PUSONG PINOY AT THE 2013 PRESTWICK CHRISTMAS FAYRE

Free mince pies!  Thank you to Prestwick Rotary Club for offering Pusong Pinoy a stall at the recent Prestwick “Lighting Up” event, when the town’s Festive lights were turned on. Special thanks to Debbie Broughton-Hay for inviting us. 

We are grateful to Prestwick Rotary Club for supporting the work of Pusong Pinoy.  Thank you to the staff of Prestwick Co-Op supermarket for donating 36 boxes of mince pies which we were offered to this event for a donation.  This was a fun event.  A lot of people stopped by our booth to check our Tarsier key rings, toiletries and books.

We would also like to thank Graham Hopper of Hopper’s Estate Agency for offering us a wall space for promotional material. The event was really well attended. It was great to meet people who have supported Pusong Pinoy in the past.  Thank you to everyone who donated or supported us in any way. It was a busy, fun day- well worth the effort.

PAMASKO NG PUSONG PINOY 5(Christmas Gift-Giving of Pusong Pinoy)

 POSTER BY FORMER PP TEAM LEADER LANCE BUCOY

 

We are pleased to inform you that our Christmas Gift-giving Project, Pamasko ng Pusong Pinoy 5 (PPP5), is near completion. With help from supporters like you, we are well on our way towards accomplishing our year-end goals.

 

This year, we will endeavor to provide slippers to approximately 5,000 disadvantaged children and food items to 350 families. We will allocate 3,000 pairs of slippers to our recipients in Bohol who were affected by the recent earthquake in the area.

 

After PPP5, we will then launch our Disaster Relief Project to benefit the victims of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. At this time, we are in the process of identifying our intended beneficiary and target area for this project.

 

We are also currently looking to establish a partnership with an organization that could best meet the needs of our intended beneficiary and one that could best put your generous donations to good use. We will provide updated information as soon as possible. Thank you, Heroes!

DONATE ONLINE 

 

For more information, please email us at pusongpinoyorg@gmail.com

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PUSONG PINOY VISITED "SHIP" CHILDREN'S RECOVERY UNIT

**FACES OF THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN BLURRED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITY**

 

Pusong Pinoy sails off to visit SHIP!
 

On November 4, 2013, Pusong Pinoy team and volunteers visited SAFE HARBOR INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES (SHIP) Foundation, a non-profit children’s home located in Baguio City.  It is DSWD-accredited orphanage and recovery facility for severely-ill children.  SHIP cares for neglected, abused, abandoned, and orphaned children.  During this visit, there were 30 children living at the home - orphans, infants, and young children suffering from leukemia, lupus, intestinal hernia, congenital heart disease and other medical conditions.

 

Pusong Pinoy brought groceries, multivitamins, school supplies, arts & craft materials and storybooks.  The children were also treated with a special meal of cake, spaghetti, hotdog, juice, and pizza.  The children were ecstatic!  It was indeed a party, as the little angels ran around, laughed and played with the volunteers. The school supplies, arts & crafts materials and storybooks are invaluable resources which will enable the kids to enhance their reading and creative skills.

MARISSA DE LA PENA, SHIP Baguio Coordinator, is doing a terrific job of ensuring that the children are provided with physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual nourishment that they need. Neglected infants who arrived at the home are now happily thriving and some have started attending school.  On the other hand, the sick children, although not orphaned, stay in the home to receive the proper monitoring and medical attention which their parents cannot provide due to lack of resources and/or they live very far in the Cordillera.

