APO ALBER TA ALBERT HOSTS 2ND COUNCIL MEETING
August 2011 - 2nd Council Meeting Edition
by Sis Memen Cochingco
The Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Association of Alberta was founded on July 6, 2006 when thirteen bros from Edmonton and Calgary planned a camping trip with their families at Camp Dickson Ground in Innisfail, Alberta. During this camping trip, the plan to form an alumni association was set in motion. The association was officially incorporated by the Corporate Registry of Ministry of Service Canada in Edmonton, Alberta under the Societies Act on August 23, 2007 with Certificate of Incorporation No. 5013452007. Since, its incorporation, the alumni association has shared numerous services to the Filipino-Canadian community in Alberta, mainly in the cities of Edmonton and Calgary. To all attending delegates to the Council Meeting and tourists who want to explore the province of Alberta, a wellknown tourist attraction is the West Edmonton Mall with a size of a small city with several dining venues, retail stores, entertainment, hotel, water park, galaxy land, sea lion show and more. Going south to the city of Calgary, one will admire the area of foothills and prairies and Canadian Rockies. To date, the Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Association of Alberta has 106 members who came from different Philippine collegiate chapters. APOAAA became an ACNA member in March 2009 in Chicago, USA. Continued on page 5
8TH ACN A INTERN ATION AL HUMANIT ARIAN CNA INTERNA TIONAL HUMANITARIAN ARIAN,, MEDICAL, DENT AL, AND OPTICAL MISSION DENTAL, In the spirit of leadership, friendship and service, the Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Council of North America (ACNA) hold its 8th Int’l. Humanitarian, Medical, Dental, and Optical Mission Project on May 21, 2011 at Kabisig Elementary Schoool, Kabisig Floodway, Barangay San Andres, Cainta, Rizal, Phils. A total of 1,199 indigent individuals (adults and children) were the beneficiaries of this mission service. On the humanitarian part: The Alumni Council of North America distributed used clothing, shoes and toys donated by the APO alumni associations based in the United States and Canada. We were able to send 37 balik bayan boxes to the Phils. and they were received by bro. Ver Blasco of SAPOC. The contents (goodies) of the boxes were sorted out and packed by the committee members from SAPOC and Lambda. About 394 families received the donations during the distribution. Many thanks to bros. Joey Policarpio and Ver Blasco for leading the team in packaging and distributing the goodies. Gratitude is also extended to all ACNA members who participated in the distribution. On the Medical mission part: We distributed multi-vitamins and minerals to 247 children and infants age between 1 to 7 years old. In addition, minor surgical circumcision was done to 95 boys age between 10-12 years old. Thanks to bro. Dr. Mike Hernandez and sis Dr. Celine Basbas of APO MAS and sis. Rikki Liquigan of the National Office for their leadership and active participation to this medical mission work. On the Dental mission part: The group of APO DAP volunteers headed by bro. Dr. Arturo De Leon and sis. Dr. Yoya Tarriela rendered dental service like tooth extractions and dental examinations to the local residents of Barangay San Andres. A puppet show and seminar was conducted as part of educating parents and children in order to create awareness on the importance of dental hygiene and proper dental care. Thanks to the group of OLFU, College of Dentistry for a job well done in presenting the puppet show. A total of 214 adults and children received dental service and more than 200 toothbrush sets donated by Colgate were distributed to the recipients of the dental service. Thanks to the APO USA team for helping distribute the toothbrush sets during the mission project. On the Optical mission part: Eye examinations were conducted to check & determine if aid of reading glasses was necessary for an individual. Thanks to the group of sis. Dr. Bel Tumbokon and APO RN group for helping in the optical mission part. They were able to distribute at 249 reading eye-glasses during the mission service. Continued on page 3