, /PRNewswire/ -- Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: ) has contributed through Sands Cares to the Asian Community Development Council (ACDC) for three key ACDC offerings including the Healthy Asian Pacific Islanders (HAPI) Medical Center, the API Language Link and developmental programs serving high school and college students. Sands' previous contributions helped ACDC open the HAPI Medical Center in 2022 to provide culturally sensitive primary health care spanning urgent care for chronic disease management, physical examination and preventative care. The clinic has a 100% bilingual staff to deliver high-quality, in-language care that removes barriers often faced in obtaining health care services by the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
In 2021, Sands Cares' funding also enabled ACDC to establish the API Language Link, which provides the AAPI community with translation services in 10 languages at the HAPI Medical Center as well as through the organization's direct service locations in and . In addition to continuing support for these two programs that provide access to critical services, Sands is expanding its contribution in 2024 to provide resources for ACDC's youth programs, such as the College Readiness Bootcamp, a series of workshops ACDC hosts at the . Last year, the College Readiness Bootcamp educated more than 300 students and parents on the importance of higher education.
Sands Cares funding also will help underwrite ACDC's annual GraduAsian ceremony, which provi.