DigiPlus Interactive Corporation’s BingoPlus kick-off 2022 by sending relief to
‘Odette’ victims in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu
Staff volunteers from BingoPlus were all smiling behind their masks as they ready the relief packages to families ravaged by Typhoon Odette in Sitio Mar Beach in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.
Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, 08 January 2022 – Leisure & Resort World Corporation (DigiPlus Interactive Corporation) joined relief efforts for Typhoon Odette victims in Sitio Mar Beach in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on the first week of the year 2022.
Spearheaded by BingoPlus, the newest gaming arm of the Retail Group of DigiPlus Interactive Corporation, around 600 families were given relief packages loaded with food and hygiene essentials. According to the residents, BingoPlus was the first to distribute aid to the affected families in their area since the onslaught of Typhoon Odette. While donations in cash and in kind were pouring in some parts of Visayas and Mindanao, nothing has reach yet to the Cebuano citizens in Sitio Mar Beach in Barangay Marigondon that is why they were very grateful to the BingoPlus team.
This much needed help extended to the typhoon-stricken families in the Visayas region is part of the corporate citizenship initiatives of DigiPlus Interactive Corporation. By mobilizing employee-volunteers, DigiPlus Interactive Corporation brought the spirit of bayanihan to calamity victims as its Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR efforts aim to spark hope and kindness during difficult times like this.
Volunteers who lend their time in sourcing, packing, shipping, and distributing the relief packages were staff from the Cebu branch of BingoPlus. This relief operation was made possible in cooperation with One Race for Filipino Services (ORFFS).