By Kathrine A. Licerio, BA-Comm 4 OJT

Brian Galicano, a 4th year BS Tourism Management student, organized the donation drive and feeding program for the fire victims in Boracay Island.

Central Philippine University College of Hospitality Management Student Council held a community support project entitled “Project Tabang” to help the victims of fire in Sitio Bantud, Manocmanoc, Malay, Aklan which happened on March 2, 2022.

This community support project, in the leadership of CHM Student Council Governor, Jan Andrei Pulmones, and partnered with the College of Nursing Student Council and College of Medical Laboratory Science Provincial Council, was done by hosting a donation drive. Calling for donors started immediately after the council saw the Facebook post of Brian Galicano, a 4th year BS Tourism Management student of CPU and a former council staff, whose most of his families were affected by the fire incident.

All the gathered donations from the initiative of CHM Student Council and partners include cash, goods, and utensils, which were sent to Boracay on March 10, 2022 and received successfully by the CHM Student Council’s pointed person, Brian Galicano, on the same day. On March 12, Galicano organized the said donation drive by distributing the goods and utensils and also conducted a feeding program. The said donation drive succeeded with the help of other CPU students who also live in Boracay Island. Two of them are Karina Gabay and Katrina Malicdem, who are also 4th year BS Tourism Management students.

On Wednesday, March 30, College of Hospitality Management Student Council and partners sent another donation for the fire victims. According to Brian, he did not expect that his Facebook post, looking for donors, will be noticed by his college department which truly helped a lot of families who are victims of the fire incident. Today, is the second wave of “Project Tabang”, the distribution of goods and utensils and also the conduct of feeding program which will be organized by the same pointed person.