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Club 'makes the day' for some 1,600 children through Last Angel Gift Giving Project Club partners with Chaine des Rotisseurs for Supplemental Feeding in San Pablo City New RCM/MRCFI Building inaugurated IMF head visits, donates $5,000 to Gawad Kalinga Rotary Village in Villa Paraiso RC Makati sweeps major awards, adjudged Most Outstanding Club-Overall at District Awards Night RCM-Ateneo Teacher Training Program graduates trainees from 10 MMA city divisions, 6 schools 2000+ kids receive Christmas presents under the Club's Club, MRCFI send help to Typhoon Reming victims through Red Cross, initiate help drive among members Gawad Kalinga, 7 other RC Makati projects win recognition at District 3830 Yearend Awards rite
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Club 'makes the day' for some 1,600 children through Last Angel Gift Giving Project
Christmas, we're told, is for the children. Since it is the celebration of the birth of a child, the Holy Child Jesus, it is but fitting that the focus be on the children. Give them top-of-mind attention. Make them happy. And yes, bring them presents, just as the Magi did the Holy Infant. Alas, not every child is so blessed. There are kids who go through Christmas year after year, without ever knowing what how it feels to unwrap a gift; they have never received a present in their lives. These are the children who dare not make a wish nor write a letter to Santa. What for? Santa isn't real; Santa can't be real. They are the children for whom the Last Angel Project was conceived. Fortunately for 1,327 young boys and girls, there was a Santa Claus last Christmas, as there has been for similarly-situated children since the inception of the Last Angel project by Ann Brin Panlilio in November 1998. Not just one Santa, but a number of them, who came not ho-ho-ho-ing but smiling their way to the children's hearts—the Rotary Anns of RC Makati, leading lights of the club's heart-tugging Last Angel gift-giving project; the Anns who played Santa, with all the good cheer of the season, for the children whose Christmas may not be as merry as it should be. Chit Marty , this year's project chairperson, and Nellie Bengzon , overall co-chairperson of the Christmas Bazaar from which the Last Angel Project sprung, did all they could to reach as many kids as their resources would permit. They brought gifts to about 1,600 bright-eyed kids in 3 institutions, several Gawad Kalinga sites and communities in Parañaque, Muntinlupa, Makati , Batangas and Laguna. Once again Bud Melvin slipped into his Christmas attire to play Santa and hand out crisp P100 bills to the Bantay Bata kids at Makati City Hall, Bahay Maria in Bel-Air Village and Asilo de San Vicente de Paul. Ann Jojo Borromeo donated the gifts for Bahay Maria. At the Makati City Hall , Mayor Jojo Binay joined the Bantay Bata wards, together Bantay Bata chairman Frank Chavez & Ann Jean. TereBoyer was a fixture in the Makati/Manila outings, as Terry Tambunting was in those in Parañaque. PP Joe Alejandro & Ann Marilou and Vice Mayor Gus Tambunting also joined them in some sites in Parañaque. PP Freddie Borromeo & Ann Jojo presided over the gift-giving in Calatagan and San Pablo City , joined in the latter site by Dir. Peter Manzano & Ann Pam, Wash Lou and Melanie Laggui , while Lu Limjoco went solo in another Parañaque site. But most of the load rested squarely on Ann Chit Marty's back. As project chairperson she led the gift-giving in most of the sites and, assisted by project coordinator Eden Noche , had braved the horrible vehicular traffic on the way to Divisoria and the energy-sapping surge of human traffic at the 168 mall, to personally shop for the gifts, a feat that often requires the stamina of an athlete and the patience of a saint. For her part Nellie Bengzon was very much there as well. Present at 11 sites, she even handed out rosaries to the mothers in Camia St. , Guadalupe Viejo. Here's a picture of the gift-giving program for 2007: Wednesday, 5 December • Sampalokan, Parañaque City (30 kids) • Attendee: Lu Limjoco Sunday, 9 December • Calatagan, Batangas: 170 kids • Attendees: PP Freddie & Jojo Borromeo Monday, 10 December • Bantay Bata: 47 kids Attendees: Chit Marty, Nellie Bengzon, Makati Mayor Jojo Binay, Tere Boyer, Frank Chavez, Jean Chavez, _ Ingrid Chavez, Au Melvin, and Bud Melvin • Bahay Maria Children's Center: 39 kids Attendees: Chit Marty, Tere Boyer Tuesday, 11 December • Asilo de San Vicente de Paul: 39 kids Attendees: Chit Marty, Tere Boyer, Au Melvin, Bud Melvin/Santa Claus Wednesday, 12 December • San Dionisio, Parañaque City : 100 kids • Tambo, Parañaque City : 100 kids • Don Galo, Parañaque City : 50 kids Attendees: Chit Marty, Nellie Bengzon, Terry Tambunting, Parañaque Vice Mayor Gus Tambunting Thursday, 13 December • San Antonio , Parañaque City : 100 Attendees: Chit Marty, Nellie Bengzon, Terry Tambunting • Moonwalk, Parañaque City : 100 Attendees: Chit Marty, Nellie Bengzon, Terry Tambunting. Gus Tambunting • La Huerta, Parañaque City : 50 Attendees: Chit Marty, Terry Tambunting, Gus Tambunting Friday, 14 December • Various GK Sites: 500 Attendees: Chit Marty, Nellie Bengzon, Terry Tambunting, PP Joe & Marilou Alejandro • GK Villa Paraiso, Parañaque 101 Attendees: Chit Marty, Nellie Bengzon, Mundy Gonzalez, Fred Menzel Saturday, 15 December • San Pablo City : 60 • Attendees: PP Freddie & Ann Jojo, Dir. Peter & Pam Manzano, Wash Lou and Melanie Laggui Friday, 21 December • Camia St. , Guadalupe Viejo, Makati : 110 kids Attendees: Chit Marty, Nellie Bengzon
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