100 Days of Happiness begins at SM Supermalls

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SM officially starts the Christmas countdown by creating a circle of happiness among Filipinos

To kickstart the Christmas countdown, SM Supermalls began its 100 Days of Happiness last September 16, where they aim to create a circle of happiness with 76 participating malls, shoppers, the marginalized communities of women, persons deprived of liberty, artisans, cause-oriented organizations, and select local government units.

"We want to create a circle of happiness in all our SM malls by featuring products of cause-oriented programs which we will offer to our shoppers who, in turn, give them to friends and family, and ultimately, benefit the communities that created these products," said SM Supermalls President Steven T. Tan.

Through the campaign, SM Supermalls encourages Filipinos to support the advocacies of individuals and organizations that provide opportunities and create livelihood for their communities. For this year, SM partnered with bag designer Zarah Juan, Spark PH, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP), the Association of Foot and Mouth Artists of the Philippines, UNICEF, and the Quezon City LGU for its Vote to Tote initiative, among others.

The launch event held at SM North EDSA The Block was attended by SM Supermalls President Steven Tan and SVP for Marketing Joaquin San Agustin; Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, Vice Mayor Gian Sotto, and select councilors of the city; Spark PH Founder Mica Teves; GSP President Dr. Nina Lim-Yuson; designer Zarah Juan; and Brownies Unlimited Marketing head Dustin Ngo.

Equipping young girls to lead and build the future, one box of brownies at a time
For this year’s 100 Days campaign, SM Megamall, along with 9 other SM malls, is collaborating with Brownies Unlimited and the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. For every purchase of a special GSP-themed box of brownies in-mall and via the SM Malls Online App, one girl will be sponsored with a GSP membership for a year.

"We have a lot of young girls across the country and they've had such difficult times during the pandemic. Our membership dropped significantly. By buying a box, you can sponsor a girl for one year and she can learn so many things like being independent, loving her country more, and helping her community," said GSP President Nina Lim-Yuson.

Recently, SM Supermalls helped the GSP vaccinate all its 70,000 members nationwide. By providing them with convenient and safe COVID-19 vaccines, SM Supermalls was able to ensure that the GSP members have access to quality healthcare services.

SM shoppers can purchase a box of brownies from 46 Brownies Unlimited branches nationwide and the SM Malls Online App.

Giving marginalized women and persons deprived of liberty hope for the future
Apart from the GSP partnership, SM Supermalls also partnered with the local government of Quezon City for its Vote to Tote program, Spark PH, and bag designer Zarah Juan to sell upcycled tarpaulin handmade tote bags sewn by marginalized women and female persons deprived of liberty.

"Christmas is all about giving. We are very happy that this year, the communities of Quezon City are included as beneficiaries in this program. And apart from helping the women in our communities, we are also able to help the environment by upcycling 70 tons of election tarpaulins that we've collected." said Mayor Belmonte.

Juan, the designer, was the brainchild of the upcycling initiative. "During the elections, there were tons of election campaign wastes. I wanted to do something and I thought I have my platform– my designs. If my designs can actually solve this problem, then it's worthwhile. Then I pitched the idea to Maica Teves, the founder of Spark PH. From there, we gathered all the help we can– from the Quezon City LGU who will help us collect tarpaulins, the women communities that can help us create, and SM Supermalls who can provide us the platform to distribute."

A Happiness Walk was done to showcase the upcycled tote bags that shoppers can buy in SM malls. Joining the Happiness Walk were men and women of substance including select Girl Scouts members, Jeremy Lapena and Bernce Sevilla of the Downs Syndrome Association of the Phils, Mylene Abiva of WomenBiz, media celebrities Ces Oreña Drilon, and Gina Pareño among others.

The proceeds of the upcycled tote bags will be given to the women PDLs in Camp Karingal, and the marginalized women of Barangays Sto. Cristo, Greater Lagro, and Pinyahan in Quezon City. The tote bags will be sold in the following SM malls:
● SM Aura Premier
● SM Southmall
● SM City Fairview
● SM City North EDSA
● SM Megamall

Helping a community of artists
And in the south of Metro Manila, the SM Mall of Asia family will be partnering with the Association of Foot and Mouth Artists in selling painted Christmas cards to the shoppers.