Pusong Pinoy extends its heartfelt gratitude to our HEROES for their contributions to SHIP as follows:

 PP Scotland Team Leader DOUGLAS INNESS & JEAN INNESS

• 2 pax Anchor Fortified Full Cream Milk 700 gms
• 2 liters Bimoli cooking oil
• 3 dozens Tang litro pack powdered juice
• 3 pax Quaker quick-cooking oats 1200 gms
• 3 kgs white sugar
• 6 pax Komeya pancit bihon noodles
• 3 pax Milo chocolate drink 600 gms
• 4 kgs Clara Ole spaghetti sauce
• 4 kgs Sunshine spaghetti noodles
• 1 pax Sunshine spaghetti noodles 450 gms
• 4 kgs Sunshine elbow macaroni
• 4 pax Frito Crunch chicken breading
• 6 pax Bear Brand chocolate powder sachets
• 3 bottles Papa ketchup
• 1 pax iodized salt 500 gms
• 2 pax EQ diapers medium 24s
• 1 pax Huggies diapers medium 80s
• 1 pax Huggies diapers large 68s
• 1 pax Huggies diapers x-large 56s
• 2 tubes Unique toothpaste 150 ml
• 2 kgs Pride Antibacterial detergent
• 1 kg Pride regular detergent
• 5 sets colored pencils
• 1 ream short bond paper
• 5 sets construction paper
• 15 sets colored paper
• 5 pairs crazy cut scissors
• 2 sharpeners
• 7 sets crayons
• 4 boxes glass window art sets
• 9 coloring/activity books
• 3 pcs erasers
• 2 pcs water color kits
• 6 pcs clear glue

 PP Baguio Team Leader MAJOY LUMIWES
• 37 pcs pencils
• 4 pcs glitter pens
• 6 pcs party shades
• 1 set art paint
• 2 sets pastel colors
• 4 pcs paper binoculars
• 2 sets modelling clay
• 25 pairs warmers

 KARINA DELA PENA
• 138 storybooks

 CAB ONE FOODS
• 1 rectangular cake
• 45 pax spaghetti
• 45 pax hotdog in buns
• Orange juice

 PAULA RIVA
• 4 boxes pizza

 ANDRES DUCUSIN
• 59 multivitamins

 

Thank you to all the HEROES for making this possible! ♥

ICON'S TYPHOON HAIYAN FUNDRAISER"LITRATO PARA SA PILIPINO"

THANKS TO TOOTSIE GUEVARRA & FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING PUSONG PINOY

(Photo Credit:  RHYAN DELES)  

CALLING ALL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HEROES

Due to the success of ICON'S Typhoon Haiyan Fundraiser on November 17, they organized a second fundraiser this weekend. 

Have your picture taken to show your support for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in the Philipines. 
100% of the proceeds will be donated to Pusong Pinoy for our Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda Disaster Relief Project.
 

Our deepest gratitude to Pusong Pinoy Heroes

RHYAN DELES,  CHESTER ONGSIOCO RODRIGUEZ,
and our very own West Covina Team Leader DAN PASAMONTE
for volunteering their time and talent for this event.
 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2013
3:00 P.M.

RSD Auto Brokers (next to Cherry's Salon)
                2550 East Amar Rd. Suite A10, West Covina

Donation for Photo Shoot: $20

Photographers

RHYAN DELES

DAN PASAMONTE

Make-up Artist

CHESTER ONGSIOCO RODRIGUEZ

For more information, please call: (949) 300-3305

Hope to see you there!  Thanks for caring! ♥ 

PUSONG PINOY'S TYPHOON HAIYAN/YOLANDA DISASTER RELIEF PROJECT

Typhoon Yolanda is the strongest typhoon in the world this year. Our thoughts and prayers goes out to all the people affected by this devastating storm. Please pray for them and their families especially to those who lost their lives. May they rest in peace.

Days before Typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines, Pusong Pinoy launched its Christmas project hoping to bring cheer to 5,000 disadvantaged children and 350 families this coming holiday season. As we value our promise to provide slippers to each child and food items to the families that have nothing to eat on Christmas Day, we are committed to see this project through.

To all our amazing HEROES who have pledged their support in any endeavor we choose to take for the typhoon victims, Pusong Pinoy will help!  We are in the planning stage of our relief operations, making sure that like every project we've done in the past, 100% of your donations will reach its intended recipients. 

