THE City Council of Cagayan de Oro recently passed Resolution No. 10909-2012 expressing its sincerest gratitude to SM Prime Holdings for extending financial assistance to the victims of Tropical Storm Sendong.
The resolution also thanked SM Prime for “sharing sympathies in one way or another to the Kagay-anons during our time of grief.”
It can be recalled that SM Prime in collaboration with SM Foundation and SM Supermarket was one of the first to respond to the victims of Tropical Storm Sendong last December.
It donated P3 million to the City Government for its relief efforts and distributed relief goods, drinking water, clothes, medicines and medical services to 19,500 families in devastated areas. It continues to offer long-term solutions by building 200 homes through its partnership with Gawad Kalinga.
The resolution, initiated by Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya and signed by Vice Mayor Caesar Acenas and City Council Secretary Arturo de San Miguel, mentions that “such acts of generosity and compassion have gone a long way in alleviating the plight of the stricken victims, especially with the limited resources of the city government to address the shortage in basic supplies.”
It adds that “such helping hands… made such unprecedented tragedy in the city’s history a little easier to bear, instill a new sense of hope, confidence and pride to the city and its people.”
“The people of Cagayan de Oro will never forget such generosity and shall always remember each and every one who constantly stayed by our side and gave us all the moral and personal support during the difficult days,” the resolution reads.
SM City Cagayan de Oro has been part of the lives of the residents since it opened in 2003.
Apart from bringing great shopping, leisure and entertainment, it has been a catalyst of business and employment opportunities, been a top taxpayer and collaborated with local government units on many civic and cultural projects.
Operation Sendong was SM’s way of giving back to a city that it had grown to love and become a part of.