"All these and more will start to unfold in the coming days as we continue spreading happiness across all SM malls around the country. Let us not waste our next 100 days and use it to make one another happy by giving. Today, let the countdown begin to a hundred days of happiness!” Tan closed.

This is the second time SM Supermalls has started a holiday countdown campaign. In 2021, the biggest mall network in the Philippines showed the world more than a hundred ways of giving through 100 Days of Caring. Underserved communities surrounding the 76 SM malls were provided with their urgent needs through in-kind and monetary donations by the malls, its various business units, and the employees.

For the list of all partner institutions and their beneficiaries visit www.smsupermalls.com and follow @smsupermalls on all social media accounts.



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Photo captions:





Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and Vice Mayor Gian Sotto advocate for the “Vote to Tote” project during the Happiness Walk



SM Supermalls President Steven Tan giving his welcome remarks during the launch of 100 Days of Happiness



In photo: men and women of substance from the Quezon City LGU, SM Supermalls, Girl Scouts of the Philippines, Brownies Unlimited, Spark PH, and Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines























Members of the Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines, Inc. and Girl Scouts of the Philippines come together to spread the holiday cheer.






























Designer Zarah Juan, along with the local government of QC, Spark PH, and SM Supermalls partner on the Vote to Tote program - an initiative fueled for, and by, marginalized women and female persons deprived of liberty.










Women of Subtance Gina Pareño and Ces Drilon walk the runway to show support for the 100 Days of Happiness’ causes and initiatives.























Ladies in Green: The Girl Scouts of the Philippines come together to celebrate Girl Scouts Week 2022 at SM City North EDSA




In its commitment to building communities, especially for women and the youth, SM Supermalls and the Girl Scouts of the Philippines sign a memorandum of agreement to formalize a meaningful partnership beyond the year 2022.




In partnership with SM Supermalls and Brownies Unlimited, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines launch GSP-themed brownies from September 16 to December 15, 2022. For every purchase of a box of brownies, in-mall and via the SM Malls Online app, one scout will be sponsored with a year’s free membership.

SSS Media Advisory: Delay in the crediting of benefits and pensions The Social Security System (SSS) informs its members, pensioners and the general public that there will be a delay in crediting of benefit proceeds and pension for those processed from August 25, 2022 onwards because of the ongoing restoration of the connectivity between its participating disbursement banks and the SSS’ servers. This is due to a fire that broke out at the UPS Room located at the ground floor of the SSS Building in Quezon City last August 28, 2022. The SSS is asking for patience and understanding for this current situation while all concerted and immediate efforts are being made to restore the crediting back to normal operations. Meanwhile, the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), which serves as the disbursement facility that credits the monthly pensions to the pensioners' accounts, has successfully processed the crediting of the first batch of pensions for September 2022. However, due to the technical issue encountered upon processing of the second batch of pensions, DBP will process its crediting on September 16, 2022 and pensions are expected to be credited to the pensioners’ accounts on September 16, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. onwards. Online filing through the My.SSS portal is now in full operation effective September 1, 2022. Members can already submit their benefit claims applications using the said portal.

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The Social Security System (SSS) informs its members, pensioners and the general public that there will be a delay in crediting of benefit proceeds and pension for those processed from August 25, 2022 onwards because of the ongoing restoration of the connectivity between its participating disbursement banks and the SSS’ servers.

This is due to a fire that broke out at the UPS Room located at the ground floor of the SSS Building in Quezon City last August 28, 2022.


The SSS is asking for patience and understanding for this current situation while all concerted and immediate efforts are being made to restore the crediting back to normal operations.


Meanwhile, the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), which serves as the disbursement facility that credits the monthly pensions to the pensioners' accounts, has successfully processed the crediting of the first batch of pensions for September 2022. However, due to the technical issue encountered upon processing of the second batch of pensions, DBP will process its crediting on September 16, 2022 and pensions are expected to be credited to the pensioners’ accounts on September 16, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. onwards.

