Comments on: Thank You For Your Generous Donations…

By: bearhug0127

bearhug0127 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:29:11 +0000

MM, where do i go to find out if the remittance i made was credited correctly. i made one last feb 8, 2009 for the account at bdo gorordo branch. i remitted it here from SM Guam.

By: san

san — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:32:10 +0000

MM, I have arranged with my brother in MNL to deposit a small donation…..people shd be able to deposit/donate anytime of the year and not just before Christmas, right? I am thinking of tapping some people I know but it would take some time.

By: zena

zena — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:41:10 +0000

So true, sometimes we just need to be shaken a bit to re-set our perspective and appreciate what we have. I just had tinapa for breakfast as well. =)

By: nunosapunso

nunosapunso — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:28:08 +0000

my friend when I did grad studies in holland asked me about your feeding program. this year at least I can provide her with info. for bank transfer. last year we did it though my father there (and I still have to pick up my bag from my father when i come home).

keep up the good work and thank you for organising this.

By: bearhug0127

bearhug0127 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:16:47 +0000

will send my small donation as soon as i get my paycheck. hopefully by monday. Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!

By: jadedfork

jadedfork — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:05:01 +0000

Hi MM,

I havent forgotten my pledge. Am just waiting for the funds to hit my paypal acct before i xoom it over.

Happy Thanksgiving!

By: cumin

cumin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:33:45 +0000

Hey, I’m so thrilled that funds are trickling in! So true that voluntary work, including working with children, can actually energise us. I’ll try to bring something to the pick up point on Dec 13th.

By: lotsofcravings

lotsofcravings — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:30:21 +0000

i think these r the simple things in life that one would need to appreciate and enjoy..seeing kids grow up and wolfing down food with a future

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:32:09 +0000

June, in the case of the two schools marketmanila and its readers are helping, the feeding programs are quite organized, run by either school teachers/nutritionists or volunteer PTA parents. The feedings are held 3x a week and in total they provide some 500-600 simple but nutritious meals per week. Marketmanila enables the funding that allows it to happen. We visit the schools fairly often, but mostly to observe that the programs are being implemented as planned. There is room for readers to go visit, but to do realistic actual work, it would have to be scheduled in in a manner that would work for the schools. Alternatively, this should help to awaken others such as yourself who want to help. Contact your closest public school and see what you and friends or office mates can do for them. It need not be something so sustainable as 20,000 meals over a year. Sometimes its about gathering sports equipment so that the entire school can play team sports such as volleyball, basketball, etc. I have come across several public schools that don’t have any sports equipment at all. Yet other public schools would love it if donors gave them a computer or two and someone to help teach kids how to use them. Yet others would love a television (just PHP7,000 these days) and a cable hookup so the kids can watch something as seemingly mundane as the National Georgraphic channel or animal planet. If only we all thought in terms of modest forms of assistance that could benefits hundreds. It’s hard to run out of ideas in a system that is so under-supported. Can you tell I am a bit rabid about this? den, thanks for that link. I am involved with schools on several fronts, so while busy myself, I am sure several other reaers might think this is something for them… ted, the Manila school does have an account but it isn’t a joint one, so I don’t want to give the number for fear that I cannot oversee the disbursements. So what I am doing is trying to balance funds by evening out resources from ornaments donations and other large local gifts for the Manila program with the other program in Cebu. In the end, it will be balanced and any gifts to the Cebu program should be viewed to be helping both schools… thanks! Det, if your nephew/neice is picking up ornaments, just have them bring cash to SUKI, do not deposit and pick up ornaments, it is hard to keep track of the different variations of payment…many thanks for your understanding on this. myra p, whenever I have a really bad week or month and frustration hits peak levels, I go to visit the feeding program(s). It really resets my brain in a good way. Now if only our politicians understood why that works…

By: June

June — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:36:16 +0000

Hello,

I’ve been following your blog on and off for quite some time (as well as other blogs) and this is one of the very few times I actually wrote a comment. Well, this being the second is quite few…right?

I want to thank you for such an awakening!

“If you think your lives are too complex, too stressful, too harriedâ€¦ just take a deep breath and watch a room full of undernourished kids GRATEFULLY wolf down their plates of foodâ€¦”

It’s 1:30am right now and your words above depicted where I am right now and my thoughts at this very moment.

I would like to help. I know that money would probably be best but I would also like to volunteer my time.

You have my email, please do contact me.

Thank you!