March 16, 2008
Last October 2002, The Wharton-Penn Club of the Philippines reached a milestone as the Board of Trustees officially establishes the Wharton Penn Club Foundation , dedicated to support graduate studies at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, as well as in other schools and universities in the Philippines. It was through Ben Punongbayan’s expertise that the creation of the WPC Foundation was made a reality.
The Foundation’s incorporators and officers are Sandie Poblador (President), Peter Coyiuto (Vice President), David Lim (Treasurer in Trust), Feliza A. Peralta (Corporate Secretary), Benjamin Punongbayan, Tony Andal, James de Jesus, Edwin Villanueva, and Mark Villar.
On 03/25/2008 at 9:42 am Sandie Castro Poblador said:
On 03 24, 08, at 11:40 AM, Sandie Castro-Poblador wrote:
Dear Wharton Penn Alumni:
Thank you first and foremost to Manuel V. Pangilinan, WG ‘68, whose 1M sponsorship by the PLDT Smart Foundation gave us the critical mass and inspiration and GUTS to embark on this major fund raising… to Butch Meily, PLDT Smart Foundation President, and Anthony Pangilinan, EVP, and to Julie Carceller’s Smart Infinity team and Stages (director Freddie Santos and Stella Sison) for the fab production on a shoe string budget…
to Ramon Jacinto for opening the program with
Rockin Revival, and to Regine Velasquez…both of whom performed GRATIS. And to indefatigable Johnny Litton who emceed wonderfully and sweated it out conducting the auction…
to Ramon Jacinto for opening the program with
Rockin Revival, and to Regine Velasquez…both of whom performed GRATIS. And to indefatigable Johnny Litton who emceed wonderfully and sweated it out conducting the auction…
To all our Wharton Penn Alumni who gave donations, bought by the tables, came in as sponsors,
attended, sold tickets, participated… I am so proud of your involvement and commitment - we had 2/3 of the tables that evening, and we had 320 confirmed seating! We also had around 45 from other schools, mainly 20 from Cornell, courtesy of Congressman Martin Romualdez.
attended, sold tickets, participated… I am so proud of your involvement and commitment - we had 2/3 of the tables that evening, and we had 320 confirmed seating! We also had around 45 from other schools, mainly 20 from Cornell, courtesy of Congressman Martin Romualdez.
Our sponsors and donors donated in excess of P1,035,000 worth of items, mainlyP350,000 worth of Breitling watches, and we sold P1,100,000 at auction, mainly due to Ms. Myla Crespo Villanueva’s bid of P500,000 for the Wharton Wonders auction bundle.
She really wanted to make a donation because she told me repeatedly at dinner that evening how tormenting
it was to for her to witness 6-7 year old children being sent to jail, Myla, thank you for your enormous heart of gold…
She really wanted to make a donation because she told me repeatedly at dinner that evening how tormenting
it was to for her to witness 6-7 year old children being sent to jail, Myla, thank you for your enormous heart of gold…
In the end, many hearts of gold rose to the occasion… Maraming salamat po and God Bless!
SANDIE CASTRO-POBLADOR
President
Wharton Penn Club Foundation, Inc.
President
Wharton Penn Club Foundation, Inc.
Related links :
http://heart-2-heart-online.com/2008/03/16/an-evening-of-gold/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/Articles-2007
http://www.bgn.org/events/item/2008/0/1
www.firstfilipina.blogspot.com/2006/05/myla-villanueva.html
www.novare.com.hk/principals-mcv.html
http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?p=22393030html
http://heart-2-heart-online.com/2008/03/16/an-evening-of-gold/
http://www.gsmworld.com/about-us/leadership/emc/myla_c_villanueva.htm
http://noelperlas.com/2007/05/30/novares-new-clothes
