DOLEFIL’S Caravan of Hope left the Dolefil gym recently for the second wave of relief operations carrying with them the hope of all Dolefil employees for a better future for victims of Typhoon Sendong in Northern Mindanao.
During the first wave of relief operations, 45 volunteers consisting of members of the Dolefil Kaugnay, Dolefil Mountaineering Club, as well as the company’s partner cooperatives, left on-board three commuter vans on a ten-hour trip to Cagayan de Oro. Soon after, three ten-wheeler trucks from Jomaray Trucking followed, carrying relief goods consisting of Dole canned pineapple products, rice, other canned food items, noodles, plastic mats, blankets/quilts, water all valued at an estimated P4.5 million, sufficient for 3,120 family-beneficiaries.
The volunteers themselves distributed the relief goods to various evacuation centers in Cagayan de Oro City, bringing smiles to families left homeless by Tropical Storm Sendong. And only recently aid amounting to P1.2 million was extended to calamity stricken families in Valencia City, Bukidnon.
Lawyer Melquiades L. Hernandez III, Dolefil HR division director, said, “In this season of love and sharing, it was heartwarming to note the outpouring of support from the Dolefil employees, unions, cooperatives and other business partners who unselfishly shared their blessings for the benefit of the typhoon victims just in time for the Holidays.” Dolefil employees alone raised over P1 million to purchase basic necessities such as rice and water for family-beneficiaries.
