MARIVELES, Bataan: Instead of celebrating their birthday with friends and relatives in a party place, 14 July celebrators working with GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co. (GNPD) and GNPower Mariveles Energy Center Ltd. Co. (GMEC) chose to be with members of an elementary school band in Barangay Mt. View here.
Laurice Anne Zapanta, stakeholder and public relations associate of GNPD, said Tuesday that the employees volunteered to share their birthday celebrations with 42 members of the Mt. View Elementary School Banda Kawayan.
She said that the choice of the Banda Kawayan was a good one as this will uplift youth development while enriching our musical culture and preserving the role of ethnic traditions.
The members of the school Banda Kawayan, a group using musical instruments made of bamboos, performed various songs, including their own rendition of “Leron Leron Sinta.”
The event. Zapanta said, was also participated by 36 children under the Kiddie Crew program of GNPD and GMEC that aims to teach the children of employees about healthy work ethics while nurturing family ties within the company.
The kids received school supplies, bags, cultural uniforms and four bunbong, a musical instrument. The children were also encouraged to join the games prepared by the birthday celebrators to bond with each other and given prizes at the end.
Zapanta said that this is one of the advocacies of GNPD and GMEC under Project Saysay with the mission to “plant a love” among the communities through outreach programs led by employee-volunteers.
This program encourages monthly birthday celebrants in the coal plants to choose a community or group they wish to share their special day with, she said.
Joining the affair were GNPD community social responsibility superintendent Joseph Paolo Mendoza, GMEC CSR supervisor Abigail Jacinto, AVP for community relations Arcel Madrid and President and CEO Dennis Jordan. (30)
