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Paskong Saya

Handog ng MPTS:

A Project worth

Telling,

An event worth

Volunteering

By Mhanny Agusto, Communication
and Stakeholder Management

“It isn’t how much we give, but how much LOVE From soliciting donations may it be in form of
we put into giving…” toys, clothes, school supplies and food, to
painstakingly wrapping each toy with gift
It’s already way past 5:30pm, and almost all my wrappers, and on-ground preparation for the
friends are busy sharing their Friday night event – each VEST Volunteer poured his/her heart
hangout parties over FB and IG Stories. But me, I out to whatever task assigned to them. Each one
chose to stay in the office, packing toys and contributed their time and effort to ensure that
chocolates to be given away to kids of our host Christmas will be felt early by the kids of Sto.
community for our gift giving project the next Domingo.
day. If I’m going to post this over my social media
accounts, would I get comments like “Wow, ang
sipag naman, OA magwork!”, or “Ikaw na model
employee!”. Or will I be getting messages of
support like “Can I help packing the gifts?”, “Can I
donate some items?”, or “I want to volunteer. How
can I join?” I bet MPTS employees would say the
latter.

For almost five months of being in this company,
I’ve seen how employees extend their time and
effort in showing support to Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) Projects of the company –
whether it’s for the Environment or for our Host
Communities, many of our colleagues don’t
hesitate to join whenever the Community
Relations (ComRel) team send out their invites. As the kids received and unwrapped the presents,
the smile on their faces is more than enough to
In the spirit of this Holiday Season, MPTS, headed
by CSM’s Community Relations Team and the pay us for a hard day’s work. The kids shouting,
volunteer group VEST (Volunteer Employees of “Thank you” and “Merry Christmas” is more than
South Tollways) organized a gift giving project for enough to re ll our depleted energy and forget
one of the host communities of CALAEX how sleepy we are because of the early call time.
(Cavite-Laguna Expressway) – Barangay Sto. And the kids giving you salutes and high ves are
Domingo, Santa Rosa, Laguna. With more than a
hundred kids to cater to, ComRel knew they need more than enough assurance that we did a great
additional hands to make their plan into a reality. job that day.

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