The Golden Reception and Action Center for the Elderly and other Special cases (GRACES) is the sole beneficiary of the NCR leg of the PhilHealth’s 2nd Simultaneous Fun Run held on February 15, 2015. According to PhilHealth, 80% of the total proceeds from the NCR leg will be turned over to GRACES.

Some 12,ooo runners and enthusiasts participated in this event nationwide, which was simultaneously held in 13 cities, such as Baguio, Tuguegarao, Dagupan, Subic in Olongapo, Lipa, Lucena, Naga, Iloilo, Cebu, Tacloban, Davao, and Koronadal. Moreover, the runners chose from 20K, 10K, 5K and 3K race categories.

 
Now on its 2nd year
Dubbed as “PhilHealth Ready, TSeKap, Go!” the Run carried the theme “Ensuring Universal Coverage for All Filipinos,” and is one of the major activities to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The fun run promotes active, healthy lifestyle and the importance of preventive care among its members. It also aims to increase public awareness on PhilHealth’s different health care benefits and how to access these.

 
Sole beneficiary for NCR
Each PhilHealth regional office identified the institutions that will benefit from the event. GRACES was chosen for NCR because it serves a vulnerable sector, the elderly.

Located at Bago Bantay, Quezon City, GRACES is one of the residential care facilities under the management of DSWD-NCR. It provides temporary shelter and basic home life services to the paraplegic, senior citizens who were either neglected, unattached and with Alzheimer’s disease. To date, the facility is serving 157 senior citizens. ###