AFTER reaching what it called as “record-breaking ticket sales” at this year’s edition of the Toyota Classics charity concert series, held on Nov. 7, Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) announced it donated P1 million and a unit of a 29-seat Toyota Coaster to the Philippine Paralympic Committee.
TMP said the cash is intended for the purchase of multi-sport wheelchairs to serve the mobility and training requirements of the athletes, as well as for Filipino Paralympic gold medalist Ernie Gawilan.
Mr. Gawilan is a Toyota “Start Your Impossible” hero. The car maker explained Start Your Impossible is its “first global corporate initiative,” of which forming a part is Toyota Motor Asia Pacific’s support for 12 athletes aspiring to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games. The athletes come from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Vietnam and Pakistan.
Toyota said its involvement with the Olympic and Paralympic movement is in line with its belief that the “freedom of being mobile is at the heart of being able to participate in society.”
Performing at thus year’s Toyota Classics was London’s Orchestra for the Age of Enlightenment. A special guest performer was Lea Salonga.
