HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – December 20, 2021 – Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong is committed to supporting the healthy development of children and promoting sustainability, and encourages everyone to incorporate environmental protection into their daily lives. Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong launched the Green Music Campaign series in 2019. For the third year in a row, Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong has jointly hosted green workshops and a competition with St. James’ Settlement FOOD-CO and was last held successfully on Saturday (December 18, 2021).
Caption: These photos showed the first two Green Music workshops this year, which all participating families were enthusiastic about.
Photo Description: This photo shows the award ceremony of this year’s Green Music Campaign competition. See how happy the winners were.
Upcycling used materials for drum construction and at the same time promoting creativity
In August of this year, Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong and St. James’ Settlement FOOD-CO launched the third Green Music Campaign and hosted 4 tutor-led workshops that encouraged children to use their creativity to turn cans of powdered milk into music drums. More than 50 families and 70 children took part in the 4 workshops and collected more than 70 products for the competition. The competition jury completed the evaluation process in October, with representatives from Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong and St. James’ Settlement jointly selecting the champion, first runner-up, second runner-up and five merit winners whose products are environmentally friendly, creative and aesthetic . The award ceremony was successfully held last Saturday (December 18th) and the winning products were exhibited at the same location. On the same day, the “Wyeth Nutrition x FOOD-CO Sharing Day” took place, which organized a total of five workshops with two drawing workshops and three green music workshops to promote green living.
Ms. Lau, mother of the champion of the competition, said: “I am very excited to be attending the Green Music Workshop. Both my daughter and I find the activity very useful, as it strengthens our mother-daughter relationship and at the same time promotes the idea of a green life and shows how we can protect the environment after consuming the products. “
Mr. Mok, parent of the competition’s merit winner, said, “I hope these powdered milk can drums can help kids learn more about the environment, as with a little creativity we could upcycling and reusing them. The workshop also promotes the conservation of the earth’s resources while improving the quality of family time. “
Green music campaign series launched in 2019 to proactively promote green living
To promote the integration of environmental protection into everyday life, Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong first launched the Green Music Campaign series in 2019, which aims to encourage children and parents to recycle / upcycling / reusing used milk powder cans in a fun way inspire. The first event was a music workshop that taught children to play different styles of music with the upcycling music drums. The three music workshops successfully won over 120 children and parents to participate and shared the fun of making music together.
The second year of the Green Music Campaign has been put online. The online workshops began with a short tutorial video for parents and children to turn powdered milk cans and some household items into musical instruments themselves. The tutor then taught the families a few simple songs to perform together at home. The videos attracted more than 170,000 views, 360 comments and 324 shares on social media, successfully combining environmental protection and music again to teach children the importance of environmental protection in a fun and engaging way.
Ms. Traci Chow, Business Executive Officer of Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong, said, “Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong hopes to use the Green Music Campaign series to raise children’s awareness of the environment from an early age. The campaign aims to encourage recycling while showing a way for children to recycle used milk powder cans. We believe in starting small and doing more, while the easiest way is to change our daily habits and, whenever possible, reuse, recycle and even upgrade. “
Ms. Connie Ng, Senior Manager of Charity Services, St. James ‘Settlement, said, “For the first time this year, St. James’ Settlement and Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong collaborated on the Green Music Workshop, which values the concept of upcycling food . We are pleased that many NGO partners received overwhelming registrations during the recruitment process for the workshops. We look forward to further promoting green living in the coming year and to making a contribution to environmental protection! “
About Green Music Campaign Series
Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong launched the Green Music Campaign series in 2019, which aims to engage parents and children through a range of activities including workshops, competitions and exhibitions, promoting sustainability while integrating sustainability into everyday life , Parents and children to recycle / upcycle / repurpose, build green habits from early childhood and promote a green life.
About Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong
Wyeth Nutrition develops scientifically engineered nutritional products of the highest quality to meet the needs of infants and young children, as well as pregnant and nursing mothers. As pioneers in infant nutrition science, our mission is to provide the best nutritional support for future healthy results. For more than a century, Wyeth Nutrition has leveraged clinical rigor, scientific research, world-class manufacturing and product safety standards to create science-based solutions that parents can trust, help feed children, and support their healthy futures.
Founded in 1985, Wyeth Nutrition Hong Kong is primarily responsible for the sale, distribution and promotion of safe, high quality nutritional products, including follow-on formula, adult dietary supplements, prenatal and lactating dietary supplements, and adult dietary supplements in Hong Kong and Macau.
About the settlement of St. James FOOD-CO
In June 2016 St. James’ Settlement was awarded the contract by the SIE Fund to operate FOOD-CO, the first IT platform for food support services. Our goal is to make food donation easier in more efficient ways through advances in technology and data analysis.
FOOD-CO works with like-minded partners to collect resources for poverty reduction. We cultivate a culture of saving and sharing with the aim of reducing food waste and creating a better living environment.
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