The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) brought joy to some 35 cancer patients at CHILD (Center for Health Improvement and Life Development) Haus, Mapang-akit Street in Barangay Pinyahan, Diliman, Quezon City last Nov. 14 during the golden anniversary of the founding of CESB and as part of the CESB’s Race to 50: 50th CES Anniversary Community Passion (ComPassion) Project.

CESB Executive Director Maria Marcy Cosare-Ballesteros, CESO II, led the team of CESB staff to support the advocacy of CHILD Haus, a temporary shelter or home located on Mapang-akit Street in Quezon City and Agoncillo Street in Manila for Indigent patients from different provinces who have cancer or other dreaded diseases and have no place to stay in Metro Manila. At the same time, they are being treated in hospitals during the day.

ED Cosare-Ballesteros tirelessly led the giving of gifts to cancer patients despite the morning activity for the CESB’s 50th anniversary. After the afternoon program, the CESB provided some refreshments to the delight of the entire CHILD Haus household. The kids gave thank-you cards and performed lively songs as a gesture of gratefulness.  

Among the celebrities who joined the CESB ComPassion Project were Patricia Isabel Medina Fernandez (TV host, actress, model, and Binibining Pilipinas International 2008 winner) and Deniece Milinette Vargas Cornejo (1st Miss Manila F.A.M.E. of DTI’s CITEM) as co-emcees for the CHILD Haus outreach activity.

Other personalities who gave support to the CESB’s cause include actor and TV5’s SPINGO host John Arcilla, chairman/founder of Capable Foundation Inc. (with CFI president Antonio Dungo and documentation officer Raffy Longasa); Jacqueline Elizabeth Freeman, also known as actress Elizabeth Oropesa; civic leader Michael Bryan Tan Lim; Balloons Flair Décor owner Ginalyn Flores; comedian/vlogger Rogelio Ocampo of Pagcor, popularly known as Mr. Bean Pinoy;  violinist and cancer survivor Emil Olisco of GSIS; and singer Gesh Palasigue Padasas of CESB. Asia’s premiere vocal group, The Company, and diva Kuh Ledesma sent video messages of hope for cancer patients.