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Contributors: Ms Annie Kwok (Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Operations Management, Year 4),
Ms Kellie Yuen (Bachelor of Social Sciences in Social Work, Year 4), and Ms Minnie Wong (Student Life and Resources, SDS)

CityU Community Service Awards

and Scholarships

Students Share Joy of Volunteering

學生分享當義工之樂
To encourage students in developing leadership skills and nurturing their interests in community servicing,
Community Service Awards and Scholarships have been established with funding support from various
enthusiastic donors. Awards and Scholarships would be granted to students with outstanding commitment
and achievement in community services. In the academic year 2020/21, a total of HK$366,000 was awarded
to 43 recipients. Two of the recipients, Ms Annie Kwok and Ms Kellie Yuen would like to share their
servicing journeys with us.
為鼓勵學生建立領導才能及培育服務社會的精神，城大成立了「社會服務獎學金」，獎勵積極投入社區服務
並作出貢獻的同學。大學於2020/21學年共發放了港幣$366,000的獎學金予四十三位同學。以下由獎學
金得獎學生─郭芷婷同學及袁珈琳同學分享她們從義務工作中獲得的莫大裨益﹕

My Community Service Journey at CityU

我在城大的義務工作之旅

My volunteering experience at CityU

“2020 marked my fourth year in the Servant
Leadership Training Programme (SLTP) which
I have got ‘promoted’ year by year, taking up
distinctive roles and greater responsibilities, and
accumulated my leadership experience.

“I am truly thankful to be one of the recipients of Other than working for the service recipients,
the Community Service Awards in Academic Year I have also learnt the importance of inheritance
2020/21. I would treat this award as motivation in SLTP. I am more than happy to act as a role
and continuously engage in community service.” model for my fellow schoolmates and help to
shape them into future leaders.”
「我很榮幸和感恩能獲選為2020/21年度
「今年已經是我參與僕人領袖計劃的第四年了。每年
『Community Service Awards』的得獎者。這個
我也擔任不同的角色，而逐年『晉升』則讓我肩負更
獎項對我意義重大，是城大對我為社區服務
大的職責，累積到的經驗亦提升了我的領導能力。
作出貢獻的肯定，也是我繼續前進的動力。」
除了服務受眾外，我了解到傳承的重要性。我很高
興能夠成為其他僕人領袖的學習對象，讓他們明白
義務工作的精粹，把僕人領導的概念傳承下去，推
動他們成為未來的領導者。」

How did we deliver voluntary service during the pandemic?

“We made use of online platforms such as Zoom. To 「疫情期間，我們使用不同的網上平台如Zoom

engage service recipients, we made the sessions more 去籌備和舉行義工活動。為了鼓勵服務對象積
interactive. By utilising various Zoom features such 極參與，我們加入了更多互動環節，亦會利用
as video filters and virtual backgrounds, the service Zoom的功能如影片濾鏡和虛擬背景，讓服務
recipients were encouraged to interact more and
express views or emotions with others. 對象能夠輕鬆表達自己，從而鼓勵他們積極回
應提問。
We could not succeed without your support! Let’s
spread love and warmth in our society with voluntary 我們的成就有賴你們的支持。讓我們透過社區
service!” 服務，一起把愛和溫暖傳開去！」
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