Whether you channel your donation through PUSONG PINOY or not, please make sure that you do your due diligence and choose a reputable organization that thrives on transparency and accountability to ensure that 100% of your donations go to its intended recipients.  Thanks for caring!

DONATE ONLINE 

For other ways to help, please email us at pusongpinoyorg@gmail.com

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BOOKS & TREATS FOR DUEG RESETTLEMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Books, treats and meals - are what dreams are made of, for the 200 Aeta students of Dueg Resettlement Elementary School, in Barangay Maasin, San Clemente, Tarlac.

On November 2, 2013, Pusong Pinoy team from the Philippines and Scotland traveled over rough terrain to feed the children pansit (rice noodles), sandwiches and juice. They also brought 500 books, and instructional materials.  Food items were also donated which will complement the school's Feeding Program conducted by the teachers once a week.  With the donated food items, the teachers will be able to provide breakfast/snacks to the children twice a week.

A million thanks to the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army for transporting the PP Team, volunteers, and donated items to the community.  Special thanks to our PP Team - TL DOUGLASS INESS, CTL NINGNING DOBLE, TL JENNY OLIVA, TL MAJOY TOYAOAN LUMIWES, TL JOANNE SUYAM and to all the volunteers who joined them on this trip!.

Lastly, our deepest gratitude goes to all of the HEROES who made this possible!

WEEKLY FEEDING PROGRAM

1 sack 50 kg rice

1 sack 25 kg rice

20 packs bihon noodles

3 pails of Rebisco biscuits

6 packs Ovaltine 840 gms

3 kgs white sugar

10 packs Sunday powdered juice

10 kgs Sunshine spaghetti noodles

10 kgs UFC spaghetti sauce

10 kgs Sunshine elbow macaroni

20 cans evaporated milk 310 ml

12 packs Alaska powdered milk 700 gms

1 gallon soy sauce

2 gallons Spring cooking oil

8 packs marshmallows

READING PROGRAM & INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:

501 Story books

Radio/CD Player (Brand New)

 6 pcs C batteries

50 library cards

120 pcs book pockets

20 packs geometry tools

52 6-inch wooden rulers

5 binder folders

1 ream binder filler paper

1 set Brain Quest activity cards

1 protractor

1 set story strips

1 set playmat

19assorted toys

31 pcs assorted children’s clothes

  

For more information about Pusong Pinoy, please visit our website at www.pusongpinoy.org.  To make a donation, please click on the Donate button below. Thanks in advance! 

DONATE ONLINE 

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Click HERE to read more about Dueg Resettlement Elem. School.

PUSONG PINOY VISITS DAMASCUS FOUNDATION

BY PP SCOTLAND TEAM LEADER DOUGLAS INNESS

The Damascus Foundation is situated in the Damascus Compound, Doña Remedios Trinidad in Bulacan – a couple of hours North of Manila. The complex has a church, dormitories, staff accommodation, a water treatment plant, meeting rooms, dining rooms and a feeding and learning centre, set in a quiet and attractive rural setting.

The Foundation celebrates its 17th birthday on January 25, 2014. Outreach focuses on delivering drug rehabilitation and reformation programmes for groups of boarders. Six years ago, the Foundation decided to play a bigger role in the community, by helping improve the lives of the underprivileged children in the area. It now provides child-feeding programmes, education initiatives for children and the provision of parental support via education and livelihood programmes. 

New livelihood projects include a sewing room which provides employment and training, manufacturing showerproof shopping bags and other items and offering customized embroidery. There is also a high-tech water treatment plant which produces high-quality bottled water. Recent developments include the establishment of a bakery and a mushroom farm. The aim is to provide training, employment and development of products to sell, so that the Foundation remains self-sustainable. Damascus Foundation relies on volunteers and donors to support its work. Pusong Pinoy has supported the Foundation in numerous ways, over the past few years, through food drives and the donation of clothes, slippers, books, and school supplies. In 2013, Pusong Pinoy sponsored 15 Damascus elementary school students. 

