The 9 companies participating in the Family Planning (FP) in the Workplace Program received something to boost their immunity: vaccines. The Department of Health gave free vaccines for Tetanus Toxoid (for adults) and Hepatitis B (for babies) to ABS-CBN Corp., ABS-CBN Foundation, Bayan Telecommunications, Inc., First Sumiden Circuits, Inc., First Balfour Inc., MERALCO, SkyCable Inc., Rockwell Land, Inc. and Tollways Management Corp.).

Lopez Group chairman Oscar M. Lopez, a known fitness enthusiast and wellness advocate, added another feather in his cap, conquering the summit of the country's highest mountain in early May 2008.

Lopez scaled MountApo on May 3 at the age of 78, a fitting follow-up on his conquest of Luzon's highest peak, MountPulag, in 2007.

The five companies under the Family Planning (FP) in the workplace program of Lopez Group Foundation Inc (LGFI) signed an agreement last February 4, 2008 that will enable employees to avail of No Scalpel Vasectomy services in the Meralco Corporate Wellness Center (CWC). The employees are expected to consult their FP counselors first from their clinics before going to CWC for the procedure.

If you see an employee wearing a fluorescent yellow button pin, with a big smiley face that says “Ask Me About Family Health,” it means he/she is a trained family health peer educator.

Eye and dental check-up, bone scan, hearing test, massage therapy, derma consultation, blood typing, blood chemistry, blood pressure monitoring, BMI (Body Mass Index) measurement, a lecture on prostate detection and cancer, and other health services from top medical companies—all for free. Over a thousand kapamilyas got such privilege—without leaving their offices—during the day-long "Health and Wellness Fair," held last May 23 at the 13th Floor in ELJ Building.

Gracing the ribbon-cutting ceremonies were Raffy M. Alunan (President, First Philippine Infrastructure Dev’t Corp., and Head, Wellness Program for the whole Lopez Group of Companies), Senator Alfredo Lim, celebrity and wellness expert Cory Quirino, and Cedie Vargas (VP for Logistics, ABS-CBN).

Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. (LGFI) and Private Sector Mobilization for Family Health (PRISM, a USAID project) signed an agreement for Phase 2 of the Family Workplace and Maternal Child Health program.

Under the agreement, PRISM will share their expertise on program education and counseling, data management, monitoring and evaluation systems, and referral systems to the four participating companies and organizations of the Lopez group. PRISM will link them to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Philippine College of Occupational Medicines (PCOM) and other like-minded groups to help institutionalize sustainability mechanisms.

Engr. Winston Espina of Meralco tells a room-full of executives how fulfilled his married life is. He is one of the employees who, after attending the seminars and counseling of the Family Planning (FP) in the workplace program, became one of the first acceptors of no-scalpel vasectomy.

On 17 February 2007, 76-year old Lopez Group chairman Oscar M. Lopez led sons Cary and Jay, daughters Rina and Angela and other trekkers from various companies of the Lopez Group up the slopes of Mt. Pulag.

A congress for pregnant women. This is DZMM’s answer to promote Safe Motherhood—a Buntis Congress-- now on its third year.

The Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Incorporated’s Lopez Museum recently held a one-day disaster preparedness seminar aimed at helping participants understand what to expect and what to initially do when disaster (man-made or otherwise) strikes. The seminar was conducted by Roberto Balarbar, Architect, Evelyn Esguerra of the National Museum of the Philippines and Dr. Ana Labrador of the UP Vargas Museum.