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HomePRESS RELEASEIn Full. VMC intensifies community service

In Full. VMC intensifies community service

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Victorias Milling Company has been stepping up on its community service programs in several barangays in the cities of Victorias, Cadiz and Manapla town.

Hundreds avail of VMC's medical-surgical-dental mission with haircut and feeding in partnership with the Philippine Army and the Regional Mobile Group recently.
Hundreds avail of VMC’s medical-surgical-dental mission with haircut and feeding in partnership with the Philippine Army and the Regional Mobile Group recently.

Recently, VMC with the support of local officials, community volunteers, the 79th Infantry “Masaligan” Battalion or the Philippine Army based in Sagay City, and the 605th Maneuver Company, Regional Mobile Force in Victorias City with the local police extended assistance during the surgical-medical-dental missions in communities that fall under the constituency of the mill.

A police personnel provides free haircut to an elderly man.
A police personnel provides free haircut to an elderly man.

“We have been expanding our community programs to Victorias barangays surrounding VMC and in Manapla and at times also in Barangays Sicaba and Caduha-an in Cadiz City,” VMC Administrative Officer, Atty. Eva Rodriguez said.

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Dentists and other community volunteers help out in the dental mission.
Dentists and other community volunteers help out in the dental mission.

Apart from the medical-dental missions, with the help of our various law enforcement agencies, we also provide haircut and feeding programs, she added.

“We saw how well received and needed these services are and VMC decided to make these medical missions regular by conducting at least one each month in Brgy. Purisima in Manapla and every other month in Victorias’ communities with special schedules of barangays in Cadiz City,” Rodriguez said.

VMC employees with Atty. Eva Rodriguez and their partners
VMC employees with Atty. Eva Rodriguez and their partners

With school opening around the corner, VMC will also continue their reading enrichment tutorial every Friday for elementary students who need help in reading comprehension skills.

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VMC employees and their partners in mission.
VMC employees and their partners in mission.

This “Catch-up Fridays” reading intervention program is conducted by volunteer VMC employees and started in the last school year.

A VMC employee gives reading tutorial to schoolchildren as part of their "Catch-up Fridays" program to improve reading comprehension.
A VMC employee gives reading tutorial to schoolchildren as part of their “Catch-up Fridays” program to improve reading comprehension. 

Since 2021, VMC has helped thousands of residents and school children in their various localities in line with their wellness program and enhancing education, including scholarships for high school and college students as part of their thrusts.

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