I met Robert Tiangco at the Pusong Pinoy Heroes Summit in Manila in July 2012. He spoke so enthusiastically about his work that I was determined to visit the Foundation to learn more. After some coordination, we agreed that I would visit and that Pusong Pinoy would provide a range of items for its 14 male boarders. I also offered to organize a “PhotoWalk” for the boys.

The day finally arrived on October 29, 2013. It was going to be a full Filipino day! After breakfast at the hotel, we wound our way through the traffic log-jam. The first stop was the supermarket to initially purchase a range of toiletries for the Damascus boarders. Fortunately, the budget stretched to some food items, snacks and treats. The items donated are found below:

40 pcs Plus tetra juice 

4 pax Mucho chocolate bars 10s 

4 pax Cuppkeyk Combo Topps 10s 

10 pax Quaker Quick-cooking Oats 800 gms 

14 bars Tide laundry detergent 

14 bottles Clear Sport shampoo 200 ml 

14 tubes Master Hair Wax 

14 bottles Rexona Ice deodorant 25 ml 

15 bars Safequard Guava bath soap 90 gms 

14 tubes Close-up Green toothpaste 

3 pax Bear Brand powdered milk 800 gms 

3 pax Equal white sugar 2.5kgs

Then, it was off on the road to Damascus- the North Luzon Expressway. Motorways aren’t too exciting, but soon we were off into the countryside, zooming past rice fields, palms and villages – everything a sea of vibrant green and blue skies. It was a glorious day. Rice left to dry on the road was a constant hazard! Robert is great company, so the miles zoomed past. We reached the Foundation mid-morning. Robert agreed to show me around. First stop was to give some treats to the young children being fed, while their parents enjoyed a talk in the church. Then, it was off to see the new Livelihood Projects. We visited the sewing room, where new products were being made. The showerproof shopping bags, in attractive colours, are nicely-packaged – an ideal gift. I had a couple of souvenir facecloths embroidered on the new sewing machine– a really skilled job. I was the first customer!

Next stop was the cutting-edge water treatment plant which produces clean, pure water. After a tour round other parts of the complex, we had a really nice lunch. I love Filipino food! After that, the toiletries were “turned-over”, then packed to provide a “goody bag” for each recipient after the PhotoWalk. The Foundation also received a Fuji digital camera from Pusong Pinoy. It was a fortuitous gift, as the old one had recently broken! The afternoon was devoted to a PhotoWalk around the complex.

After a brief orientation, students worked in small teams, using compact cameras, to take a series of photographs outlined on the “task sheet”. We had fun! After the Photowalk, we enjoyed juice, snacks and the toiletries were distributed. Then, it was back to Manila! After a brief detour to visit the local library and hand over some birthday presents, we went to “Mesa”, in Manila- a restaurant serving tasty traditional Filipino food. Yummy! It was also a great opportunity to chat to fellow Pusong Pinoy friends- CTL Susan, TL Jocel, and TL Claudette. This was a wonderful way to end a fascinating day. Thank you to Robert and all the people who worked hard to make this such a successful day.

PP SUPERHERO DOUGLAS INNESS'BIRTHDAY DELIGHTS WITH LITTLE LIGHTS

Little Lights Ministry is one of the organizations supported by Pusong Pinoy. Pastor Joseph Casaje and his wife, Jeannette, along with volunteers, have tirelessly supported communities in the Pasig area, by providing meals and basic education for underprivileged children.

 

Pusong Pinoy Team Leader DOUGLAS INNESS flew in from Scotland to participate in the event. After a long flight, three alarm clocks guaranteed he was ready for the Fair! His first day in Manila began with a tour around the Little Lights communities of Santos Compound and the three communities of Barangay Sta. Lucia, Pasig City which are: Tawi, Tramo and Hugo Compound.

