Colgate awards P 5 M worth of scholarship

Colgate Philippines recently awarded P5 million worth of scholarship money to young students around the country as part of the Colgate Scholarship Promo 2018, providing them with a future they can smile about through education.

Drawn from May to July this year, Colgate awarded Colgate Philippines president and general manager Arvind Sachdev (middle) and Colgate Philippines marketing director Emily Fong (left) Mitchell w 2018 Colgate Scholarship Promo scholars. P100,000 to a total of 50 winners who each nominated a scholar who will benefit from the scholarship money. Among the Colgate scholars are Noria, 15 years old, from Bulacan; Amari, three from Cagayan, and Julianna, 12, from Binangonan, Rizal.

Meanwhile, Jojo Calapuan, who lives in Cebu City, and Sidney Lanete from Davao City were awarded the scholarship money for their children’s education.

“The Colgate Scholarship Promo is part of our company’s commitment to give everyone a ‘future they can smile about’ by providing financial support to Filipino families and assisting them in the education needs of young students who will become the future scientists, doctors, teachers, lawyers, engineers of this country,” said Arvind Sachdev, general manager, Colgate-Palmolive, who led the formal awarding of the prizes to the scholars.

As a culminating event, Colgate gathered some of the winners from Luzon for an awarding ceremony and a day full of fun and exciting activities at The Mind Museum in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. The scholars and their families explored the amazing exhibits at the museum and were treated to a spectacular Science Show to inspire the children to keep on learning and aim for a brighter future.

This year’s Colgate Scholarship Promo received approximately 174,000 entries, registering its highest number of entries per day in the promo’s three-year run. Aside from the grand prize of P100,000 in scholarship money, Colgate also gave away P500 National Book Store gift certificates to 500 winners and P15 prepaid load to 5,000 winners.

Visit the Colgate Philippines’ Facebook page to see the full list of verified winners of the Colgate Scholarship Promo 2018.