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In response to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong, the Agency for Volunteer Service (AVS), along with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), launched the “SARS Prevention Volunteer Campaign” to mobilize volunteer resources all over the community to join forces in the battle against SARS…Within only one month, over 6,000 volunteers were recruited from all walks of life and they contributed over 50,000 service hours during the period. This is a first-person account of the Campaign told by Sally Chung, a computer programmer who volunteered in a variety of ways as Hong Kong battled SARS. Here’s an excerpt of her story:
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