Lopez Group Palaro 2011THE excitement can be felt in the air as the Lopez Group companies prepare for the Lopez Group Palaro 2011, which is set to be played on June 25, from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University of Makati Oval.

The Lopez Group Palaro is a major activity that promotes camaraderie and teamwork among the Lopez Group companies and employees; the last Lopez Group Palaro was held in June 2007 at the Marikina Sports Complex.

Celebrating with the theme “Values at Play,” this year’s Palaro features the Lopez values as a centerpiece of the activity, with each team named after a Lopez value.

The Bayan group is the A Pioneering Entrepreneurial Spirit Team; the First Gen group is the Business Excellence Team; and the First Philec group is the Unity Team. Companies under the Property Development group are the Nationalism Team; the ABS-CBN group forms the Social Justice Team; Lopez Inc., Lopez Holdings Corporation and First Philippine Holdings Corporation and some of their newer subsidiary companies comprise the Integrity Team; and the SKY group is the Employee Welfare and Wellness Team. Another innovation is the teaming up of employee-teams according their professions to play in a series of side games.

Under these six functional groupings, a team composed of HR and Admin employees, for instance, competes against a team composed of Sales, Marketing and Customer Care employees.

The four other functional teams are composed of employees under the offices of the chairman and president, Corp Plan, Legal and Corp Comm; Finance, Treasury, Audit and Comptrollership; Business Development, IT and Purchasing; and Operations.

Another highlight is the cheering competition, where each inter-color team brings a cheer squad composed of 15 to 25 members to promote the Lopez value their team is representing. Palaro 2011 will be held at the University of Makati Oval on J.P. Rizal Extension West Rembo, Makati on June 25.