Kudos to the leaders and members of Manila East Assembly who volunteered and made these projects successful.  Your works may be what our Fraternity needs to inspire others to follow.  For the needy and poor people you serve, your noble deeds may be their ONLY HOPE.

Annual Project at Liwasang Aurora, QC

Led by Gil Buddy Quililan UPLB78d, Manila East Assembly held its annual medical & dental mission at the Liwasang Aurora, Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City on March 30, 2008. Services such as free blood sugar determination, free eye checkup and glasses, free dental checkup and tooth extraction, ECG, legal advice, veterinary services, which include free rabies shots for pets, and blood donations for the Philippine Red Cross were offered.

photos courtesy of Nat Villanueva OLFU'05A and Dyun Manalansanan UE'80

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Pre-Annivesary MEDICAL MISSION in UBB Marikina City

Beta Sigma Manila East Assembly delivered another successful medical, dental, optical, and surgical mission to the poor and needy residents of Barangka, Marikina City on August 25th, 2007.

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Barangka Marikina Medical Mission

On May 26, 2007, Beta Sigma Manila East Assembly in cooperation with Tambay Kay Epoy Association and Barangka Credit Cooperative offered free medical, dental, optical, and surgical services to the underprivileged residents of Barangka, Marikina.  Once again led by GP Toto Mallonga, our dedicated Betan Doctors Buddy Quililan and EC Valera as co-chairmen, Project Leader Rex Iwuanyanwu, medical team including Jojo Barluado, DMD, Jerry Busto, DMD, Xavier Naval, DMD, Ed Noveloso, MD, Jed Inciong, MD, Rene dela Cruz, MD and his wife (who is also a medical doctor), and volunteers gave their time and energy to serve this community. 

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Alay Lakad sa Antipolo Water Station

Manila East Assembly, under the leadership of GP Toto Mallonga, arranged the Annual Alay Lakad sa Antipolo Beta Sigma Fraternity Water Station along Ortigas Avenue Extension and served thousands of devotees who did the penitential walk to Antipolo Shrine on April 30, 2007 from 8pm until 3am. Brod Jimmy Tiongson arranged the venue and Klarity Water donated 200 gallons of water for this event.

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Manila East Supports Masbate Medical Mission

Manila East Assembly sent member doctors to Masbate to assist and support the 1st Tito de Santos Medical Mission sponsored by UP Southern California Chapter. The Manila East delegation was headed by GP Toto Mallonga, together with Buddy Quililan, MD, Jojo Barluado, DMD, and Ricardo Busto, DMD. An estimated total of 3,000 patients were attended to on March 10-11, 2007.

Manila East Fundraising proceeds funded the Manila East Travel expenses, which amounted to P21,000.

(Photos courtesy of Toto Mallonga and Dr. Angel de Castro, Jr.)

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 Points of View

Led by Project Chairman Brod EC Valera, the Manila East Medical Mission in UERMMMC last February 14, 2007 celebrated Valentine's day in a unique way by giving away 250 eyeglasses to the university staff, drivers, security guards, maintenance personnel, and other employees. The Manila East Assembly anticipates a follow up event sometime later in 2007 as there is still a high demand for eyeglasses in the area.

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