400 indigent families in Baguio, Benguet receive ‘Bags of Blessings’

February 4, 2020 Metro BLISTT

BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) — At least 400 indigent families from Baguio City and Benguet are recipients of this year’s “Bags of Blessings” gift giving activity of the Metrobank Foundation at the Diocese of Baguio Bishop’s House.

Metrobank Baguio Branch Head Art Peralta said the “Bags of Blessings” is a nationwide annual gift giving activity of the Metrobank Foundation wherein 10,000 underprivileged families in different areas nationwide identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines are benefited.

For Baguio City and Benguet, the Metrobank partnered with the DSWD Cordillera and the Diocese of Baguio to identify the beneficiaries from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, persons with disabilities, the youth and from other sectors.

Each family received grocery items like snack packs for children, rice, canned goods, and other basic daily needs. Metrobank Area Head Grace Suarez said that the gift giving activity is a way to give back and share to the society particularly the ones who need it the most, the blessings from the Metrobank Foundation, the GT Foundation, the Ty family Foundation thru the employees and staff of the Metrobank branches in Baguio and Benguet. She added the activity also is a way to usher in the Year of the Rat.

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong thanked the Metrobank and its partners for the gifts for the indigent families.

DSWD-CAR Focal Person Fe Biba also expressed gratitude to the Metrobank for their generosity and support to the 4Ps and the non-4Ps beneficiaries who were recipients of this year’s gift giving event.

The “Bags of Blessings” is a brainchild of Metrobank Group founder and chairman Dr. George S.K Ty. Instead of the traditional “ang-paos” or the red envelopes containing cash, each family beneficiary receives a bag containing PhP 1,000 worth of food items during the celebration of the Chinese New Year.

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