Felix Y. Manalou Foundation: Clothing donation supports Canadian Diabetes Association Canada bureau’s Monica de Jesus reports
Posted by Eagle News International on Tuesday, March 1, 2016
CANADA — In support of their fight against diabetes thru patients’ education, research advocacy, and finding cure to diabetes, today, right here at the office of the ecclesiastical district of eastern Canada, in Toronto, Ontario, Felix Y. Manalo Foundation continues to exceed expectations as they donate more than 200 boxes of gently-used clothing to Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA).
Back in April 2013, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, the executive minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, urged all brethren to share the message of salvation to all humanity and participate in the many social welfare endeavors of the church.
The campaign of donating clothes to support Canadian diabetes association prompted an overwhelming response from the 26 locales and group worship services across eastern Canada. Since then, boxes and boxes of gently-used clothes, shoes, and bags came pouring in.
Hundreds of Iglesia Ni Cristo volunteers came to assist clothesline in moving the boxes containing women’s clothing, men’s wear and thousands of children’s clothing to the trucks, and to join the celebration of giving.
Canadian Diabetes Association has close partnership with clothesline, an innovative program that collects gently used clothing, and small household items from generous donors. All proceeds raised by clothesline directly support the Canadian diabetes association’s innovative diabetes research.
To celebrate the joy of giving, the opportunities of helping, and the brotherhood inside the Church of Christ, officers of the Christian Family Organization and head deacons of the neighboring locales are walking the runway to present the type of clothes and the variety of their donations.
With this deed of generosity, and the shared opportunities that these activities deliver, the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation hopes to help the Canadian Diabetes Association open more doors for innovation, research, and discoveries to treat diabetes.
(Eagle News Service Monica De Jesus)
