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Club upholds tradition at glittering 43rd Induction & Ball Club conducts Crisis Preparedness Seminar at adopted school 1st batch of public school principals finish RCM-Ateneo PEP training program Club launches Anti-TB offensive in seven project sites Club conducts Crisis Preparedness Seminar atadopted school Club 'makes the day' for some 1,600 children through Last Angel Gift Giving Project Club links up, renew Sister Club ties with RC Bukit Bintang Club partners with Chaine des Rotisseurs for Supplemental Feeding in San Pablo City New RCM/MRCFI Building inaugurated IMF head visits, donates $5,000 to Gawad Kalinga Rotary Village in Villa Paraiso RC Makati sweeps major awards, adjudged Most Outstanding Club-Overall at District Awards Night RCM-Ateneo Teacher Training Program graduates trainees from 10 MMA city divisions, 6 schools 2000+ kids receive Christmas presents under the Club's Club, MRCFI send help to Typhoon Reming victims through Red Cross, initiate help drive among members Gawad Kalinga, 7 other RC Makati projects win recognition at District 3830 Yearend Awards rite
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RCM, MRCFI donate P500,000 to Philippine International Center for TB
The Club and its funding partner, the Makati Rotary Club Foundation, Inc. (MRCFI) honored their joint commitment for support to the Tropical Disease Foundation (TDF) by donating P500,000 to the Philippine International Center for Tuberculosis (PICT). The check for P500K was turned over by RCM Pres. Larry Boyer and MRCFI president and Club PP Jonny Carlos to TDF's Dr. Thelma Tupasi in a simple ceremony at the PICT building (fronting Makati Medical Center) last Tuesday, 29 July. In grateful acknowledgment of the donation, the Center installed a marker, which was unveiled last Tuesday by Pres. Larry and PP Jonny. Aside from the two presidents, the marker also made special mention of IPP Conrad Marty , MRCFI chairman, PP Ric Librea , MRCFI secretary, and PP Puno Peña , chairman of the Club's TB Eradication Committee. PP Puno, PP Jonny and Pres. Larry took turns to speak on club anti-TB initiatives, while Dr. Tupasi gave an overview of the work of the Tropical Disease Foundation. In return for the donation, the TB Center will accommodate patients referred to it by the Club and MRCFI. Also in attendance at the PICT event were PDG Tony Quila & Ann Angela, PE Felix Amparo, Anns Tere Boyer and Milette Carlos, Ambassador Bienvenido Tan , TDF chairman, and Dr. Michael Voniatis , regional director of the World Health Organization, among others. The TDF has put up the first Research & Treatment Center for Tuberculosis, which will specialize in the deadly strains of the disease—the multi-drug resistant (MDR) and the extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains. Though tuberculosis is curable with daily medication, rest , and good nutrition, the deadly strains, which are caused by the mutation of the TB bacterium when a patient fails to complete the prescribed medication cycle, are nasty and more difficult to control. Together with a number of health institutions and organizations, the Club is actively pursuing an anti-TB campaign aimed at eradicating the disease by 2015. Working hand in hand with the Kabisig ng Kalahi under Vicky Wieneke and Angela Quila , and funded by donations of P2,098,877.32 in 2005 and a matching grant of P2,799,850 in 2007, the committee headed by PP Puno provides free screening services through mobile x-ray and free medication to TB patients. It has so far covered selected communities in Mandaluyong, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Cavite City , Pasay City and Nasugbu, Batangas. The memorandum of agreement with the Tropical Disease Foundation was signed at the RCM boardroom on 8 July.
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