MANILA, Philippines - Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), marketer of Caltex brand of fuels and lubricants, donated P1 million to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for the recent Million Volunteer Run (MVR) to raise a million volunteers from barangays across the country and train them in disaster response. CPI employees also joined the run to be able to sponsor more volunteers.
With training cost of P1,000 per volunteer, CPI’s donation will be able to send a thousand PRC volunteers to disaster response training.
“Volunteerism and diversity are part of the Chevron corporate culture. This donation is also a continuation of Chevron’s long-time partnership with PRC. CPI has always been very proactive in offering assistance to PRC during calamities,” said Raissa Bautista, manager for Policy Gov’t and Public Affairs.