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Primary Homes, Inc. (PHI) Launches Home Run 2016

Mrs. Paulette D. Liu and Mr. Joel Baring during
Home Run 2016's presscon
Primary Homes, Inc. (PHI) organized a mini-press conference held at the lecture room of SKILLS' Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) yesterday, March 30, 2016, Tuesday, from 2:00-4:00 pm, launching Home Run 2016, a benefit fun run for the scholars of PSEFI-SKILLS. The event was well-attended by Cebu's mediamen as all the newspaper dailies were duly represented.

PSEFI-SKILLS' COO, Mrs. Paulette D. Liu, first gave an introduction about the thrusts and advocacies of Primary Structures Educational Foundation, Inc. (PSEFI), the corporate foundation of the Primary Group of Builders (PGB). Mrs. Liu explained that PSEFI is bent to make a dent in Cebu province, and in the country as a whole, by promoting and implementing various poverty reduction initiatives. This is being done now through the provision of technical-vocational scholarship opportunities, in partnership with TESDA, for the construction (Carpentry, Masonry, Scaffold Erection, etc.) and hospitality
(Housekeeping, Household Services, etc.) trades being offered to poor but deserving individuals. She recounted some success stories of graduates who are now earning for their families and are doing well in their respective fields, enjoying gainful employment both here and abroad. Some lady graduates of our heavy equipment training programs in backhoe, bulldozer, forklift operations, etc. were present during the presscon. They were among the first batch of beneficiaries of PSEFI's scholarship programs and all are now reliable employees of Primary Structures Corporation. Also at the presscon were three (3) deaf-mute or hearing-impaired scholars of PSEFI-SKILLS. all graduates of Housekeeping NC II. Skills training for the deaf is one of the advocacies of PSEFI-SKILLS, in partnership with the Gualandi Mission for the Deaf and LINK Center for the Deaf-Manila.  

Ma'am Paulette with PSEFI-SKILLS
graduates now working with PGB
Home Run 2016's event details were then presented by race organizer, Mr. Joel Baring. He described what to expect during the race which is composed of 3 categories: 3K, 6K and 12K. The race itinerary will necessarily pass Primary Homes' projects in the city. Ms. Gladys Faye Cabañero, Senior Marketing Supervisor of Primary Homes, Inc., facilitated the program of the presscon. A tour of SKILLS Campus' Welding laboratory, Construction and Hospitality Training Center took place after the activity.

During the tour of SKILLS'
construction workshop 
Hospitality Training Center tour
with the media
Home Run 2016 is set on April 23, 2016, Saturday, 4:00 am, at Sumilon Road, Cebu Business Park (beside the 2Quad Building). Registration fees, inclusive of race singlet, bib, giveaways and snacks, are as follows: 3K - P 250, 6K - P 350, and 12K - P 450. Winners will receive medals and cash prizes. All the proceeds of the event will go to the scholars of PSEFI-SKILLS.


For more information about Home Run 2016, please visit the official Facebook page of Primary Homes, Inc. (PHI) or contact April at 0917-727-8435 or 254-7188.



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