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Missed the chance to shop and help in Caritas Margins “Buy and Give Expo 4”? Come to the Trinoma Activity Center in Quezon City from September 27 to 29 for the second leg of its exposition this year.
As the holiday season is upon us, the three-day Expo could be a venue where shoppers can buy their gifts. They can choose from its products from different marginalized community partners, ranging from food, home and ladies accessories, personal care products, artwork from resident inmates of penal communities cared by Caritas Restorative Justice Ministry, and other gift items and decors presented on different hubs. The blessing and the opening of the Expo will be led by His Excellence Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco, D.D. on its first day tomorrow at 11:00am.
The first run of the Buy and Give Expo 4 this year was recently held at the Alabang Town Center. Proceeds go to Caritas Manila’s flagship program, Youth Servant Leadership and Education Program (YSLEP) which supports more than 5,000 youth scholars nationwide.
Caritas Margins Buy and Give Expo 4 is co-presented by Metro Pacific Investment Corporation, PLDT Home, Smart Communications Inc., Cardinal Santos Medical Centre and Cardinal Medical Charities Foundation, St. Scholastica’s College, Lyceum of the Philippines, Alabang Town Centre, Radio Veritas and TV Maria.
Caritas Margins is the social enterprise and marketing arm of Caritas Manila that markets products of marginalized communities & micro enterprises in the country. It also provides skills and training to the urban poor communities and marginalized sector as well as honing them to become social entrepreneurs.
To learn more about Caritas Margins and to donate and support Caritas Manila’s programs for the poor, visit www.caritasmanila.org.ph or call DonorCare lines (+632) 563-9311, 564-0205, (+63) 999-7943455, (+63) 905-4285001, and (+63)929-8343857.
