Institutionalization of Clark Cares Program mulled

CLARK FREEPORT — Clark Development Corporation (CDC) president and CEO Felipe Antonio Remollo said he is studying plans to institutionalize the Clark Cares Program to provide continuous assistance to communities around this Freeport and to people and regions affected by calamities.
Remollo, in a recent interview after the success of the “Clark Cares: Human Chain for Typhoon Sendong Victims” last December 28, said the move will give the program a much further boost and render continuity to its program objectives.
“We plan to incorporate it so that we can help more people in need in times of calamities. The Clark Cares program is a good vehicle to unite efforts in helping people in need,” he said.
The Clark Cares Program was started by Remollo upon his assumption as CDC president. The CDC had launched the Clark Community Assistance, Relief and Emergency Services or “Clark Cares” in October of this year, amid preparations for upcoming typhoons expected to hit the country.
The Clark Cares Program was brought to the test when it was able to muster hundreds of participants in the “Human Chain for Typhoon Sendong Victim” event here.
The event gathered P604,000 in cash donations from hundreds of participants who trooped to the parade grounds.
Remollo said the relief operations are not only the CDC’s response to the dire conditions wrought by typhoons but also the state-owned corporation’s new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program that is geared to help address the various concerns that affect local communities.
The CDC president said the institutionalization of the program will unite Freeport officials, employees and locators during efforts for relief and assistance operations not just in Pampanga but also in other parts of the country.
Published in the Sun.Star Pampanga newspaper on January 03, 2012.
Source ; http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2012/01/02/institutionalization-clark-cares-program-mulled-198422