Our first-ever territory-wide Flag Day, held on 17 February 2024, was a remarkable success and marked a great start to the Year of the Dragon! We were thrilled to witness an incredible turnout of over 3,500 passionate volunteers who came from different organisations, schools, the general public, on top of our own IHKSports students and their families, all of them taking to the streets of Hong Kong to help us raise funds for our sports cause on the day.
Design of our Flag Stickers
The six flag stickers were designed by local illustrator Maoshan, each sticker with the theme “Sport is…” to showcase six different aspects and values of sports, including perseverance, charming, teamwork, enjoyment, discipline, and effort. We also created a limited edition gold flag set to commemorate the special occasion. The stickers were designed with an aim to remind the public of the importance of sports and encourage active participation in physical activities. The creative flag designs received countless accolades from the public, and we were delighted to make numerous new friends who were introduced to our work for the first time through this Flag Day.
We were incredibly fortunate to have the support of 16 athletes who helped us create a series of short promotional clips for our Flag Day. Starting from February 2024, we posted one of these clips each day on our Instagram page, building anticipation among our followers and counting down together to the Flag Day.
We raised over HK$1,000,000 through this Flag Day and the donation goes to supporting our foundation’s work and programmes in empowering more underprivileged youth and children through sports as a means. The full audit report has been uploaded to the designated government webpage for public access. This outstanding success was only made possible thanks to the unwavering support of our IHKSports students, their families, corporate donors, partners, and all those who believe wholeheartedly in our sports-for-development mission. We look forward to organising more public-facing activities to further raise awareness on the transformative power of sports.
Acknowledgement and Commendation
We are grateful to all participating organisations, groups, corporations and schools who supported us in the Flag Day!
Participating Corporates/Groups
- CARE@hkjc Volunteer Team
- AKA Jockey Club Integrated Service Centre
- Member’s CARE@hkjc Volunteer Team
- White & Case
- ZM Charity Fund
- Chinachem Charitable Foundation
- Kowloon Women’s Organisations Federation
Group with the highest number of volunteers
- Member’s CARE@HKJC Volunteer Team
Participating Schools (in no particular order)
- Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School
- CUHKFAA Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
- Po Kok Primary School
- Tai Kok Tsui Catholic Primary School
- Buddhist Yip Kei Nam Memorial College
- Holy Cross Lutheran School
- Precious Blood Primary School (South Horizons)
- SKH Kei Yan Primary School.
- Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School
- Lok Sin Tong Yu Kan Hing Secondary School
- Kit Sam Lam Bing Yim Secondary School
- Yuen Long Long Ping Estate Wai Chow School
- H.K.T.A.Y.Y.I. Chan Lui Chung Tak Memorial School
- Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School
- Fortress Hill Methodist Secondary School
- Yuen Long Catholic Secondary School
- CUHKFAA Chan Chun Ha Kindergarten
- Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Tai Po Secondary School
- CUHKFAA Thomas Cheung Secondary School
- New Asia Middle School
Active Participation School Award (Schools with 30 or more volunteers)
- Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School
- Tai Kok Tsui Catholic Primary School
- Precious Blood Primary School (South Horizons)
- Holy Cross Lutheran School
- Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School
- Yuen Long Long Ping Estate Wai Chow School
- Kit Sam Lam Bing Yim Secondary School
- Yuen Long Catholic Secondary School
- H.K.T.A.Y.Y.I. Chan Lui Chung Tak Memorial School
- Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Tai Po Secondary School
- Fortress Hill Methodist Secondary School
- New Asia Middle School
- CUHKFAA Thomas Cheung Secondary School
Top 5 schools applying for the highest number of flag bags
| 1 | Yuen Long Long Ping Estate Wai Chow School | 126 |
| 2 | CUHKFAA Thomas Cheung Secondary School | 106 |
| 3 | Holy Cross Lutheran School | 104 |
| 4 | Kit Sam Lam Bing Yim Secondary School | 89 |
| 5 | Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School | 64 |