In commemoration of its 50th Anniversary of being one of the leading Milk brands in the Philippines, Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC) held a “Balik Tanaw” ( “Looking back”) today, together with Gawad Kalinga Community at GK Alaska Village in San Pedro Laguna. 148 participants attended this unforgettable event with AMC.
AMC in partnership with Gawad Kalinga (GK), City Government of San Pedro, and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), donated 100 units of 22 square meter houses at a 1.3-hectare housing area in Bayan-Bayanan, Barangay San Vicente, San Pedro City, Laguna to qualified beneficiaries that were thoroughly screened by DSWD on November 14, 2008. During the construction, the recipients together with AMC employees, the Uytengsu family, Alaska ACES (basketball team), and the members of Couples for Christ took time out from their daily schedules to help build the houses. The 1.3-hectare land was donated by the local government through Mayor Calixto Cataquiz and former San Pedro mayor Felicisimo Verneza.
Balik Tanaw is a program of AMC in line with the celebration of our 50th Anniversary to reunite with our past beneficiaries and able to look back on how we have helped the community in the past.
Mr. Tarang Gupta, our Managing Director shared insights on his inspirational opening remarks then speakers Mr. Jose Luis Oquinena, Gawad Kalinga Chairman, and Mr. Jose Emilio Oquinena, GK Island Head also gave their encouraging talk on how their lives changed with AMC’s Gawad Kalinga.
Barangay Chairwoman of San Vicente, Ms. Diwa Tee Tayao, and from the City Cooperative and Livelihood Office of San Pedro, Ms. Ruby Adajar and Mike Umali, Former AMC Safety Officer gave their inspiring message then, Mr. Francisco Idian, our Sales Director and Atty. Angela Esquivel, our Corporate Affairs Director also gave a heartwarming message to the participants during the closing remarks.
To make the day more joyful, AMC brought Super Cow while the Gawad Kalinga Youth Group regaled the audience with an intermission number. Trivia games made the event even more livelier.
Alaskabuhayan Livelihood session was also part of the event through which AMC’s R & D team led by Mr. John Maranan and Ms. Ivy Hernandez demonstrated a delectable recipe for preparing a famous Filipino dessert, fruit salad, using Alaska Evaporada and Condensada. The audience partook in the finished product.
The Management Team composed of Managing Director, Tarang Gupta, Sales Director, Francisco Idian, Corporate Affairs Director, Atty. Angela Esquivel, People and Culture Director, Lyn Hadjula-Legarde, Customer Supply Chain Director, Gary Siu, and MAKE Director, Yet Feliciano led the traditional milk toast and distributed Alaskabuhayan start-up kits intended to encourage the participants to start even backyard businesses that could them thrive on a daily basis using Alaska Milk products.
To our friends, families, customers, consumers, and colleagues in AMC and Gawad Kalinga Community, together, we raise our glasses to a healthier and nourishing future in the next 50 years and beyond!