Paying it Forward

It has been my dream to organize my own charity project and I’m so happy to say that it came true. I’m really proud of myself ‘coz even though I’m not rich I still made it possible. Thanks to my Mom & her friends, to Mayla of milesglimpses.com, Shang, Portia, my neices (Chelle, MM, Weweng), Chona and my family for donating and for helping me achieve this dream.

Well, it’s Lagawan.info’s 7 years anniversary last October 24 so I said “Why not give back or share something to others?” and I just grabbed the opportunity + time to do it. Then when my Mom heard about my plan she & her friends donated money and told me to do it in Central Manapla, her hometown.  And from there everything went smooth sailing, uhmmm almost smooth sailing with the help of Chona. I know you’re wondering why I scheduled the project 1st week of November and not on my blog’s anniversary date. Well, one of the reasons why the Charity project was scheduled Nov 6 was that it’s the last weekend after semestral break so the kids will need new set of school supplies. It would inspire them to do their best in school like I used too when I was a kid as every time I have new school supplies I’m really inspired to go to school. Anyways, the other reason was it’s the day after my Moms birthday and the day before my sister’s birthday, so it’s a triple celebration of giving thanks and sharing all the graces we received.

It was really a fun-filled morning. I was so happy seeing those kids with wide smiles on their faces and enjoying the party we gave them. It was such a simple party but to them it means a lot. One of the kids mother even hugged me and told me “salamat gid katama day! dako gid ni nga bulig sa amon. may kalanonon na kami karon sa gabi kag bwas indi na ko magproblema” (Thank you very much day! This is a great help, as I don’t need to worry on what to eat tonight and tomorrow morning). I was kinda bit sad as the food she was telling me about was just a hotdog and a small serving of baked macaroni plus a biscuit, cupcake and a lot of candies. I really want to give her more as she have 3 kids but unfortunately all the extra food we had were already given to other kids who were not on the list. Hays! It really touched me as I can see in her eyes that she’s not saying it to get more food but that she’s really grateful for the help.

Another touching moment earlier were the kids as some of them only ate half of their food. I asked them why and they told me “idal-on ni namon sa utod kag mama namon para makakaon man sila sang hotdog kag macaroni kay kis-a sa malaka lang kami ni ya kakaon” (We’re going bring it home to our siblings and mother so they could eat hotdog and macaroni for we seldom eat this). Oh! They are really good kids and not a greedy one. I can’t help myself in comparing them to my nieces who sometimes quarrel over food (calling Gabby ;P hehehe… Peace Gabz!).

All-in-all this project was a great success. I just hope and wish that I could do this more often, ehem, anyone willing to help me? Well, until the next outreach everyone

PAHABOL:
- I want to thank Weweng, Eunice, My brother, cousins and their friends for helping me packed the food, school supplies and the loot bags; for preparing the pinayata, pabitin and for cooking the food. Thanks guys! And again to Chona and the choir/youth plus Father Sivas. Thanks! Thanks!
- Visit Lagawan’s website for more photos.