If he makes it, then his friends and sponsors will, uh, donate a pre-agreed amount to his designated charity. If he doesnt, then he takes the money from his own wallet and hands over the pre-agreed amount to his designated charity.
Word of warning to those who have accepted or intend to accept his challenge. Mr. Manning has been training every day by running laps around the Manila Polo Club oval. Right now, he can do a 10-km. run.
The incoming president (who will report for work starting this April) has oodles of brand marketing in consumer goods but no experience whatsoever in the media industry.
Then again, Raffy dela Rosa (thats his nickname in Manila but he is called Ruping in his home province) doesnt mind that halo-halo accounted for 12 percent of total revenues last year. Said another way, thats 11 million servings worth P500 million in sales.
The problem is theres not that much money available for that kind of spending where he is right now.
Mr. Bacarro has launched the Heroes for Health award, which will give each of the five awardees who are not necessarily doctors P250,000 for their own use and another P250,000 to the organization that the awardee is connected with.
Chances are, none of the awardees will come from Metro Manila. You see, the awardees must show "heroic qualities" in helping improve the quality of health of a great number of people for at least three years.
In this particular case, Pfizer is looking for heroes who have "devoted much of their time, effort and personal resources to their projects, giving up better income and physical comforts, and willing to risk even their very lives, if need be, for the fulfillment of their mission.