The Philippine South East Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) will hold the Subic-Clark Cluster launch today at the ASEAN Convention Center in the Clark Freeport Area, Pampanga with Deputy Director for Volunteers Program Chris Tiu overwhelmed by volunteers’ enthusiasm and nationalism.
Hundreds of them from partner institutions in Central Luzon will gather during the event before their training kicks off.
“Based on our experience in the recruitment stage, we felt that the spirit of volunteerism and nationalism was really very strong. We hope to sustain them during and until the end of the games on December,” said Tiu, who played for Rain or Shine in the PBA.
Tiu said that that some volunteers applied through online – some of them foreigners.
Since the Volunteers Program was launched last April, 36 partner institutions, mostly universities and colleges in Metro Manila, Northern and Central Luzon, have partnered with PHISGOC and committed more than 6,000 volunteers from their respective schools to join this momentous sports event.
More than 20,000 the volunteer-applicants have expressed their readiness and excitement to be part of the 3Oth South East Asian Games.
In a span of one month, it has generated overwhelming and positive response from people all over the world.
With the conduct of 56 sports with 530 events for this year’s SEA games, the PHISGOC needs 9,000 volunteers to assist and support the different functional areas working to spearhead the success of this highly anticipated sporting event.
PHISGOC Chief Operating Officer Ramon Suzara said that for the Metro Manila events, they need 3,150 volunteers. Clark and Subic needs 2,250 and 1,980 support workforce respectively while the other clusters will require 1,620 volunteers.
