Patricia Javier celebrates birthday with lupus patients

Joan Leary

<p style='text-align: center; '><img src='' alt='052217-PatriciaJavier_PUSH.jpg' width='500' height='390' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p>For her birthday this year, actress Patricia Javier didn’t have a grand celebration. Instead, she visited lupus patients with Ormoc representative Lucy Torres-Gomez and Diwa Rep. Emmeline Aglipay-Villar who is a lupus patient and the president of the Hope For Lupus (HFL) Foundation.</p><p>“It started when I got invited to join the surprise birthday party for Cong. Em last May 10, which also happens to be World Lupus Day,” Patricia told the <a href='https://entertainment.inquirer.net/226857/patricia-javier-spends-birthday-lupus-patients/amp'>Philippine Daily Inquirer</a>. </p><p>“It’s the first time that I’ve heard of lupus … I realized that people should be made aware of the illness. That’s when I decided to spend my birthday by participating in a worthwhile cause such as this,” she added.</p><p>Lucy, who is also a friend of Emmeline, said she didn’t hesitate to open the exhibit on lupus awareness at the Glorietta mall in Makati.</p><p>“As I learned more about lupus, I realized that it’s not like a death sentence, that people can live normal lives if they get the proper treatment and care,” she said.</p><p>“In a personal and professional capacity, I pledged support to Em, because looking at the symptoms and now, lupus patients can be anyone, and we just don’t know they have it,” she added.</p><p></p><center><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-0' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUJyePFFQdt/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A121.60000000000001%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='847' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-0' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p></p><center><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-1' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUJ3HTdlTzm/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A122.90500000000002%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='856' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-1' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p></p><center><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-2' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUHUMP9FcgU/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A123.965%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='934' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-2' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p></p><center><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-3' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUJR3BKlyVW/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A507.27500000000003%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='750' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-3' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center>

<p>“It’s the first time that I’ve heard of lupus … I realized that people should be made aware of the illness. That’s when I decided to spend my birthday by participating in a worthwhile cause such as this,” she added.<p>Lucy, who is also a friend of Emmeline, said she didn’t hesitate to open the exhibit on lupus awareness at the Glorietta mall in Makati.<p>“As I learned more about lupus, I realized that it’s not like a death sentence, that people can live normal lives if they get the proper treatment and care,” she said.<p>“In a personal and professional capacity, I pledged support to Em, because looking at the symptoms and now, lupus patients can be anyone, and we just don’t know they have it,” she added.<p><center><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-0' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUJyePFFQdt/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A121.60000000000001%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='847' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-0' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p><center><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-1' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUJ3HTdlTzm/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A122.90500000000002%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='856' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-1' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p><center><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-2' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUHUMP9FcgU/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A123.965%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='934' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-2' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p><center><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-3' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUJR3BKlyVW/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A507.27500000000003%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='750' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-3' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center>

<p style='text-align: center; '><img src='' alt='052217-PatriciaJavier_PUSH.jpg' width='500' height='390' align='center' border='0'><br/><p>For her birthday this year, actress Patricia Javier didn’t have a grand celebration. Instead, she visited lupus patients with Ormoc representative Lucy Torres-Gomez and Diwa Rep. Emmeline Aglipay-Villar who is a lupus patient and the president of the Hope For Lupus (HFL) Foundation.<p>“It started when I got invited to join the surprise birthday party for Cong. Em last May 10, which also happens to be World Lupus Day,” Patricia told the <a href='https://entertainment.inquirer.net/226857/patricia-javier-spends-birthday-lupus-patients/amp'>Philippine Daily Inquirer</a>. 

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