RWM volunteers bring LOVE to Manila Boystown

RESORTS World Manila (RWM) volunteers recently organized a one day outreach program for the little boys of Manila Boystown in Marikina City, as part of the integrated resorts’ advocacy to make communities win.

Fifty boys aged seven to ten were treated to a fun day of classic Filipino games, a football training session with leading local football club Forza volunteers from RWM’s League of Volunteer Employees (LOVE). Gifts and sanitary supplies were also provided for the 180 children residents of the Manila Boystown.

“Volunteerism is strongly encouraged in our workplace. This is why we come up with innovative and sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs to engage our employees and communities,” says Owen Cammayo, corporate communications director for RWM. “There is so much more that needs to be done for these children, but I am happy that even for one day, we were able to give them time to play, and be free from wor- Forty six volunteers from Resorts World Manila turn over gifts and supplies for 180 children at Manila Boystown Center in Marikina City during the launch of the company’s employee volunteerism program for the year. ries, making them the happy boys they deserve to be.”

The activity also kicked off the 2017 LOVE Grants program, which little aims to enable its employees to implement charitable programs that are both close to their hearts and aligned with the company’s CSR commitments of social development, environmental sustainability, and the promotion of culture and the arts.