Despite heavy rains caused by tropical storm "Sendong," the celebration of this year's OFW Family Day in Eastern Visayas last December 17 was successful, the regional Overseas Welfare Workers Administration informed the Philippine Information Agency 8.
OWWA-8 information office Florence D. Panao said that some 739 overseas Filipino workers and beneficiaries participated in the annual celebration with some who traveled from as far as Northern Samar and Southern Leyte just to show and experience the joy and value of togetherness despite the distance and bad weather condition.
Though it was expected that at least 1,500 OFWs and their beneficiaries will attend the event, still OWWA-8 through director Ma. Evangelina V. Filamor was confident to say that the activity was successful.
One of the highlights of the whole day activity include the awarding of a former OFW from Isabel, Leyte in the name of Victor Villegas who was represented by his son and wife, as a gesture of salutation to the achievements and heroic contributions to the country's economy. The award received include a cash donation of P5,000 and a check amounting to P5,000 plus a Noche Buena package, Panao said.
Other activities which highlighted the event, she said, include games and raffle of prizes like netbook computer, refrigerator, washing machine, rice cookers, oven toasters, cellular phones, USB flash drives, cellcards, t-shirts, and bags of Noche Buena packages.
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