 

During the tour through the densely-populated communities, and winding narrow streets, TL Douglas saw first-hand the struggles that families have to face on a daily basis as they feed and care for their children. He even helped cooked the pansit (Filipino noodles) for the event! It was wonderful to see the children full of happy anticipation for the afternoon fair. Clean white t-shirts, smiling faces and new hair braids.

The highlight of the day was the “birthday blow-out” to celebrate TL Douglas’ birthday.  About 100 children and 50 volunteers from various Little Lights communities converged at the Ynares Court, Village East Executive Homes in Cainta, Rizal.

 

PP Team leaders LHAI SIMON, FLORENCE O. TEMPORAL and MARTY GOITIA joined in the fun and games. It was a great Pusong Pinoy and Little Lights team effort.  It was a day the little lights and big lights will always remember!

 

If you would like to celebrate your birthday the Pusong Pinoy way, please email us at pusongpinoyorg@gmail.com.

 

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ABOUT LITTLE LIGHTS

Little Lights Ministry planted its humble beginnings in February 2010, at Sitio Tawi-Tawi along the riverbanks of the Pasig-Cainta boundary where drug dealing, drinking sprees, gambling, and street brawls are a way of life. Out of this concern, Little Lights was born. As the ministry continued its mission, they came across out-of-school and never-schooled children, which led them to start "Learning Lessons," a progressive Montessori-type learning system for ages 2 to 15 years.

 

Little Lights currently serves more than 1,000 underprivileged Filipino children and their love ones to have a better way of life.  Deeply inspired and motivated by the works of Little Lights Ministry, Pusong Pinoy has been sponsoring their feeding and learning program since 2010.

PUSONG PINOY AT AYR ROTARY CLUB

Ayr Rotary Club invited Pusong Pinoy to give a presentation at the Savoy Park hotel in Ayr on the 15th October.  Representing Pusong Pinoy, Team Leader DOUGLAS INNESS was introduced by Rotary Club President KEVIN BELL.   TL Douglas did a presentation outlining Pusong Pinoy's work in promoting literacy in the Philippines. 

The Rotary Club sponsors “survival” boxes which are sent to areas hit by natural disasters. Hopefully, we will forge stronger links in future. As a bonus, Rotary member Alan Meikle donated 70 gently-used children’s books. They were donated by his daughters, Eleana and Joanna. Thank you, Heroes!

PUSONG PINOY DONATED P20,000 TO "THE STORYTELLING PROJECT"

PP'S CFO SUSAN CHUA HANDING A P20,000 CHECK TO REY BUFI, FOUNDER OF TSP

 

PHOTO CREDITS:  THE STORY TELLING PROJECT

Pusong Pinoy is a supporter of "The Storytelling Project" founded by Rey Bufi.   The vision of "The Storytelling Project" is in line with Pusong Pinoy which is to provide storybooks to every Filipino child, build libraries in every Filipino community and raise a nation of learners.  It envisions a community that embraces a culture of reading where children find storytelling as enjoyable as playing and its library regarded as a haven for fun, enjoyment and learning, a place where ideas come to life and imagination guides the hearts of every child it holds.   

In 2012, Pusong Pinoy was honored to have Mr. Bufi as a guest speaker at the first Pusong Pinoy Summit, "Chikahan sa Manila". 

To date, Pusong Pinoy had donated over 1,500 storybooks, slippers, children clothes, school supplies and other items in support of TSP's work at Pactil Elementary School in the Mountain Province, Pinalpal School in Pangasinan and Suit Elementary School in Dagupan.  In July 2013, Pusong Pinoy supported TSP's fundraising event, "Run for Reading", with a donation of P20,000.   

It is great to see the children enjoying "The Storytelling Project".  It helped them to read and use their creative imagination - satisfying their curiosity for stories and knowledge, while building their confidence to express themselves in speaking, writing and art.

Click HERE to read other PP projects with The Story Telling Project.  Please support the vital work of PP and TSP by donating books.  For more information, please email us at pusongpinoyorg@gmail.com.