Blessing and Opening of 3rd Segunda Mana Charity Store opening at Makati Cinema Square
Posted on | August 7, 2010 |
For the first time, Caritas Manila’s “Segunda Mana” Charity Store will open another branch, this time inside a mall in Makati City.
Caritas Manila said the store at the Makati Cinema Square along Chino Roces Avenue will also be its first branch that will operate in Metro Manila’s Central Business District.
The Manila archdiocese’s social action arm said it was the management of the Makati Cinema Square and Top Shoppe who offered them space for free.
Segunda Mana is the revitalized donations-in-kind program of Caritas Manila, where donated hand-me-down items will later be sold to raise funds for its poverty-alleviation initiatives, including medical and scholarship programs.
Through the project, people, organizations, and corporations help by donating items they no longer need or have too much of.
The first Segunda Mana Charity Store is at the headquarters of Caritas Manila, in Pandacan. The second is in Paombong, Bulacan.
The branch in Makati City will formally be opened to the public on Sunday, August 8, following an 11:00 a.m. Mass that will be presided by Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo, chairman of Caritas Philippines.
Caritas Manila said there are two main sections in the Segunda Mana Charity Store which is the brand new section and and the used or second hand section.
Segunda Mana offers various items from clothes, shoes, toys, furniture, office equipment, to books for sale. (CBCPNews)