Peacock Jaycees to receive award from Marine Corps
The JCI Puerto
Princesa Peacock, Inc. (Peacock Jaycees) is receiving an award on
November 7, 2007 from the Philippine Marine Corps in Manila for “Tulong
Kalusugan: A Medical, Dental and Healthcare Mission for the Tagbanua
Indigenous People of Napsan” — a project implemented in partnership
with the Marine Battalion Landing Team 10 in Puerto Princesa in July.
The
awarding will be personally attended by President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo in a still tentative venue, according to JCI Mem.
Emilyn R. Bayna, president of the Peacock Jaycees.
Pres. Emilyn said it was Lt. Col. Ramon Mabalot, commanding officer of MBLT 10, who informed her about the award.
“We
are thankful that our Marine friends thought of us and is giving us
this award. This only proves that civic organizations can make
successful partnerships with the Marines. Providing support to improve
the health of the Tagbanuas and other indigent residents in Napsan was
a goal we never thought possible with their support,” she said.
Pres. Emilyn will fly to Manila
a day before the awarding to receive the award. She will be joined by
incoming president, JCI Mem. Gemma B. Medina and JCI Mem. Siony
Pilapil, Peacock Jaycees, VP for Internal.
On
July 28, the Peacock Jaycees and MBLT 10 went to Napsan to provide free
medical, dental and healthcare services to 1,244 Tagbanuas and indigent
residents of Sitio Labtay. The services provided free were milk
feeding, medical checkup, tooth extraction, eye glasses, lectures on
several health topics, circumcision, sugar testing, blood pressure
check and others.
Free
medicine were also given, courtesy of several sponsors of the Peacock
Jaycees, such as ABS-CBN Bantay Bata, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes
Office, Western Command Headquarters through Commodore Ruperto Rico C.
Borromeo, 6th Civil Relations Group, 570th Composite Tactical Wing
through Gen. Lino Horacio Lapinid, City Health Office, Mayor Edward S.
Hagedorn and others.
