與香港同行超過70年 靈實賣旗2024
Haven of Hope Flag Day 2024
Walking with Hong Kong for Seven Decades
自2016年後，靈實未有舉行過實體賣旗籌款，之前兩次於2020年和2022年的賣旗，因為新冠肺炎疫情爆發，只能透過線上賣旗籌款，對籌募善款難免有影響。事隔八年，靈實終於可以在今年9月21舉行實體賣旗，為靈實的非政府資助長者服務籌募善款。
是次賣旗活動以「與香港同行超過70年」為主題，自1953年成立後，靈實一直以愛心、積極和專業的態度，服務香港市民，成為大家的「盼望之灣」。以2022年新落成和啟用的靈實醫院信望愛樓為例，它在啟用時正值第五波疫情爆發，每天有數百名重症患者要入院，導致當時香港公立醫院床位面對壓力，為了回應社會的需要，信望愛樓立即改裝病房，接收新冠病人，積極與社會共同抗疫。
為配合主題，是次賣旗活動以靈實醫院信望愛樓五樓花園的馬賽克圖畫作為設計藍本，有維多利亞港、獅子山、靈實禮拜堂、荷塘、點心、香港雀鳥等大家在香港生活的共同環境和文化記號，寓意靈實伴著香港和各位一起成長。
Haven of Hope has not held any physical flag-selling fundraising event since 2016. The two previous flag days in 2020 and 2022 were conducted online due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which inevitably affected fundraising efforts. After an eight-year hiatus, the organization will finally hold a physical flag day on September 21 this year to raise funds for its non-subvented elderly services.
The theme of this flag day is ‘Hope and Vibrancy: Accompanying Hong Kong for 70 Years’. Since its establishment in 1953, Haven of Hope has served the people of Hong Kong with care, professional and progressive spirit, becoming a ‘haven of hope’ for all. Take, for example, the Trinity Block of Haven of Hope Hospital (HHH), which was completed and opened in 2022. It opened during the fifth wave of the epidemic, with hundreds of severely ill patients needing admission daily, putting pressure on the hospital beds in public hospitals in Hong Kong at that time. In response to the needs of society, the Trinity Block immediately converted wards to admit new coronavirus patients, actively joining the community in the fight against the epidemic.
To echo the theme, the design blueprint of the flag day is based on the mosaic pictures in the garden on the fifth floor of the Trinity Block. It depicts common environmental and cultural symbols of life in Hong Kong, including the Victoria Harbour, Lion Rock, the Haven of Hope Chapel, lotus ponds, dim sum, and Hong Kong birds, as a symbol of Haven of Hope has accompanied and grown together with Hong Kong and everyone.