Grace Pharmacy president Ian Manuel Lo, representing the Dr. Manuel Lo Foundation, donated 20,000 five-kilo bags of rice to Bacolod City.
Lo turned over the donation, which will benefit the senior citizens, to Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Rep. Greg Gasataya in rites held at the Bacolod City Government Center Wednesday (May 15).
The Lo family, including Lo’s brother, Jonathan Lo of Merzci Pasalubong, and their mother, Corazon Lo, the co-founder of Grace Pharmacy and Merzci, made the donation on the occasion of their patriarch’s 88th birthday on May 19.
Lo said that their father always believed that giving is a blessing.
“He is always grateful to share God’s blessings with others. Thus, the family is continuing his legacy of giving and sharing it, especially to senior citizens,” he added.
The Lo family chose to channel their donation through Benitez and Gasataya as they have the means to distribute the aid directly to the beneficiaries. ||
