sands Team Members included assembling 30,000\nhygiene kits for vulnerable communities in Singapore and the Philippines\nthrough the annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build. Team Members also\ncreated beaded wristlets led by seniors from Care Corner Singapore's Active\nAgeing Centre and supported adults with intellectual disabilities from MINDS\nduring an outing to ArtScience Museum's teamLab Future World.\n\nA central component of the Sands for Singapore Charity Festival is the\nCommunity Chest Heartstrings Walk and Race to the Sky Marathon, which Marina\nBay Sands has co-organized with Community Chest since 2011. On the morning of\nAug. 29, nearly 200 people participated in the Race to the Sky Vertical\nMarathon by climbing 57 stories to the iconic Sands SkyPark.\n\nIn the evening, around 3,700 people gathered for the Community Chest\nHeartstrings Walk, which followed a scenic route around Marina Bay. The\nleisurely walk raised funds for more than 300 social service programs and\nprojects, benefiting over 94,000 users, including people with disabilities,\nat-risk youth, families and seniors in need, and people with mental health\nneeds.\n\nThe annual Sands for Singapore Charity Festival is the cornerstone of Marina\nBay Sands' charitable efforts and part of the global Sands Cares community\nengagement program, which orchestrates philanthropic giving, nonprofit\ncapacity-building and Team Member volunteerism to ensure Sands' regions remain\ngreat places to live, work and visit.\n\nTo learn more about Sands Cares initiatives, read the company's latest ESG\nreport: https://www.sands.com/resources/reports/.\n\nFind more stories and multimedia from Las Vegas Sands at 3blmedia.com.\n(https://pr.report/s1kz)\n\nContact Info:\nSpokesperson: Las Vegas Sands\nWebsite: https://www.3blmedia.com/profiles/las-vegas-sands\nEmail: info@3blmedia.com\n\nSOURCE: Las Vegas Sands\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/travel/2026-sands-for-singapore-charity-festival-raises-more-than-5.5-million-for-local-charities-1232740)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nACSG7y2fa-20261005","title":"2026 Sands for Singapore Charity Festival Raises More Than $5.5 Million for Local Charities","author":"ACCESSWIRE","ticker":"LVS","created":"2026-10-05T13:45:00.455Z","tickers":["LVS"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) / October\n5, 2026 / Las Vegas Sands (https://pr.report/s1kx)\n\nOn Aug. 28-30, Marina Bay Sands' 2026 Sands for Singapore Charity Festival\noffered the community a spectacular three days of live music and dance\nperformances, shopping-for-a-cause, and gourmet pop-ups and games - all with\nthe purpose of raising funds for local charities.\n\nThrough events held during the 12(th) edition of the festival at Marina Bay\nSands' Event Plaza as well as in the eight weeks leading up to the event,\nfundraising activities and community engagements delivered more than $5.5\nmillion to organizations that empower people with disabilities, uplift\nlow-income families and support vulnerable communities.\n\nIn total, the festival's cumulative contribution to local charitable causes\nsince its inception in 2013 is $40 million, reflecting 12 years of collective\ngiving and community partnership.\n\n\"We are deeply heartened by the generosity of the public, our Team Members and\nour partners in rallying behind charitable causes through the annual Sands for\nSingapore Charity Festival,\" Paul Town, chief operating officer at Marina Bay\nSands, said. \"Hospitality is fundamentally about bringing people together, and\nwe believe that ability can be harnessed to strengthen communities and create\npositive impact beyond our doors.\"\n\nFundraising for the 2026 Sands for Singapore Charity Festival kicked off\nseveral weeks before the event with Dine for Good, a new campaign across 12 of\nMarina Bay Sands' celebrity chef and signature restaurants. From Aug. 1-30,\nproceeds from 12 hallmark dishes, including Maison Boulud's coq au vin and\nYardbird's chicken and waffles, were channeled to the AWWA Enabled Living @\nBedok program, a community co-living pilot launched in December 2025 to\nempower people with disabilities to live more independently within public\nrental housing. Diners were able to contribute simply by enjoying meals with\nfriends and family.\n\nAnother new fundraising effort this year was Impact Match, a digital game\nspecially created for this festival to raise awareness for NorthLight School,\na specialized institute that provides future-ready and values-driven education\nto help young people thrive. Festivalgoers of all ages raced to match\nidentical school supplies in rows or columns and assembled 1,088 digital\nschool packs over three evenings at the Event Plaza.\n\nThese initiatives complemented returning programs such as the Good Bites\nMarket, which delivered proceeds from five gourmet pop-ups at Marina Bay Sands\nto AWWA. The popular Giving Marketplace was reimagined with a\nboutique-inspired concept that gave 12 local nonprofits, social enterprises\nand small businesses a more curated and visually engaging space to showcase\ntheir crafts and share the stories behind their causes.\n\nThe new concept provided a more experiential avenue for visitors to discover\npurpose-driven brands while connecting with the communities they support.\nProceeds were retained by participating organizations, which included APSN, a\nlong-term Marina Bay Sands partner that offered handcrafted cookies made by\napprentices with disabilities; ART:DIS, which offered lifestyle products and\ncorporate gifts created by artists with disabilities; and The Shy Crafter, a\nsmall business that showcased whimsical earrings and miniature dinosaur\nsculptures.\n\nOther pre-festival fundraising, community engagement and volunteer service\nactivations by Marina Bay Sands Team Members included assembling 30,000\nhygiene kits for vulnerable communities in Singapore and the Philippines\nthrough the annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build. Team Members also\ncreated beaded wristlets led by seniors from Care Corner Singapore's Active\nAgeing Centre and supported adults with intellectual disabilities from MINDS\nduring an outing to ArtScience Museum's teamLab Future World.\n\nA central component of the Sands for Singapore Charity Festival is the\nCommunity Chest Heartstrings Walk and Race to the Sky Marathon, which Marina\nBay Sands has co-organized with Community Chest since 2011. On the morning of\nAug. 29, nearly 200 people participated in the Race to the Sky Vertical\nMarathon by climbing 57 stories to the iconic Sands SkyPark.\n\nIn the evening, around 3,700 people gathered for the Community Chest\nHeartstrings Walk, which followed a scenic route around Marina Bay. The\nleisurely walk raised funds for more than 300 social service programs and\nprojects, benefiting over 94,000 users, including people with disabilities,\nat-risk youth, families and seniors in need, and people with mental health\nneeds.\n\nThe annual Sands for Singapore Charity Festival is the cornerstone of Marina\nBay Sands' charitable efforts and part of the global Sands Cares community\nengagement program, which orchestrates philanthropic giving, nonprofit\ncapacity-building and Team Member volunteerism to ensure Sands' regions remain\ngreat places to live, work and visit.\n\nTo learn more about Sands Cares initiatives, read the company's latest ESG\nreport: https://www.sands.com/resources/reports/.\n\nFind more stories and multimedia from Las Vegas Sands at 3blmedia.com.\n(https://pr.report/s1kz)\n\nContact Info:\nSpokesperson: Las Vegas Sands\nWebsite: https://www.3blmedia.com/profiles/las-vegas-sands\nEmail: info@3blmedia.com\n\nSOURCE: Las Vegas Sands\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/travel/2026-sands-for-singapore-charity-festival-raises-more-than-5.5-million-for-local-charities-1232740)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. 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