Lettera di John E. Pepper
My Dear Friends,
I am thrilled to learn that you are establishing the P&G Alumni Italia Foundation. This represents the oming together of three purpose-driven entities that have inspired me and my late wife, Francie, for decades: P&G Italia, the company whose employees and spirit I joined almost precisely 50 years ago; P&G Italian Alumni, countless of whom I’ve known since Francie’s and my coming to Italy in 1974, with three children ages 5, 4 and 10 months; nd the P&G Alumni Foundation, which I supported from its first day and continue to support today.
To have all these purpose-driven groups of people coming together in a cause of improving life for people—an extension of P&G’s purpose—is an inspiration.
My thanks go to Italian General Manager Paolo Grue and Italian Alumni President for leading this effort.
My family’s admiration and experience with P&G’s Italian men and women over the course of the last 50 years has changed our lives, Francie’s and my life and each of our children’s lives, two of whom spent a portion of their college years in Italy and one of whom was married in Positano.
God bless you all for undertaking this effort that will help other people. That is, I believe, our purpose in life, starting with our families. Speaking of families, I wish yours the best of health and great happiness in the years to come.
Big hug,
John