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Show Pleasant Grove Residents Go to Philippines to Give Assistance to Those in Need by Mary Burgin Two Pleasant Grove brothers broth-ers took their expertise to the Philippines following the recent re-cent disasters in that region to aide in any way they could. Emergency room Dr. Gary Sanderson and PG Fire Chief Marc Sanderson went to the region for a week to not only help in any way they could, but to also assess the situation for a return trip. They were accompanied by a nurse from Pleasant Grove and friend from Idaho that spoke the language and could interpret. Sanderson's mother, De-nise, De-nise, said the young men provided pro-vided what medical care they could. They helped 500 to 600 patients a day, totally thousands that they eventually cared for. They also worked to replace the roof on the church they were working in, as well as cutting down broken trees and foliage. She said they reported until they were exhausted by each evening. Adding to the difficulties, the temperature ran about 85 degrees with 100 percent per-cent humidity. Marc said they felt very humble watching the people going through such hardship, yet maintaining hope. Denise said he commented that he wouldn't mind his family seeing see-ing such humility and hope. The group plans to return to the region as soon as they can. |