A heartfelt THANK YOU!

Dear sponsors, attendees and supporters,

A heartfelt “Thank You!” to all who were part of making our first-ever charity golf-tournament a success.

The most important part of the event was and is this:
We will be able to donate around PHP 100,000 to each of our two charities. This is an achievement we can all be proud of.

To put that into perspective: Each charity can buy 5.5 kgs of rice EVERY DAY for a year, which will help feed a lot of kids.

We know that many of you also engaged with the charities directly and supported them by buying bracelets and t-shirts. We will sell these also at our upcoming luncheons, for those of you who missed the opportunity at the event.

Many of you have asked about pictures from the event. Here they are:
https://tinyurl.com/PNBCGolfTouney2025

When you share them on Social Media, please add the #PNBC hashtag so that we can spread the
good word. If you use LinkedIn for this, please use @Philippines-Norway Business Council.

To all our sponsors: You made the engine run.
To all our bettors on hole 12: You added fun and fuel to the fire.
To all who played and supported: You helped create new friendships.

Allow me to give special mention to a few key people:

Engr. Jean Vincent Abobo, for working tirelessly on this and helping with many of the practicalities.
Lars Garen, for coming up with the initial idea and supporting Jean Vincent in his work.
Vanessa Torres, for always being the big engine that gets things done.
Kimberly Oropesa, Jennifer Porras, Liza Vinoya and Princess Soriano for helping ensure that the event and tournament ran smoothly.

We can already say that we will do this again in 2026. We learned a lot from organizing this, and see no reason to waste that learning. And the charities can use every peso we provide them.

Thank you all again, and see you at our next event.

Best wishes,
Carl M.
President