UP Carillon 2022

Featured Sorority Alumni Association
Transcending GOLD
to the BLUE Yonder
By Grace Lenon
Alpha Phi Omega (APO) Sorority Eta Chapter
was founded in UP Diliman on Sept 21, 1972, the
day Martial Law was declared. This year marks our
Golden Anniversary amid a lot of uncertainties.
Yet, we hope to go beyond our achievements in
the past 50 years to a much better place we call
the Blue Yonder.
We will surge forward to the future with the APO
principles of Leadership, Friendship and Service.
We develop leaders with a strong sense of mission
to serve others without expecting anything in
return. We bond in friendship to help joyfully in
alleviating universal human suffering. Service is
at the heart of all that we do for ourselves, for
the community, nation and the world.
We have many service projects in UP and beyond.
We assist students during UPCAT; contribute to
UP Kaagapay sa Pag-aaral; conduct webinars on
Holistic Self-Care in partnership with UP System
Office of Alumni Relations and Office of the Vice-
President for Public Affairs; and donated supplies
to Silungang Molave, a temporary facility for UP
Covid-19 patients. We go beyond UP to help the
marginalized like the Dumagats in Ipo Dam, the
abandoned mentally-handicapped individuals in
Cottolengo, and indigent children with cancer. In
natural calamities, we partner with APO National
UP Oblation is the kick-off point of our service project for the
Dumagats in Ipo Dam, the watershed that supplies water to over
20 million in Metro Manila.
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It gives us joy to spend time with the residents of Cottolengo,
home for abandoned individuals afflicted with mental health issues
like autism and cerebral palsy
Cancer Warriors 2017: Every Christmas, we bring joy to indigent
cancer warriors -- from infants to teens.
to bring relief goods and medical assistance
through APO Telemedicine.
In terms of leaders, we have a fair share of movers
and shakers who have made our world, here and
abroad, a better place to live in.
Going forward, we will invest in high potential
students through APOSETA Scholarship Program.
Qualified students will be given grants through UP
Foundation. We will also give grants exclusively
to our sorority sisters because we believe charity
begins at home. All grantees are required to
participate in our service projects and share a key
learning that shaped their character. We hope
to compliment UP’s academic excellence with
soft skills necessary to succeed in life. Together,
we can unleash a new breed of leaders working
towards the common good -- making the Blue
Yonder a reality for future generations.