Online filing through the My.SSS portal is now in full operation effective September 1, 2022. Members can already submit their benefit claims applications using the said portal.

Wazzup Pilipinas founder featured on Montalban News & Public Affairs

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I am proud to announce that the Influencers tour of Montalban that I organized to help boost tourism for Montalban will soon be happening on September 22 to 23 starting with an overnight stay at a camp site (doing several activities onsite), then the actual tour around Montalban seeing the attractions like the Wawa grounds, Rodriguez Ancestral home, etc. and trying out a few dining places on the second day.

This will be a series, inviting a group of influencers (content creators, Instagrammers, TikTokers, YouTubers, etc.) on a regular basis...like maybe once a month or every quarter, depending on availability of all involved and those interested to visit and play a greater role for our Montalban tourism campaign. 

The tour will also be featured as among the initial episodes of a new livestreaming mobile app (similar to Netflix but with pure Philippine content) that will be launched in Japan this October, then eventually in the Philippines.

Being a resident of Montalban, it is with great pride that I will be contributing in my own little way something to help our municipality progress by aiming to make it among the preferred destinations of both local and foreign tourists. 

A more agressive tourism campaign brings in more people to visit and potential investors to consider setting up their new business endeavors here, and thus would eventually create jobs and other possibilities for the benefit of the people of Montalban.

More power to the people of Montalban and thank you to the assistance of the Montalban tourism office, the office of the Mayor, the establishments who were eager to join, the influencers all excited with the tour, and everyone else who were all eager to participate in one way or another in this first run!

"ISANG INFLUENCER, MAY PROGRAMANG BINUKSAN UPANG PALAKASIN ANG TURISMO SA MONTALBAN

Inanunsyo ng advocate at influencer na si Ross del Rosario ng Wazzup Pilipinas sa kaniyang Facebook post ang inorganisa niyang “Influencers tour of Montalban” na mangyayari sa darating na September 22-23, 2022.

Layunin umano ni del Rosario na makatulong sa pagpapalakas ng kampanya sa turismo sa bayan ng Montalban. Ang naturang influencer ay residente ng Brgy. San Isidro at naitampok na sa iba't ibang palabas sa telebisyon.

Plano ni del Rosario na mag-imbita ng iba pang content creators at influencers mula sa iba’t ibang social media platforms na makakasama niyang bumiyahe at maglibot sa iba’t ibang tourist destination sa Montalban sa loob ng dalawang araw.

Itatampok at mapapanood din umano ang kanilang gagawing “tour” bilang parte ng initial episodes nila sa bagong livestreaming mobile app na ilulunsad sa Japan ngayong Oktubre, at maipapalabas din sa Pilipinas.

Proud na proud naman si del Rosario na ipakilala sa buong Pilipinas at buong mundo ang ganda ng Montalban sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang plataporma.

Nagbigay din ng paanyaya ang founder ng Wazzup Pilipinas sa mga nais maitampok na kainan at mga tourist attraction sa kanilang proyekto. Maaaring magmessage sa kanilang official facebook page para sa iba pang impormasyon." - Montalban News & Public Affairs

About Wazzup Pilipinas

Wazzup Pilipinas is an online platform that shares news and stories mostly about food, lifestyle, travel and just about everything focused more on Philippine content and more to highlight the Philippines as among the preferred choice for both local and foreign tourists.

We have partnered with government agencies (TPB, DOT, DOTR, DOE, DOST, etc), NGOs, events organizers, colleges and universities, MSMEs, entrepreneurs and startups, big companies and brands like SM, PLDT, etc...on their product awareness campaigns and information dissemination, as their media partner.

Also collaborated with mainstream and online media as either guest, resource person or co-host.

We even had our own Wazzup Pilipinas teleradio, co-hosting on Radyo Inquirer, among many others and frequent guest on different TV shows like Rated K of ABS-CBN, Ang Pinaka on GMA News TV, Good Morning Kuya on UNTV, etc.