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42 Events maltatoday, Sunday, 27 October 2013 HP offers gift voucher with Ink Advantage printers HSBC Malta treats underprivileged children to a day out at sea HSBC Malta Foundation and Captain Morgan Cruises teamed up to offer a full-day boat ride around the Maltese islands to 200 children and their carers from various child-caring institutions. Departing from Sliema ferries, the boat ride included a day full of activity, a stop for lunch at Comino, and time to enjoy some of the Malta's most beautiful swimming areas. "This the tenth consecutive year that we have organised this activity which we believe offers the children, many of whom are facing serious life challenges, quality time-out to relax and play. We strive to make each year's outing better than the last with new games and socially oriented activities to engage and entertain everyone onboard," said Josef Camilleri, Head of Sustainability at HSBC Malta. "Seeing the joy on the children's faces during this outing is worth the effort," said Kevin Zammit Briffa, General Manager from Captain Morgan Cruises. Over the last decade, the HSBC Malta Foundation donated more than €3 million towards its three central objectives: to improve the quality of life and education for disadvantaged children, to promote and work towards a more sustainable environment, and to preserve Malta's rich cultural heritage. HSBC Malta volunteers helping children board for a fun day at sea organised jointly with Captain Morgan Cruises GreenPak collects used clothes in aid of Inspire HP has launched a new promotion on its new range of Ink Advantage printers. With a purchase of an HP Deskjet Ink Advantage printer, consumers receive a €6 gift voucher which is redeemed from any Agenda Bookshop or 8 Till Late Convenience outlet. The HP Ink Advantage printers offer more choices and affordable, HP-quality printing, including first-to-market technologies such as wireless direct printing that does not require a network. With the new Ink Advantage printing systems, HP is offering quality printing more affordable for home users and small business customers. They are ideal for families with children, enabling them to print up to two times the amount of pages for the same cost. Students can also take advantage of borderless prints in HP-quality to create impressive assignments and projects. The gift voucher promotion is available on all the HP Deskjet Ink Advantage range, which includes the HP Deskjet IA 1515, 2515 Allin-One printer; the HP IA 2545, 3515, 3525, 5525 and 6525 All-inOne printers offering HP wireless direct printing that allow users to easily print from wireless-enabled mobile devices without a network orrouter; HP IA 4615 and 4625 All-in-One printers that allow users to print, scan, copy and fax, and save up to 40% on energy consumption with Scheduled On/Off. The IA 4615 and 4625 are ENERGY STAR® qualified devices featuring a 35-page document feeder to help complete print jobs quickly. The line-up of Deskjet Ink Advantage printers are enhanced with more features and faster print speeds than predecessors, whicle offering different prices to address customers' varying needs. Gift voucher The gift voucher entitles consumers to €6 worth of books or stationery items from all Agenda Bookshop or 8 Till Late Convenience outlets and is valid up to 31 March 2014. Terms and conditions apply on the gift voucher. Low-cost, HP-quality printing Two new ink cartridges, the HP 650 and HP 655 series, are used with the new HP Deskjet Ink Advantage printers. These Original HP ink cartridges can print up to 600 pages while delivering archive-quality documents and labquality photos. Availability The €6 gift voucher promotion on HP Ink Advantage printers is currently available from retail outlets in Malta, namely Eworld in Santa Venera, Forestals in Mriehel, Intercomp in Marsa, Matrix in BayStreet St George's Bay, Shanelty in Sliema and Scan Computers in Iklin and Marsa. About HP HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. With the broadest technology portfolio spanning printing, personal systems, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP delivers solutions for customers' most complex challenges in every region of the world. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com. Inspire Foundation CEO Nathan Farrugia together with (from left) GreenPak Senior Manager Denise Brincat, and the Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change Leo Brincat addressing the press conference during the GreenPak Clothes Collection launch in aid of Inspire Keeping true to the adage that 'one person's unwanted items are another person's treasure' GreenPak Coop Society, in collaboration with 12 Local Councils, has launched a clothes collection scheme in aid of Inspire Foundation. GreenPak is inviting residents to donate any unused or unwanted clothing items in order to help raise funds for the Inspire Foundation. The participating Local Councils are Attard, Valletta, Ħal Għaxaq, Gudja, Ħal Kirkop, Raħal Ġdid, Pembroke, Qrendi, Tas-Sliema, Xagħra, Xewkija and Żurrieq. Residents from all localities are encouraged to donate any unused or unwanted clothes, shoes, handbags or any other accessories in good condition to deliver them to any of these Local Councils' premises on Saturday 25th January 2014 between 8am and 11.30am. The Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change Mr Leo Brincat, who was present for the launch, praised the initiative and recognised the positive blend of community enterprise with recycling in order to raise funds for families with disabilities in Malta and Gozo. Inspire Foundation CEO Mr Nathan Farrugia said: "The donated items will be distributed to Inspire's charity shops and the funds collected from their sale will help provide better services to those in need. Inspire is grateful for such initiatives as they help us raise much needed funds that go towards the running of our programmes for persons with a disability, enabling them to reach their full potential by focusing on their ability rather than disability," GreenPak Senior Manager Denise Brincat said: "In the waste hierarchy, re-using products keeps new resources at a minimum, while at the same time limiting the generation of waste. GreenPak is encouraging the residents to extend the life of an unused or unwanted item by donating it towards a noble cause." GreenPak Coop Society is a MEPA authorised scheme and is a founding member of EXPRA, the European organisation promoting producer responsibility schemes internationally. GreenPak is also backed by PROEurope, an umbrella organisation of 35 national producer responsibility systems engaged in the selective collection and recycling of packaging waste. Inspire is a non-profit organisation that leads the way in providing therapeutic, education and leisure services to persons with disabilities in Malta and Gozo. For further information about the scheme, one may contact Charlene Mercieca Magro at GreenPak on tel: 2166 0233 or email: charlene@ greenpak.com.mt. Alternatively, Giovanna Mirabile Bartolo at Inspire Foundation on: 21 636523 or email: giovanna.mirabile@inspire. org.mt