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Grants
Metrobank Foundation Honors
Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service
December 2007
This year's illustrious set of winners from various fields: Dina Ocampo, Education; Catherine Vistro-Yu, Education; Glecy Cruz Atienza, Arts and Culture; Eva Maria Cutiongco-de la Paz, Medicine; Hilly Ann Maria Roa-Quiaoit, Environmental Conservation; Elizabeth Lee, Business; Maria Corazon de Ungria, Science; Alexandra “Sandy” Romualdez, Media; and Maria Ressa, Media..
Known for its flagship search programs like the Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT), Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) and The Outstanding Philippine Soldiers (TOPS), Metrobank Foundation strengthens its excellence awards program with its participation in the search for Outstanding Women in Nation’s Service (TOWNS), a joint project with the TOWNS Foundation and Metrobank Card Corporation.
Established in 1974, the TOWNS award is presented to Filipino women aged 21 70 45 years old, whose public and private pursuits have made a significant impact on her community, field of expertise, and the country’s economic, social and cultural development. The TOWNS Award has since been conferred to 84 outstanding women professionals, and they are joined this year by an equally illustrious set of winners from various fields: Dina Ocampo, Education; Catherine Vistro-Yu, Education; Glecy Cruz Atienza, Arts and Culture; Eva Maria Cutiongco-de la Paz, Medicine; Hilly Ann Maria Roa-Quiaoit, Environmental Conservation; Elizabeth Lee, Business; Maria Corazon de Ungria, Science; Alexandra “Sandy” Romualdez, Media; and Maria Ressa, Media..
This year marks the first time that Metrobank Foundation served as the technical resource partner of the TOWNS Search, an initiative that institutionalizes the Foundation’s involvement with the TOWNS Foundation, starting in 1998. The Foundation also made possible the engagement of the Metrobank Card Corporation as a major sponsor of the Search.
“As an institution that advocates excellence and the triumph of the Filipino, Metrobank Foundation considers it an honor and a challenge to help conduct the TOWNS Search using the judging process that we have refined and developed in our more than twenty years of managing excellence awards programs,” notes president Aniceto Sobrepeña.
The 2007 TOWNS awardees were honored recently in a special audience with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacañan Palace. A gala reception will also be hosted by the TOWNS Foundation, Metrobank Card Corporation and Metrobank Foundation, Inc. in Dusit Hotel, Makati City.
The Metrobank Foundation is the corporate social responsibility arm of the Metrobank Group. Over the last 28 years, it has promoted a culture of excellence among Filipinos through its various programs notably the Search for Outstanding Teachers, the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence, The Outstanding Philippine Soldiers, the Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service, the Metrobank Math Challenge, and the College Scholarship Program. The Foundation also has a grants program that assists NGOs and the government in the fields of education, healthcare, and the arts. Metrobank Foundation celebrates Filipino excellence and presents wellsprings of hope in the future of our nation.
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