Sun.Star Pampanga

Aeta families get aid from CDC, Clark Marriot project

- BY CHARLENE A. CAYABAYAB Sun.Star Staff Reporter

The project, dubbed as "Adopt-A-Community," aims to give back to the Aeta community so they can cope with difficult times brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grocery items, food packs and rice were distribute­d by the Clark

Marriott Hotel to each of the Aeta families residing in Sitio Gayaman and Sitio Caguing in Bamban, Tar l ac.

CDC facilitate­d the identifica­tion of the Aeta families, including other logistics necessary to bring the indigenous locals to the Bicentenni­al Park here for a simple turn-over ceremony. The beneficiar­ies also received face shields from the state-owned firm.

The event was attended by Clark Marriott General Manager Goeran Soelter, Food and Beverage Director Lyle Kelvin Cajayon, Human Resource Director Carmen Siongco, Chief Engineer John Rainer Cresino, Loss Prevention Manager Ronnie Manalastas and Clark Marriott Restaurant Manager Paulo Manal o.

CDC Assistant Vice President for External Affairs Rommel Narciso, who represente­d CDC, also thanked the Clark Marriott Hotel for choosing and trusting CDC for the coordinati­on of their CSR project.

“To Clark Marriott

Hotel, I hope this would be the beginning of a beautiful partnershi­p for the benefit of the surroundin­g communitie­s in Clark. The mutual sense of fulfillmen­t and meaning, especially if we have made a positive change in someone’s life, is indeed priceless,” Narciso sai d.

CDC Community Affairs Officer Ronald Antonio and CDC Community Relations and Social Services Officer Astrud Aguinaldo spearheade­d the coordinati­on as part of the CDC’s continuing CSR expanded project.

Other CSR projects of the Marriott Hotel Clark include “A Night of Gratitude," which they hosted to help victims of the Taal volcano eruption and the “Serve360” event which benefitted Aeta kids from Mabalacat City.

LARK FREEPORT--At least 35 Aeta families re cently received assorted groceries and other items from the Clark Marriott Hotel, in partnershi­p with the Clark Developmen­t Corporatio­n (CDC), through its Corporate Social Responsibi­lity (CSR) project.

 ?? RCCP controbute­d photo ?? officials turn over donations of copy paper for the blended learning programs of Masantol schools. -
RCCP controbute­d photo officials turn over donations of copy paper for the blended learning programs of Masantol schools. -

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