From left to right: Head, Research & Patient
Navigation Program & Services of Philippine Cancer Society Mr. Romeo
Marcaida, Consultant, Resource Generation of Philippine Cancer Society Ms. Zeny
Avila, Manager, Product Management of Brother International Philippines
Corporation Mr. Shinichi Tanaka, President of Brother International Philippines
Corporation Mr. Glenn Hocson, From Brother Industries (Philippines), Inc. Mr.
Hiroki Yamamoto, Pain Specialist & Chair, Palliative Care Unit, National Kidney
& Transplant Institute Dr. Luzviminda Kwong, and from Brother Industries
(Philippines), Inc. Mr. Hiroyuki Kobayashi.
Brother International Philippines Corporation (BICP),
together with sister company Brother Industries (Philippines), Inc., (BIPH) once
more joined this year the Philippine Cancer Society (PCS)’s cancer awareness
and fund-raising event dubbed “Relay for Life.” Themed “Heart Beats Cancer,”
the 24-hour cancer awareness vigil recently held at the Quezon City Memorial
Circle was for the benefit of cancer patients and their families.
On its eight-consecutive year of participating at the
event, BICP president Glenn P. Hocson led the contingent of volunteers from
Brother Phils. and Brother Industries, consisting of their employees and
business associates. They took turn in going around the oval track and joined
the vigil alongside cancer patients, survivors, and support groups.
“We at Brother and our partners look forward to this
event, which allows us to contribute funds, as well as give moral support to
cancer patients and their families, cheer on cancer survivors who already won
the fight, and remember those who died of cancer. We wish to echo that,
although cancer never sleeps, we – alongside their families and support groups
– don’t, too. We want to make them feel that they are not alone in their fight
against cancer,” Hocson said.
Brother Group is into supporting cancer awareness
initiatives, particularly the Relay for Life, as part of the Group’s ‘Golden
Ring Project’, where different offices of Brother worldwide participate in the
event and other cancer awareness programs in their respective countries. The
Brother Group’s efforts wish to reinforce the community and personal spirit to
conquer the killer disease.
Hocson said that it is also the company’s way of
providing its employees, as well as its partners, opportunities to give back to
those in need of compassion and support, while making them aware of the health
risks that may lead to cancer.
“This is where our employees learn the importance of
cancer prevention, so that they will always choose to adopt a healthy
lifestyle,” he said.
Brother employees along with the President of Brother
International Philippines Corporation Mr. Glenn Hocson and Manager, Product
Management of Brother International Philippines Corporation Mr. Shinichi
Tanaka.
For eight consecutive years, Brother Group has been
joining the Philippine Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life” where it gives
financial and moral support to cancer patients and their families.
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