Christmas came early to 60 children from the Tahanang Mapagpala Center and the Social Development Center in Caloocan City when members of the Senate Spouses Foundation, Inc. (SSFI) recently played Santa in Christmas in November, the group’s annual gift-giving event at SM Store Megamall.
A joint project of the Senate Spouses Foundation, Inc. and SM, the event — which began with lunch at Wendy’s – was a day of fun for the kids many of whom experienced the joys of shopping for the first time after more than 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. No less than the spouses and their representatives took them around the SM Store to shop for clothes, school supplies, toiletries, toys and more.
Senate Spouses Foundation President Audrey Zubiri led the group of spouses who played moms and dad for a day. These included Nancy dela Rosa, Teodoro “Neil” Llamanzares, Precy Ejercito, Gladys Cruz-Villanueva, Kathryna Pimentel, and Atty. Emmeline Villar; as well as Maricel Tulfo-Tungol, daughter of Senator “Idol Raffy” Tulfo, who took the kids around the store for fun-filled shopping spree during the yearly Christmas outreach program.
They were warmly welcomed and assisted by SM’s Millie Dizon together with SM Store Megamall staff led by VP for operations Maribel Sibayan and SM Megamall AVP for operations Ian Mathay.
