Las Casas’s trees stood for conservation
KNOWN for its continuous efforts to promote creativity, artistry and environmental conservation, Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar recently named Abucay town’s plastic-made Christmas tree as grand winner of its environment-friendly tree competition.
The grand reveal and official treelighting ceremony of the “Christmas Tree-Cycle Competition” was held early in December 2019 at the heritage hotel and destination’s Plaza Tobias in Bagac, Bataan. The inter-municipality Christmas tree-making competition carried Las Casas’s mission to have a “Greener Bataan” last Yuletide season.
In his opening speech, Marivent Resort Hotel Inc. President Paul Kerr said, “This initiative aims to celebrate Christmas by showing off their creative and competitive spirits, and in the long run unite the municipalities toward one goal.”
Kerr continued, “There’s much about community, as it is about the environment and trying to create a better and cleaner Bataan for everyone.”
Abucay’s winning entry, simply entitled “White Christmas,” featured a sphere to symbolize completeness, unity, equality and acceptance. According to Engr. Vince Norman Izon, team leader and Sangguniang Kabataan chairman of Abucay, the tree’s main concept features balls that virtually “lift each other until they reach the top.” It took his 20-member team two months of careful planning, plastic collection and mounting to complete their masterpiece.
Guests can view the six participating trees at Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar for the whole month of January.