Wilcon Depot holds first grand draw, helps students in their future careers

WILCON’S Rose Ong and UST’s Dr. Lilia De Jesus at Wilcon-UST signing

Property development is blooming and construction materials are easily available in the market today. Wilcon Depot, the country’s leading one-stop shop, construction and interiors retail giant, has several branches servicing customers in all their building needs.

JOHNNY Litton, Tessa Prieto-Valdes, William Belo, Rosemarie Ong, Tina and Rupert Jacinto

Wilcon Depot and Home Essentials held the first grand draw of its “Dream Big and Win Big” promo last week at their Balintawak outlet. The highlight of the program was the drawing of the first of five brand-new Mercedes-Benz B180 cars for a lucky Wilcon customer.

Rosemarie Ong, senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of Wilcon, and master host Johnny Litton welcomed all the guests to the big draw. Broadcaster Mike Enriquez drew the winning raffle stub, witnessed by DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) representative Rosila Egmilan. Tomas Benitez of Quezon City was the lucky winner of the Mercedes-Benz B180 sedan. He had purchased his products from their Antipolo branch. A complete list of winners can be found at www.wilcon.com.ph.

MIKE Enriquez, Rosemarie Ong, Tessa Prieto-Valdes, CATS Motors Inc. AVP for marketing Tonette Lee and William Belo

Wilcon brand ambassadors Rafael Yam and I were also present as the raffle continued, with other prizes drawn by guests Beth Ebio of Mariwasa Siam Ceramics, Sam Chen of Hocheng Philippines, Charlie Liu of Matimco, Enrico Micu of ABC Philippines and Roy De Jesus of Firefly Electric and Lighting. “Dream Big and Win Big” runs until Dec. 30 at all Wilcon Depot and Home Essentials branches. Every single receipt worth P5,000 entitles the customer to a raffle coupon. Four more draws are scheduled on July 16, Sept. 8 and Nov. 10 this year, and on Jan. 9 next year.

Wilcon also supports interior design students by sponsoring furniture shows and giving seminars and depot tours. Interior Design students from University of Sto. Tomas recently had a whole day of fun and learning at the Wilcon Depot in Libis.

MYRA Evangelista, Rose Egmilan, Firefly Electric and Lighting Corp. national sales manager Roy de Jesus, Hocheng Philippines. Corp. president Sam Chen, Tessa Prieto-Valdes, Matimco Inc. president Charlie Liu, Rosemarie Ong, Mike Enriquez, William Belo, ABC Philippines national sales manager Enrico Micu and Mariwasa Siam Ceramics AVP for sales and marketing Beth Ebio

Facilitated by Wilcon’s Technical Training Department, more than a hundred students, along with their professors, attended the series of seminars given by Wilcon and its valued suppliers. Topics ranged from tiles, kitchen cabinets and houseware to wall and ceiling materials, lighting and paints. Among the participating suppliers were Kohler, James Hardie, Philips, ABC Philippines, Mariwasa Siam Ceramics and Davies Paints.

Wilcon also signed a memorandum of agreement with UST, pledging its seminars and tours as an annual event to further enhance the knowledge and skills of the country’s future design professionals. Dr. Lilia De Jesus, associate professor at UST College of Fine Arts, signed the contract with Rosemarie Ong.

Aside from providing quality product choices to Filipinos, Wilcon continually opens its doors to students to help them in their future careers. The company has supported numerous schools with seminars and depot tours, all part of its commitment to help produce competitive and skilled interior designers and architects.

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