Mutya ng Dabaw Top Five Finalists with the City Mayor Sara Duterte

Mutya ng Dabaw Top Five Finalists with the City Mayor Sara Duterte.

The top five were named last February 28 at SM Davao Event Centre.

Four classrooms for Banisil High from SM and BDO

SM Foundation and BDO Foundation donate a 1-storey, 4-classroom school building to Banisil National High School. In the photo are (L-R)  Banisil National High School Principal  Rustico S. Pelonio Jr., SM Foundation Inc. Executive Director - Education Carmen Linda Atayde, SM Supermalls AVP for Mindanao Operations Debby A. Go, General Santos City Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio, BDO Foundation President Maureen Abelardo, BDO Foundation Board of Trustees Member Jesus G. Tirona, San Andres Fishing Inc.'s Rosalina Tan, and SM City General Santos Assistant Mall Manager Hermon Hernandez.

SM donates school building to Communal

People helping people. SM Foundation Inc. and SM Prime Holdings turned over reference books to Communal Elementary School last February 23. SM also donated a 1-storey, 2-classroom building to the same school. The rooms came complete with toilet facilities, armchairs, teacher’s desks and wall fans to create an environment conducive for holistic learning. In the photo are (L-R) School Principal Nidaponsa Abarquez, DepEd District Supervisor Ramonito Alba, School Division Administrative Officer Eva Antepuesto, SM Foundation Inc. Executive Director for Education Linda Atayde, SM AVP Operations for Mindanao Debby Go and SM City Davao Mall Manager Lynette Lopez.

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SM help ‘light up lives’ in Mt. Apo

Stiftung Solarenergie, an international foundation which pioneers sustainable electrification for rural development, conducted Hike for Light from November 2011 to February 2012.

In partnership with Kaya ng Pinoy’s Team Everest, Hike for Light, supplied solar systems to communities living on the 6 peaks in the Philippines- Mt. Apo, Mt. Dulang-Dulang, Mt. Kanlaon, Mt. Madja-as, Mt. Pulag and Mt. Guiting-Guiting. Hike for Light visited Mt. Apo National Park from February 10-13.

For the group’s Mt. Apo climb, SM Prime and SM Supermalls (through their SM Cares Committee on the Environment) served as Protected Area Sponsors by helping in the park conservation. SM also enabled solar ambassadors to distribute solar lanterns to environmentally-oriented partner-organizations and help them in protecting the country’s highest peak.

Philippine Eagle Foundation, one of the partner-organizations, has utilised the solar lanterns as an incentive for reforestation efforts. Families received a 0.25-hectare plot with 250 seedlings each. Twenty families with the most number of successful seedlings planted received a solar lantern.

Hike for Life also distributed 44 lanterns to United Sugarcane Planters Development Cooperative (USPDC) to be used for disaster risk reduction and emergency response operations. Sitio Sabwag, which is located at the jump-off point for Mt. Apo received 2 solar lanterns as well.

A lot of love in the city!

Shoes and Bags Sale!