SANYA, China, Dec. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- As a part of Hyatt Community Grants, a philanthropic program that empowers Hyatt colleagues to guide charitable giving, Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort announced that it has awarded BN Vocational School Sanya with US $10,000 to further the organization's efforts to help ordinary young people with high-quality career education and help them grow healthily.
The Hyatt Community Grants program, which is now in its eleventh year, encourages hotels around the world to identify and nominate local community-based organizations for funding consideration. The program builds on Hyatt's belief that no one better understands a local community's most pressing issues – and their solutions – than those who live and work there. Since 2008, colleagues at Hyatt hotels have helped direct nearly $3.5 million to 260 nonprofits in 52 countries around the world.
"We are honored to support BN Vocational School and their valuable contributions to our community," said Andy Chang, General Manager of Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort. "We consider the members of our community an integral part of the Hyatt family, and through our relationship with BN Vocational School Sanya, we have seen first-hand the way its work enables our city to thrive."
All participating community-based organizations must have a significant local presence and align with Hyatt's new global program, RiseHY, which is designed to pair the hospitality industry's career opportunities with young people who need them.
"Receiving this grant is a great honor, and we are thankful that Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort nominated our organization to be the recipient of this generous donation," said Mr. Shao Hua Cui, Principal of BN Vocational School Sanya. "We know this grant will go a long way in helping us achieve our goals to help non-privileged young people solve the continuing education and employment problems."
Funding for the Hyatt Community Grants program is provided by Hyatt. Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort will be among 29 Hyatt hotels around the world that will award grants totaling $365,000 to nonprofits in their local communities in 2018.
"At Hyatt, we believe that fulfilling our purpose starts with understanding the needs of others. This is at the core of our Hyatt Community Grants program, because no one is better suited to identify what our communities need than our colleagues who live and work there," said Jessica Schultz, senior manager of community engagement, Hyatt. "Hyatt Community Grants celebrate and build upon our hotels long-standing engagements with local community-based organizations providing on-the-job training and paths to employment for Opportunity Youth and under-resourced youth across the globe. We look forward to continuing this positive momentum in the future to help many more of these well-deserving community-based organizations impact lives of youth."
Giving Back #HyattThrive
From December 3 to December 14, Hyatt colleagues worldwide will use social channels to celebrate Hyatt Community Grants recipients and the way they give back to communities #HyattThrive.
For more information on the recipients of the Hyatt Community Grants program, visit https://about.hyatt.com/en/risehy/community-grants.html
The term "Hyatt" is used in this release for convenience to refer to Hyatt Hotels Corporation and/or one or more of its affiliates.
About Hyatt Community Grants
Hyatt Community Grants is a key component of Hyatt's global corporate responsibility platform, Hyatt Thrive. Through the Hyatt Community Grants program, Hyatt deepens the company's community ties by empowering colleagues to act as local philanthropists. The Hyatt Community Grants program brings together teams of colleagues to support the prosperity and well-being of their communities. For more information about Hyatt Thrive, visit http://thrive.hyatt.com.
About Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort
Enjoy secluded sophistication at Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort. Situated on the southernmost tip of China's Hainan island with a private beach, Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort combines privacy with accessibility, just a short drive from popular Yalong Bay. Designed to resemble a private mansion, the resort houses spacious rooms, suites and villas, the majority of which are blessed with uninterrupted, breathtaking views of the South China Sea. Enjoy elegant dining venues that serve locally and organically grown produce; luxuriate in the resort's swimming pools; indulge in a relaxing and restorative treatment at the lakeside spa; and experience the ultimate in discrete and personalized service.
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