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Volume III, No. 183
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JANUARY 15, 2015
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SM Lanang Premier Mall Manager Mary Therese Lapeña-Manalo presents a gift to one of the kids from DSWD’s 4Ps.
Orphaned children ride the ferris wheel with an employee of SM City General Santos.
Children beneficiaries from DSWD’s 4Ps visited SM Lanang Premier’s giant Christmas tree with mall employees.
SM employees spread love on Christmas, reach out to needy children and the elderly
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mployees of SM malls across the country initiated a volunteerism project called “ChriSMiles” as a way of giving back to the community last Christmas season. In Mindanao, volunteer employees of SM City Davao, SM City Cagayan de Oro, SM City General San-
tos and SM Lanang Premier chipped in donations in cash and kind for the said project, which benefited more than 130 recipients from various needy sectors. Rank-and-file employees to managers and executives collectively participated in the ChriSMiles activity conducted on
December 22 and 23, 2014. They contributed their personal time, effort and resources to spread love and joy to each mall’s selected beneficiaries. SM City Davao mall administration employees and the Customer Relations Services team, in partnership with the mall’s security
SM City Cagayan de Oro employees with ChriSMiles beneficiaries from DSWD.
personnel, opted to share their blessings to more than 50 elderly from the Missionaries of Charity Immaculate Heart of Mary Home for the Sick, Abandoned and Dying Destitute. They performed Christmas carols for residents of the Home and shared a meal with them. Nine sacks of rice,
Staff of SM City Cagayan de Oro shares a tender moment with a child beneficiary.
a wheelchair and a walker were donated to the Missionaries of Charity. In SM City Cagayan de Oro, employees aptly dubbed their activity ‘An Extra Mile for ChriSMiles,’ giving children from the DSWD Reception and Study Center and DSWD Haven for Women Dependents a special Christmas
treat. Each employee made sure to spend time with his or her chosen kid beneficiary. The kids enjoyed free fun rides at the mall and they also received goodies courtesy of McDonalds. Meanwhile, staff of SM City General Santos treated orphaned children from the St. Marcellin Home for Boys, St. Gemma’s Or-
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