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What is Hands on Manila Servathon?” Hands on Manila Servathon (HOM Servathon) is a day of community service that mobilizes hundreds of volunteers, both first time as well as veterans, to work together in providing assistance to marginalized sectors. During the HOM Servathon day, corporations, through its team of volunteers, do various service projects simultaneously in different organizations and areas in Metro Manila. The day culminates through a recognition program that gathers all these volunteers to celebrate corporate volunteerism and its impact to the society. A Servathon is similar to a walk-a-thon except with an important difference. At a Servathon, everyone wins! The Hands On Manila Servathon is a way of celebrating a full-day of service with hundreds of volunteers who have contributed to the development of the community and provided assistance to marginalized sectors in Metro Manila. The Hands On Manila Servathon is a day that combines service, and relevant activities that are fun. It is also a fund raising event which substantially helps contribute to the running of its year-round programs. How does it Work? HOM Servathon encourages corporations and their career focused employees to step out of the office space, build camaraderie, and work as a team by volunteering together and helping others in a meaningful manner. It helps a company contribute to work-life balance of the employee- volunteer through community service. Through this program, HOM offers companies its expertise in connecting motivated employees to worthwhile community projects. Through a contribution of a fixed amount of PHP 75,000, HOM will accommodate for up to 30 volunteers from a corporation. In return, HOM lends its expertise and support in the following ways:
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