Marcel Riñon, Operation Sagip deputy director, receiving the donations from IWCCO officers and members led by Entote, and Divina Velasquez, executive secretary of Harjent Industrial Sales Philippines.When a magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck the city of Surigao in February this year, Operation Sagip (formerly Sagip Kapamilya) immediately conducted relief operations in partnership with the 30th Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Surigao Provincial Police Office, the local government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Thirteen barangays were served, reaching 6,000 families or 30,000 individuals. Recently, the Inner Wheel Club of Central Ortigas (IWCCO) donated rice, water, canned goods and biscuits to Operation Sagip to be given to the quake victims. IWCCO president Caroline Entote shared: “…In one of our general meetings, I asked the members if we could donate… I know na konti lang naman ‘yan, but it comes from our heart.”