Day: September 22, 2014

Singapore Airlines Charity Run To Raise Funds For Community Chest

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The Singapore Airlines Charity Run 2014 will be held on 2 November 2014 at the F1 Pit Building. It will have a distinctive aviation and travel theme and fun-filled activities for all ages. To encourage participation from the public, various categories will be incorporated into the Run, including a 10km Competitive Run, 5km Fun Run, 300m Kids Dash for children aged 4 to 12, as well as a Corporate Challenge with a team of five runners completing 10km each (refer to Annex for more details).

The Charity Run will feature exciting prizes for both race winners and all participants alike. Winners of the 10km Competitive Run and Corporate Challenge will receive attractive prizes in the form of air tickets. In addition, all participants will be entitled to take part in a lucky draw for a chance to win a pair of SIA Business Class return tickets to a destination of their choice. SIA KrisFlyer and PPS Club members will stand to win 50,000 KrisFlyer miles.

Mr Foo Kean Shuh, Chairman of the Singapore Airlines Charity Run 2014 Committee, said: “The Singapore Airlines Group is pleased to be doing our part to give back to the community in the lead-up to the nation’s 50th birthday celebrations. Running for a good cause has never been so much fun or as rewarding with the fabulous air tickets to be given out to race anlucky draw winners.”

Participants as well as members of the public can also enjoy activities on the sidelines of the Charity Run, including performances by SIA employees.

The Charity Run is open for registration starting today via www.siacharityrun.com.sg. Through the website, registrants also have the option of making additional donations to Community Chest, which supports 226 social service programmes that help over 300,000 beneficiaries. These include children with special needs and youths-at-risk, people with disabilities, frail and lonely elderly, and families facing difficulties.

The Charity Run is being held in the lead-up to Singapore’s 50th birthday in 2015, in tandem with the Care & Share Movement under which net proceeds will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Singapore Government. Part of the SG50 calendar of events, this movement led by Community Chest aims to bring the nation together to show care and concern for those in need.

Bills payment to Manila Water made easy with Cebuana Lhuillier

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Manila Water East Zone Business Operations Group Director Ferdinand Dela Cruz (second from right) sealed the partnership with a handshake with Cebuana Lhuillier President and CEO Jean Henri Lhuillier as the water concessionaire’s latest payment facility partner. They are joined by Manila Water Information Technology Group Director Rodell Garcia (left) and Cebuana Lhuillier Vice-President Philippe Andre Lhuiller at the recently-held ceremonial signing in Makati City.

Customers residing in the East Zone of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System can now pay their water bills to Cebuana Lhuillier as the latter became the latest payment facility partner of Manila Water Company.

Manila Water East Zone Business Operations Group Director Ferdinand Dela Cruz said the company has always been looking for ways to make its services more accessible to its 6.3 million customers. Our partnership with Cebuana Lhuillier as our new payment facility partner will further make bills payment more convenient to our customers because of the number of Cebuana Lhuillier branches nationwide.

With the agreement, Dela Cruz said their customers can now pay their outstanding and current bills at all Cebuana Lhuillier branches.

Consul General of Republic of San Marino to the Philippines and Cebuana Lhuillier President and CEO Jean Henri Lhuillier also welcomed the partnership. Witnessing the signing of the partnership agreement are Cebuana Lhuillier Vice-President Philippe Andre Lhuillier and Rodell A. Garcia, Manila Water’s Information Technology Group Director.

Your baby’s precious CORD blood can save his precious life

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As mothers, you will do anything for your child. Even way before they are brought into this world, your instincts kick in and you tirelessly worry about your baby. You want to learn everything there is to learn and more importantly, you want to protect them from anything and everything that can harm them be it the common cold or a fever; and if you had your way, you would gladly get sick for your child. And your anxiety is not without reason, since there are many childhood diseases that can be harmful or even fatal to children.

Leukemia is perhaps the most common type of cancer compromising 47.8% of all childhood cancers1. Hodgkin’s Disease1 or non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is the third childhood cancer comprising 9% of childhood cancer. Aside from these types of cancers, certain brain disorders are also common in children. These include cerebral palsy and neuroblastoma. Cerebral palsy severely impairs the development of the motor functions and afflicts 1-2 percent of the Philippine population2. Neuroblastoma, on the other hand, causes the sufferer to lose the ability to empty the bladder, experience paralysis of the hips, feet, legs and uncontrolled movement.

Research into the use of cord blood and cord lining stem cells have been ongoing since the 1980s and has shown promise of saving lives and treating life-threatening diseases. More than 30,000 cord blood stem cell transplants3 have already been performed since 1988.

“The strides made in cord blood transplantation has made this manner of treating diseases more widely accepted by people,” said Dr. Arvin Faundo, Cordlife Philippines Medical Director. “Currently, umbilical cord blood transplant is considered as one of the standard forms of treatments for leukemia, among others. Also, many clinical trials4, 5 worldwide are ongoing for which the results are encouraging. In fact, Duke Medicine is studying the use of umbilical cord blood stem cells6 to treat autism and related brain disorders. While the trials are still in the initial phases, we are hopeful that these will yield positive results.”

Last June, Duke Medicine received USD 15 million funding by Atlanta-based Marcus Foundation. Apart from treating patients based in the United States, Duke Medicine has also opened its door for possible participants from outside of the country provided they meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria7 to be considered, patients must be aged between 24 months and 72 months old. The patient would also need to travel at least three times to Duke Medicine in the United States – at the infusion, the six- and 12-month follow up stages. A stipend worth U$1,000 will likewise be provided to the trial participant per trip to help defray travel expenses.

When popular reporter, Niña Corpuz, decided to bank with Cordlife, she knew it was an investment in her baby’s and her family’s future. Like any mom, Niña wants to give her baby the best that life has to offer and her baby’s long-term health and well-being was the primary reason for her to consider banking her baby’s cord blood and cord lining.

“Having my child was the most fulfilling moment of my life. I never thought I’d be capable of so much love and sacrifice until I gave birth to my wonderful kids.” said Corpuz. “Every day is just a joy and as early as now, I think of the many things my child and I will do, experience, and share. I invested in my baby’s cord blood and cord lining because I want to be sure that my baby is given the best investment I could ever give.”

Today, Cordlife has served over 3,000 families in the Philippines alone and is trusted by 100,000 parents8 worldwide.

“We are definitely seeing a growing acceptance and openness of the Filipino market to the idea of umbilical cord lining and cord blood banking because I believe that the parents are now more proactive in finding better means to complete their family’s health protection plan.” said Michael Arnonobal, Cordlife Philippines Managing Director. “More importantly, today’s mothers see investing in their children and families as paramount to ensuring their legacy and their well-being.”

For more information, download Cordlife’s free infopack @ www.cordlife.ph or call (02) 3321888 to know how you can invest in your children’s future.