Promoting
Youth Activeness through the Get Active Campus Challenge
College is all about fun. It’s about learning,
and making sure you understand how each puzzle fits--how we, each as an
individual piece with our own unique shapes, fits into a world of grand
encounters and marvelous opportunities.
College is about finding your own calling.
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| Georgina Wilson - Garnier beauty advocate |
“We’ve all been there. Each of us knew how
challenging and exhilarating it all was. When college comes to mind, we are
reminded of our eager smiles, the squint in our eyes, ecstatic as we brace
ourselves for whatever challenge lies ahead,” shares Garnier beauty advocate,
Georgina Wilson.
At a young age, we’ve learned to explore and
develop our talents, and use it for good reason. Despite the insecurities
brought about by the pressure of the academe, we knew how important it was to
not take ourselves for granted, as we tried to discover our passions.
In the spirit of
taking care of one’s self, Garnier prides itself in being the world’s most
trusted and most caring skin care brand that’s grounded on developing skin care
solutions to make you look and feel
your best. Because the moment you feel good about yourself, you feel more
inspired to take an active initiative in pursuing your goals.
In light of tapping into that youthful enthusiasm,
Garnier has launched the Get Active Campus Challenge. The Garnier Get Active Campus Challenge
promotes youth activeness in order to have young voices heard and their fresh
new ideas put into action.
Nine
Schools Vying for the Best Campaign
The Garnier
Get Active Campus Challenge had youth groups from nine different schools
all over the country involved in crafting their own campaigns, focusing on a
wide range of causes, from health and wellness, to community development, the
environment, women empowerment, and more. The following is a list of the
advocacies they spearheaded and got active in.
The
“G” Project
St.
Paul University Quezon City - Biology Society
July
27, 2012, Mere Marie Michaeu Hall
In this project, the
students from St. Paul University QC’s Biology Society got to unleash their
pure activeness by planning,
organizing, and directing a variety show, and implementing sports and wellness
activities. With a friendly sports
competition, a Get captured photo
contest, and an afternoon variety show, students from this university showed an
explosion of youthful talent, creativity and energy. One of the highlights of
the program was the G-Cycled Fashion Show, where fashionable dresses for women
and upscale suits for men made from recyclable materials were showcased.
Eco-static Saturday: Stay Fit,
Stay Fun, Be Fabulous
Assumption College, San Lorenzo -
Asaec
July 28, 2012, Assumpta Hall
The youth from Assumption College had fun
launching a “carnival-type” event filled with aero-dance sessions,
carnival-type games and an eco-fashion show entitled “Environmental Masquerade
Ball,” featuring garments made of recyclable materials. The participants here
enjoyed dynamic zumba, kickboxing, hip hop and street dance sessions, giving
the students a fun and healthy way to sustain a fit body.
UST Tiger Games
University of Santo Tomas - Central Student Council
July 29, 2012, Manila Area
With reviving the spirit of nationalism in the
youth in mind, the UST Central Student
Council organized a scavenger hunt race around the Manila area, comprising of
the UST Grounds, Intramuros, Manila Post Office and Rizal Park. With cultural
immersion as their main thrust, the organizers held activities involving
Filipino history and tradition, from singing the Philippine National Anthem to
reading Alibata. An awarding of the top three winners of the Tiger Games capped
off the event.
It’s Our Time to Shine
Polytechnic University of the Philippines - CTHTM Tours and Travel Agency
August 01, 2012, Bulwagang Balagtas and Bonifacio Hall
PUP, on the other hand, got active in promoting
women empowerment through a campaign that had students attending relevant talks
and activities headed by highly-esteemed individuals. In this campaign, the
CTHTM Tours and Travel Agency organized five camps with relevant talks and
activities. Other highlights
included makeover workshops, a group aerobics session, and a fashion show where
PUP ladies ramp in their high fashion frocks made of recyclable materials, to
name a few.
Small Spaces, Big Returns
University of Mindanao - Paglaum
August 11, 2012, UM Matina Gym
Taking on environmental care and community
development, is University of
Mindanao’s Paglaum. Their Small Spaces,
Big Returns campaign served as a pro-active project to promote the
wonders of urban container gardening. Here, the students set out to the garden
and in their own groups began their sustainable gardening project. Organizers
educated NSTP students on the importance of using the small spaces they had and
how it can help the less privileged.
Gear
Up! Garnier’s Eco Amazing Race: A Plastic-free Dumaguete
Silliman
University - Student Government
August
18, 2012, Dumaguete City
To raise
awareness about a the plastic free ordinance the city is implementing and encourage a healthy lifestyle, the Silliman University Student Government,
together with hundreds of students participated in as Eco Amazing Race. The
race was spread out in several locations across the city where each station had
a challenging task that had to be accomplished to move forward. Part of the fun
challenges were a walk inside the cemetery while being blindfolded, catching at least two
hens as fast as they could, and rappelling while protecting an egg, to name a
few.
Greening the
Maroon and Gold
Cebu Institute of Technology - Supreme
Student Government
August 23, 2012, CIT Campus Quadrangle and
Gymnasium
To promote the transformation of CIT University
into a green campus, the CIT Supreme Student Government organized an afternoon
filled with activities that promote a greener lifestyle. In this campaign,
students head out to participate in a mural painting activity, an activity where
participants created environmental signage to promote awareness, and activity
where students designed recycle bins to symbolize the Earth and promote waste
segregation, an activity where participants taught their younger schoolmates
how to transform used papers into eco-notebooks. To culminate the day’s festivities, an evening program
was held, where the Green Scene fashion show commenced. As a closing number,
the students lit up sky with
lanterns as a sign of their commitment to a Greener University.
Juan Youth
University of the Philippines Diliman - AIESEC UPD
September 08, 2012, CS Ampitheater
Lastly, AIESEC UPD organized a day of fun for underprivileged youth in nearby
barangays through a small fair held in their CS Ampitheater. Here, volunteer
Ate’s and Kuya’s were paired up with kids as they roamed around the fair and
enjoyed a day of fun together. In this event, children had a chance to learn
about different cultures around the world through the “Global Village” as well
as enjoy small prizes for playing.
With all nine campuses having done a significant
part in actively promoting a cause, Garnier hopes to have fostered the true
sense of putting that youthful dynamic to good use through the Get Active Campus Challenge.
“What we seek in this
endeavor is to ignite the youth’s passion, and have them realize the lengths at
which a person can achieve greatness by setting a good example of someone who
takes good care of himself, of others, and of the communities around him,”
shares Major Masa, Junior Product Manager for Garnier.
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