The Aboitiz Group recently turned over a check donation to the Christian Light Foundation to help the organization in administrative costs incurred in distributing 250,000 Samaritan Purse shoeboxes of goods for indigent children across the country.  A Deed of Donation for the check was also signed for the partnership with 2GO who will ship and distribute the shoebox gifts. 

 

Present at the check turnover were Aboitiz Foundation Managing Trustee Sonny Carpio, 2GO Chief Operating Officer Sabin Aboitiz, Christian Light Foundation Director Les Tilka, and John Richards, Operation Christmas Child Director for Mindanao. 

 

Samaritan’s Purse is an evangelical organization that seeks to assist victims of war, natural disasters, poverty, disease and famine. One of the organization’s unique programs is Operation Christmas Child, which provides an opportunity for people of all ages to be involved in a simple mission of bringing joy and hope to children and be able to share God’s love.

 

The Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes will be shipped for allocation to Mindanao in Oroquieta, Misamis, Cagayan de Oro and Camiguin.  Some will be distributed in Siquijor and Bohol, and the rest in Luzon.  

 

Employees of Aboitiz Group companies nationwide have been actively involved in the distribution of these shoeboxes to destitute children in their areas of operations during the companies’ annual outreach programs.  The Group has been partners with the Christian Light Foundation for the past seven years.