Businessman and TV host Sam Verzosa raised more than P200 million from the auction of 10 of his luxury cars for charity, among them a Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, BMW, Audi, Masertati and Bentley.
He told DAILY TRIBUNE that revenues from the auction will go to the less fortunate and should go a long way into addressing health issues.
“Most of the time kapag nag-iikot tayo or may lalapit sa atin, madalas na request nila pang-dialysis, pambili ng gamot, pandagdag sa bayarin sa ospital. Kaya ito ang naisip ko na gawin. Matagal ko nang plano ito (When I go on rounds most times, people would come up to me requesting for help with funds for dialysis, medicines or augment hospital bills. That’s why I thought of this),” Sam said.
The Driven to Heal Charity Event proceeds will fund the construction of a dialysis and diagnostics center in the City of Manila where Sam grew up.
He had also auctioned off other vehicles from his impressive collection in the past to fund a bone marrow transplant facility for cancer patients through the Philippine General Hospital.
The member of the House of Representatives under the Tutok to Win party-list hopes to be able to expand his reach to other parts of Manila so that more people may be helped.