“Volunteerism is not a choice, it’s a responsibility,” this is what committee chair of the 2009 Hands On Manila Servathon Gianna Montinola emphasized when 32 companies gathered together for a day of volunteer service last October 10, 2009. Now more than ever, this holds true especially with the destruction that typhoon Ondoy brought to parts of Metro Manilanearby towns of San, particularly Pasig and Marikina and to Mateo and Cainta in Rizal.

Recognized three times for being the most child-friendly municipality in the region, Maitum in Mindanao’s Sarangani province easily became a hall of fame awardee for the said distinction last 2008. Maitum Mayor Elsie Lucille Perrett said that this would not have been possible if not for the people themselves who are dedicated to their work at improving the life of the community through the collective efforts of local government agencies like the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, the Municipal Health Office and the Department of Education District of Sarangani.