Business students take adventure challenge

ORGANIZERS of the Kool Adventure Camp (KAC) and the 7th Aboitiz Future Leaders Business Summit (AFLBS) integrated the games for the two programs through the Aboitiz Explore Adventure Challenge last Aug. 16.

The 88 student delegates from 36 colleges and universities around the country visited various areas in Cebu City to have a deeper understanding on the history of the Aboitizes and their business practices, and some historical landmarks in the city.

The participants were divided into ten teams and were provided with a map to guide them to checkpoints for their challenge tasks.

Their first challenge was to market condominium units in The Persimmon Plus by creating taglines and other advertising elements. This was followed by a tour inside the Don Ramon Aboitiz House where participants retraced the roots of the Aboitiz businesses.

Participants then went to the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño to learn the traditional Sinulog dance. Each member lit a candle and offered intentions for nation-building.

They also paid bills at the Visayan Electric Company’s service center to test and observe the company’s customer service.

The activity culminated with a fellowship dinner at the Casa Gorordo Museum.

This Aboitiz Explore Adventure Challenge of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. served as the pre-summit activity of AFLBS, which was held last Aug. 17 and 18 at the Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu, with the theme “Significantly Changing My Philippines”.

First held in 2006, AFLBS is an annual gathering of top business student leaders. The summit poses a challenge to the Filipino youth to step out of their collegiate mindset, to look into the future, and to aspire to be one of the country’s future leaders in their respective field. The summit featured plenary discussions, games, teambuilding exercises and real work and business simulations.