Globe Adventure Club hailed for CSR initiatives

MANILA, Philippines - Globe recognized its most outstanding employees at the recently concluded 2009 Globe Excellence Awards (GEA), the highest employee recognition program which aims to recognize excellence in individuals and teams that live out the mission, vision and values, breathe life into the brand promise, and contribute to the attainment of the overall goals of Globe. 

The GEA gave awards in the following categories: outstanding employee (per group), outstanding leader, outstanding people manager, project team of the year, exemplary behavior award (individual and team), and outstanding social responsibility. Photo shows Globe president and CEO Ernest Cu (far right) and GEA judge John Philip Orbeta (5th from left) with the Globe Adventure Club (GAC), recipient of the Outstanding Social Responsibility Award, given to a team who, through their own initiative, leads, organizes or participates in community service in the areas of education, environment, and entrepreneurship, resulting in the improvement of lives of the less fortunate.

To generate funds for a medical mission, GAC organized several activities, including a raffle, a caving expedition for Globe employees, selling of postcards, and receiving donations from GAC members. The mission was able to provide much needed medical attention and medicine to Aeta families residing in Sito Mampueng in Zambales.