THE Tzu Chi Foundation, a charitable institution that has contributed a lot to rehabilitation work after the occurrence of natural calamities and disasters, is holding a healthy food festival at the Metrotent within the Metrowalk Commercial Complex along Meralco Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City (in front of Marco Polo Hotel), this weekend of August 22 to 23, 2015.
Dubbed Fiesta Verde: A Benefit Food and Health Festival, the two-day healthy food festival will open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. and will feature several booths offering vegetarian cuisine, nutritious juices, food supplements, fresh produce, fruit preserves, a variety of herbs, and a wide range of local and sustainable cooking ingredients. There will also be plants for sale, as well as organic toiletries and cookbooks, all intended to raise funds for the foundation so that it can sustain its charitable works and continue to assist both the government and private individuals who are in dire need of financial assistance.
Some of the booths that will be participating in the food and health festival are Vom Fass Vinegars and Oils, Cocoro Coco Sugar, Vegetarian Kitchen, Daily Veggie, Ju.D Fruitcakes, Cold Layers, Fiorello Gelato, Big Scoop, The Juicery, and DeLonghi Coffee Machines.
The Artists’ Heart painters mentored by Roland Santos and Lupicinio ‘Peter’ Ng have donated a number of their paintings and artworks, which will be up for sale during the food festival to augment the fund-raising effort. These include paintings by cake artist extraordinaire Penk Ching, Margie Yu, Imelda Tan, Grace Olores and Peter Ng himself.
Proceeds from Fiesta Verde will go to Tsu Chi Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in Taiwan in 1966 with the objective of assisting in the field of charity, medicine, education, environmental protection, and promotion of humanistic values and community volunteerism. Present in 54 countries, Tzu Chi Foundation established its Philippine chapter in 1994 and has been extending fast and invaluable assistance to the government especially during times of disaster. The Foundation’s contributions to Leyte’s rehabilitation after Typhoon Yolanda wreaked havoc on the province has, to date, amounted to over Php2 Billion.
Fiesta Verde is one of the fund-raising projects which is expected to raise more funds for the Foundation to make it continue to be responsibe to calls for assistance. To know more about Tzu Chi Foundation’s projects, visit www.tzuchi.org.ph.
