Thursday, December 7, 2017

BIC® encourages Filipino children to go #BicToSchool for a Brighter Future


BIC Product (Asia) Pte Ltd, in cooperation with its distributor partner in Philippines - Filstar Distributors Corporation, kick off their biggest social campaign in Asia, #BICBrightFutures. 

BIC® believes that a bright future is for everyone.  As such, BIC® will be giving half a million of Stationery products - the biggest donation in Asia to date - to Children’s Hour, Yellow Boat of Hope and Kariton Klasrum to help kids as they pursue their dreams.

BIC® treated an estimated 200 children from Children’s Hour and Kariton Klasrum for a full day of fun and activities at Kidzania Manila last October 26th.

For one day, the children are encouraged to have fun while exploring the adult world by immersing themselves in over 100 role-play activities in the play city. Using BIC® pens, they will also plot out their goals and dreams in a special BIC® Bright Futures workbook.









Efren Peñaflorida, an education advocate, teacher, and social worker, will be at the event to talk to the kids about the importance of going back to school and how it will help them build a brighter future. Peñaflorida is also the founder of Kariton Klasrum.
  
BIC® feels strongly about giving back to communities where the Group is present in the form of product or financial donations and volunteering.  As part of its strong societal commitment, the BIC® Corporate Foundation for Education was launched in 2016 focusing on fighting for universal access of education as a basic human right.  Through this foundation, BIC® is engaged in the fight against school drop-outs, access to education for girls and women and environmental education.  In the same year, the global company has made 112 donations to promote education giving more than 6 million pens to children in need.

BIC is a family-owned company listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and a world leader in stationery, lighters and shavers.  For more than 60 years, BIC has honored the tradition of providing high-quality, simple, inventive and reliable choices for everyone, everywhere, every time.  A world leader in the consumer goods, 30.9 million BIC® products are purchased every day worldwide (18.9 million Stationery products, 4.2 million Lighters, 7.1 million shavers and 0.7 million promotional products).



Filstar Distributors Corporation prides itself as having been the exclusive licensee of Hallmark in the Philippines since 1974 and the exclusive distributor of BIC® Stationery products since 2001. Since then, Filstar has evolved to be a distributor of not just these two distinguished brands but of other world class brands that supplement and enhance the self-expression industry.  In 2013, Filstar expanded its partnership with BIC® to cover BIC® Lighters and Shavers categories.









Find more about BIC® from the following online references.



Website: https://www.bicworld.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bicstationeryphilippines

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BicGroup

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bicbrand

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bic/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bic_group/




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