As part of its Elderly Filipino Week 2024 celebrations, SM Cares, together with the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) and the SM Super Grannies Club, hosted a series of fun, engaging, and meaningful activities to honor the senior citizen community, held last Oct. 1, 2024, at the Mall of Asia Music Hall in Pasay City.
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Book Nook empowers Filipinos through literacy, self-expression, and giving back
In December 2020, Sheeren Sy, a Singaporean architect affiliated with SM Supermalls, initiated the establishment of Book Nook. The idea began when Sy encountered a small, unattended shelf in Australia, where people could share books for free.
#PWDeSaSM: Creating inclusive spaces through SM’s sensitivity training
In celebration of the International Day of Sign Language, SM Cares of the SM Group, continues its mission to provide inclusive spaces as a mall for all through its yearly sensitivity training for its frontline employees. The training equips them with skills to better serve customers with different needs or persons with disabilities (PWDs).
SM Cares launched Emergency Preparedness Forum, making PWDs, Seniors disaster-ready
In celebration of National Disaster Resilience Month, SM Cares recently launched this year’s Emergency Preparedness Forum for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). The first of eight forums was held last July 5, Wednesday, at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall in Pasay City.
SM Cares champions disaster resilience among senior citizens, PWDs with return of Emergency Preparedness Forum 2023
SM Cares continues to empower senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to become more resilient in the face of disasters with the return of the organization’s annual Emergency Preparedness Forum, in partnership with Office of Civil Defense, Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), and the UP Resilience Institute.
Live Green, Save Big: Time to Gather your E-waste Collection for a Tech-tastic Trade-In Promotion
Got any broken chargers, powerbanks, or hard drives just lying around your house? Now’s the perfect time to pick them up and turn them into something more meaningful and beneficial to the environment.
SM Cares unveils Pocketful of Sunshine exhibit, captivates moments of courage and hope
A heartwarming exhibit, showcasing the unforgettable moments from the Pocketful of Sunshine fly-by event, was unveiled at SM City Clark on June 2, 2023. Organized in collaboration with SM Cares, SM City Clark, Angeles City Flying Club (ACFC), and Kythe Foundation, the exhibit aims to celebrate the indomitable spirit of courageous children with disabilities.
SM Prime helps address water scarcity in PH through water recycling in SM malls
In 2021, SM was able to save a total of 8.7 million cubic meters of water—enough to fill 3,480 Olympic-sized swimming pools—with the help of these facilities, which are present in 72 SM malls nationwide and have been in operation since the early 2000s.
Natatanging Nilalang: SM Cares, DSAPI celebrate people with Down syndrome through Happy Walk
As a song dedicated to people with Down Syndrome, Ronnie Lee’s “Natatanging Nilalang” highlights all the characteristics that make these individuals special. Composed with a fondness for those who have the condition (he himself has a nephew who has Down Syndrome), Lee’s song is one of empowerment not only for these individuals, but also for their loved ones.
I-ACT AT YOUR SERVICE: PARANGAL SA MGA MAGIGITING NA OPERATIBA AT KATUWANG NA MGA AHENSYA
For the first time, the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic or I-ACT is spearheading its first prestigious recognition for its operatives and partners from the public and private sectors on the 13th of February 2023 at MAAX SM Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.