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The 4th Dream Big Plan organized by Yuanta Financial Holdings and the Yuanta Cultural and Educational Foundation is now starting open call for project proposals with the deadline for submission ending at 16:00 on September 6, 2019. The chosen projects will be awarded up to a maximum of NTD 300,000 in project sponsorship. Charity partners with dreams, enthusiasm and creativity are invited to work together with Yuanta to promote education-related projects, expanding and accumulating the power of goodness and filling all corners of society with positivity. This year six schools and social welfare groups with innovative ideas and a background in education and public welfare implementation will be selected, and together with Yuanta, their dreams will be fulfilled. Yuanta Financial Holdings and Yuanta Foundation have always believed that "education" is the best route to improving lives and realizing dreams. Since the start of the Dream Big Plan project in 2016, over the past three years, in addition to providing grants to the programs, 1,410 volunteers from within the Group and the general public were called together, travelling to program activity location to provide assistance to social welfare group and school. Looking back at the 3rd Dream Big Plan, the sponsored projects included a diversity of innovation and practicality such as “Young at Heart Dance”, “Community Re-Building”, “Learning Taiwan on Foot” and “Inspired through Sports”. In the process of execution, both the assistance provider and recipient were all encouraged and inspired. Since the implementation of the Dream Big Plan, many innovative social welfare groups and school units with executive abilities have sparked creativity and built friendship through exchanges and cooperation, together contributing their efforts to the public welfare. "Every walk is an amazing learning experience!" Ying-Hui Lin, the teacher who took fifteen students from He Shun Elementary School in Chiayi County on 430 kilometers educational walk across Taiwan, remarked that during the process, that students encouraged and supported each other and developed an enthusiasm for learning. Yuanta volunteers provided continuous encouragement to the students, fully demonstrating Yuanta spirit of enthusiasm, service and care. In addition, with the assistance of the New Taipei City Community Workers Association, the He Shun Elementary School students visited the elderly in Gongliao district to show care and provide companionship to the elderly. As such, two different units crossed over on the warm path of public welfare, and with the support from Yuanta volunteers, the event not only came to a successfully completion but also made lasting memories for the students, the elderly of Gongliao and the volunteers. The 4th Dream Big Plan is starting to call for project proposals. All parties interested in participating must be a non-profit social organization, cultural and educational entity, association, foundation, or school legally set up in Taiwan. We invite you to join hands with Yuanta in contributing to education and public welfare, spreading the power of love, and making the community an even better place.

According to the Taiwan Blood Services Foundation’s 2019 latest report, the younger generations in general lack the awareness for blood donation, with the number of blood donations decreasing by more than a half in the last 20 years. Compounding with the increasing blood demand from the aging population and medical use, blood banks may run into blood shortages in the near future. Yuanta FHC continues its efforts in charity blood drives and has organized Yuanta Blood Donation Day activities for nine consecutive years. With the support of Yuanta employees and the general public blood donors, a total of 946 bags of blood was contributed in the recent blood drive. The National Police Agency was also invited to join in the charity lineup, taking the opportunity to advocate 165 fraud prevention information and increasing the effects of charity works with police and civilians working together. Yuanta Blood Donation Day is held three times a year, and participation in this event has become one of the Group’s key activity. Yuanta staffs have developed a good habit of donating blood on regular basis, helping to maintain the stock level in balance. Through Yuanta’s Facebook fan pages “Yuanta GoodNews” and “Yuanta Unlimited Love”, Yuanta employees and the general public are notified and encouraged to participate in the blood drive. With the enthusiasm of Yuanta employees and the Group’s efforts, the number of blood donors participating in the event and the amount of blood accumulated are on the rise from year to year. Yuanta cooperates with Taipei Blood Center on a long term basis in organizing the blood drives and in exercising the concept of “Donate Blood, Save a Life” and has been recognized as an outstanding organization for blood donation for four consecutive years. This time Yuanta also partnered up with National Policy Agency’s “165 Anti-Fraud” fan page on Facebook for the Yuanta Blood Donation Day activities in holding the “Hot-blooded against fraud together on the same front” social media activity with the participants having a chance to receive a complimentary gift. The details of the activity can be found on“Yuanta Unlimited Love” fan page on Facebook. In addition, the National Police Agency also had booth set up at the event site to advocate fraud awareness and prevention to the attendees, reminding them to always keep alert to avoid being tricked. Incorporating anti-fraud activities into charity blood drive deepen the level of community engagement in the event. Yuanta managers and staffs participated actively in the blood drive, responding to charity work by taking actions. One management officer participates in marathon races and hiking to keep fit and healthy and donates blood regularly. This is the fifty-first time he donated blood. He encourages staff to do good by rolling up their sleeves to donate blood, and the habit can be developed and is good for your metabolism. One employee exercised and worked out especially for the blood donation activity and made sure there was enough sleep the night before to ensure successful blood donation, contributing to help more people. Yuanta FHC's long-term involvement in charity blood drives are supported not only by active employee engagement but also by the general public, donating an accumulated total of more than 15,000 bags of blood over 9 years to care for the injured or ill patients in need. Going forward, Yuanta will continue to devote to charity blood drive, taking actions to fulfill corporate responsibility, and hope that more people will join in the blood donation lineup, injecting more warmth into the society by sending love and good wishes with each blood donation.