November 28, 2013
Last Thursday, me and my classmates from Zones 4 and 5 went to Banchetto at Robinson’s Pioneer open parking space and manned the RID 3800 booth for the Donation drive for Typhoon Yolanda victims. We had fun making announcement and went to various tables soliciting donations from diners of Banchetto. The next day Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 we had our 2ndZone 4 Intercity meeting at the Marikina Convention Center. Our guest of honor and speaker was Gawad Kalinga Founder Antonio “Tony” Meloto, who gave a very inspiring talk about Social Entrepreneurship. He talked about patronizing our own Filipino made products, including Marikina made shoes and he vowed never to wear foreign made shoes, especially made in China. Coincidentally, our gift to him was a pair of leather shoes, size 101/2 made in Marikina by the famous Valentino Shoes.
As we all know, Yolanda wreaked havoc in the Visayas provinces, particularly Tacloban City.Let us help the victims of this calamity and help in the rebuilding of the devastated towns and cities in the area. We have started a Rebuild Donation Drive, chaired by Rtn. Carl Tan to solicit donations for the rebuilding efforts such as cash and construction materials aside from the usual relief goods items like clothes and foods stuff we are safe. We are also planning to have a Garage Sale at the parking area of MRYC during the first weekend of December Saturday. We shall solicit donations in kind which we will then sell and the sales proceeds will be turned over in full for typhoon Yolanda victims. There will be booths where sponsoring groups, rotary clubs or individuals may have their garage sale during the event. The concept is for those who wish to donate but can afford to donate not cash but items or gadgets which they no longer use in their homes. Rtn Carl has already solicited commitments for 6 booths. Some of my classmates in zone 4 are also manning some of their own booths. In sympathy to the victims, let us do our share by donating whatever we can for the benefit of our brothers in the Visayas, especially the children.
Two major district events happened this week. Last Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2013 we went to the TRF Annual Banquet hosted by RC Marikina Hilltop. The program started at around 7:30PM at the Wack Wack Golf & Country Club, Pavilion A and B. Three members of our club were honoured during the event by TRF, including PDG Efren de Guzman and Sps Pam, PDG Jun Farcon and Sps Zeny and myself, FCP Hermie de la Paz. Our club was also honoured as an EREY Club during RY 2012-2103 duly received by IPP Benjie Malaya and PP Ronie Masangkay, last year’s club TRF Clair. PE Dodjie Cabalquinto also attended and gave his support to our club honorees.
The following day, Wednesday, Nov. 27, we woke up very early for the Ceremonial Tee-off of the 3rd Leg of the District Golf Tournament for a Cause.This was hosted by the Zone 4 Clubs with RC Marikina as the Lead Club. DG Louie Ticman led those who made the ceremonial tee-off at about 9:00AM together with other district golf officers and FC Presidents from Zone 4. Thank you again and congratulations to PP Noel Flores, the District Tournament Chairman for a very successful staging of this event and for all his efforts to make this an enjoyable one as well. Thank you for all the hole sponsors and the golfers in our club for your full support to this project. Your names were published in last week’s Bulletin. Thank you also to all the RC Marikina golfers who played and won medals for the team event. Our players include, PP Noel Flores, PP Flor de la Paz, PP Onnie Aguinaldo, PP Roland Garcia, PP George Ty, PP Ronie Masangkay, and Dir. Manny Pecho.
The District Christmas party with the theme “Soul Train” will be on Dec. 11, 2013 at 6PM at Camp Aguinaldo Exec, Clubhouse. Registration fee is Ph 499. A table for twelve has been reserved for us. If you wish to join, please advise Sec Chris or Jean, so we can reserve for another table or more seats. The RYLA and Rotary Youth Camp will be held this coming weekend at Pranjetto Hills resort from Nov. 29 to Dec 1, 2013. Those who wish to send a delegate to the Youth Camp for high school students, may do so for Ph 2,500 each delegate. Delegates to RYLA for Rotaract level students are also welcome. We are also planning to have the unveiling of billboards at several Shell gas stations this Saturday afternoon for all zone 4 Rotary clubs. Those who wish to join the motorcade should be at MRYC parking at 1:00PM for the start of the motorcade which go around the different billboards in Marikina, San Mateo and Rodriguez.
This is the twenty-first entry in my journal. Let us help our unfortunate brothers and sisters who were victims of Yolanda. Let us share whatever we can and it will come back to us ten times more. You can donate cash or in kind and drop it at MRYC. Our secretary Jaen Josef will duly receive your donations and issue a receipt for cash donations or acknowledgement receipt for in-kind donations. Also please support our incoming Garage Sale for typhoon victims. We plan to donate the amount in cash and in kind solicited to the District 3800 Rotary Calamity Fund for the Yolanda typhoon victims. May God bless all of us. Let usshare Rotary to our friends and encourage them to be members of this great service organization. During this Rotary Foundation month, let us contribute to the TRF and support its campaign to do good in the world. Let us engage Rotary and change lives. Thank you.
