USAP PAETE

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Ginanap ang 20$ Club Election at meeting sa Upper Palengke na dinaluhan ng mga scholar ng bawat antas ng High School









Election of 20$ Club Officers- Ariadne M. Bagalso open the table for nomination


Sir Byrd, Ariadne, Micah, Marlon, Mr. dela Rosa, Aylenmar, Tita Flora Lou, Ate. Saida
Reynaldo, Rodgie, Jarel and Dennis.

President- Reneliza Dalay
Vice President- Ariadne M. Bagalso
Secretary- Aylenmar Salceda
Treasurer- Jarel Cadapan
Auditor- Dennis Galon
PRO 1st yr. - Rodgie Cagayat
2nd yr. - Marlon Gajitos
3rd yr. Reynaldo Galeon
4th yr. Micah Galaboc



Sir Byrd, Mam Jeanette, Mam Kaye, Ate Saida, Tita Flora Lou, Mam Avino

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nenett- felman bagalso

[saida]

nenett,

maraming salamat for posting the pictures and the list of elected officers of the $20 club scholars.....sa uulitin, at salamat din sa labakara! <lol>

ate saida
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Saida Cagandahan Dulay
saida@paete.org

[saida]

Last Saturday's meeting with our scholars was quite an
experience. It was a very nice feeling to see for the
first time the beneficiaries of our $20 club.
Unfamiliar faces, unfamiliar names and family names
all joined in that cramped room by one purpose. Their
green PE uniform dominated the UP [...otherwise known
as the Upper Palengke] as we all sweat to the max! I
have barely seated but the heat and my perspiration
was already melting and killing me. Naawa yata si
Nenett sa akin kaya naibili tuloy niya ako ng labakara
ng di oras [....maraming salamat Nenett! ] Doon ko
naisip, sasandali pa lang ako doon sa maliit at
madilim na kwarto pero walang tigil na sa tagaktak ang
pawis ko, how much more the teachers and the students
who stay there from 6AM - 6PM, 5 days a week?

I gave a very brief story on how we started this $20
club while the students listened intently.
Ipinaliwanag ko rin na hindi permanente ang kanilang
pagiging $20 club scholars. It would all depend on the
yearly donations of the members, so if only 20 members
opted to renew their membership next year, then only
the top 20 scholars would be retained and 130 scholars
would be slashed from the list. The name of the game
is "Survival of the Fittest" kaya talagang kailangan
ay pagbutihin nila....para naman yatang napakalupit
ano? Kitang kita ko yung mukha ng mga bata na
nakamalag lahat sa akin, siguro ay iniisip
nila..."sino baga itong biglang nakarating na
nananakot pa sa amin ah!" <LOL> Nagkaroon din ng
election ng $20 club scholars at syempre picture
taking courtesy of Nenett [salamat ulit Nenett….]

From the report of Mam Mel, meron doong separate list
of students who were given [or will be given] black
shoes instead of PE uniforms. Nakiusap daw yung mga
bata na sapatos na lang ang ibigay ng $20 club dahil
yung iba ay tsinelas lamang ang ginagamit, yung iba ay
sobrang pudpod na ang swelas at yung iba naman ay naka
nganga na ang gilid ng kanilang sapatos kaya nakalabas
na ang ilang daliri ng paa. How can you resist the
very simple request for a pair of shoes of these poor
students? Mam Mel's report is not yet complete but
from the very small amount of $20 from each of us 159
members, we were able to send 150 scholars to school
and give them PE uniforms, buy 90 pcs of scientific
calculators, provide T-shirts for the teachers and
janitors and of course provide a few pairs of school
shoes for the selected students. May sobra pang pera
which will be used to pay for the salary of the
computer teacher who will be hired to teach the
PEQMNHS teachers during their spare time. There is
also a pending request to buy 10 AVRs [automatic
voltage regulator @ 450-550 pesos each] for the 10
computers donated by the Department of Energy.

The $20 we gave did not hurt our pockets but the
fruits it is now reaping give enormous blessing, joy
and hope to our scholars. Nakakatuwang isipin na yung
pinagsama sama nating maliit na halaga ay nakatulong
ng malaki sa ating mga estudyante. I hope we will see
again next year when you open your pockets for another
$20 for the school year 2007-2008. Dun sa mga nag
email na sa akin for next year's donation, maraming
salamat.

Sa ngalan po sa ating 150 scholars at mga teachers,
isang taos pusong pasasalamat sa bumubuo ng PEQMNHS
$20 Club 2006!

Saida C. Dulay
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Saida Cagandahan Dulay
saida@paete.org