CMS IT Entrepreneur, Angelo Millena, Raises $12,000 for Manila Orphanage

CMS IT’s Director celebrated his 40th birthday by giving back. On the 23rd of December, Angelo Millena’s wife Doreen Millena and parents assisted in organizing the fundraising event with over 120 guests, the chosen charity was the Hospicio de San Jose.

Hosted at Lilyfield’s Le Montage reception centre, on the foreshore of Iron Cove Bay, guests were asked not to bring presents for the celebrant but instead to make a donation to the charity in lieu of a gift, and be ready to bid for a swag of ‘prizes’ donated by clients and friends of CMS-IT.

The Hospicio de San Jose, an institution caring for the elderly, infirm, and orphaned children, held a special place in the hearts of both Angelo Millena and Doreen. Having visited the orphanage at the Hospicio in 2010, both had been overwhelmed with the delight in the faces of the children who they met and had agreed they would one day return with funds to help the Hospicio continue its valuable work. On January 30, a month after the fundraiser, Angelo Millena fulfilled the promise he had made to the Hospicio two years ago as he and Angelo’s father Moises arrived to personally present the donation to the Daughters of Charity, the religious order which administers the institution. According to the Daughters of Charity, the funds could not have come at a better time and will go towards some key projects including repairing the damage caused by typhoon ‘Pedring’, which recently struck Metro Manila, as well as the construction of The Sanctuary, a new building that will serve as a refuge for abused and disadvantaged women, some of whom may have young children in their care.