2007 Pisay ‘96 Streetkids Christmas Party

Published in the early evening of December 20, 2007

2007 Pisay '96 Streetkids Christmas Party [1]

Last year’s Pisay ‘96 Streetkids Christmas Party was a success we did not expect, at least not as much as people noticed it. Those who’ve seen the YouTube video were somehow inspired to do something similar, while others left praises of encouragement that never cease to make us smile, to this day.

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When Hana and I met with Mic a few weeks ago for some beer, we suddenly just thought of it doing the activity again despite the unavailability of most of those who helped last year. Crazy as it sounds, we simply thought it would be best to continue doing it until it becomes a batch tradition, continue doing it to let these kids feel the spirit of Christmas.

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We had no funds but knew calls for help to accomplish a good deed would not be left unanswered, or so we’d like to believe. Surprisingly, we were right!

Many of our Pisay batchmates were more than willing to donate, with a good number expressing their intention to help in the preparations for the activity. A pleasant surprise was the interest of the blogging community, with friends from the Blog & Soul Movement wanting to help and contribute too. And when we finalized the date and place for our little event, most of those we did not expect to be available confirmed that they’ll be coming. I guess sometimes, everything can just turn out right.

2007 Pisay '96 Streetkids Christmas Party [4]

2007 Pisay '96 Streetkids Christmas Party [5]

More than 70 kids came for this year’s party, more or less twice last year’s number. Aside from our high school batchmates, a good number of friends also came to help. I was delighted to see my pangga Hana taking charge and doing the story–telling chores for this year’s more makulit bunch, everyone was having a hard time getting them to participate actively, except for her who managed to keep the children in check.

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Our warmest gratitude to Aileen, Juned, Noemi, Jayvee, and AJ for their contributions, you’ve been of great help to us! Heartfelt thanks to our non–Pisay friends who found the time to make the activity a success. To our Pisay ‘96 batchmates who sent in money and/or went to the party to help, thank you for being a part of this. I’d rather not name all of you, let’s just collectively call it “Pisay ‘96″ and leave it at that.

2007 Pisay '96 Streetkids Christmas Party [7]

2007 Pisay '96 Streetkids Christmas Party [8]

If you failed to join us, the photos are here, and you can comment on them in my multiply mirror.

11 replies to “2007 Pisay ‘96 Streetkids Christmas Party”

  1. 1 hana 7PM of December 20, 2007 [r]

    :)

    great feeling to be there…kahit pagod na

    mag-teacher na lang ako ga?

    haha :p

  2. 2 tala 9PM of December 20, 2007 [r]

    Love the last 2 pictures.

  3. 3 benj 2AM of December 21, 2007 [r]

    Ang daming bata ah! :)

    It sure looks like a success to me. Congrats.

  4. 4 junice 4AM of December 21, 2007 [r]

    nice pictures, good thing a lot of people still cares for our homeless children.

  5. 5 markku 4AM of December 21, 2007 [r]

    @hana: Thanks so much ga, you’re the best! :) Yep, pwede ka mag-teacher if you want, influence the future leaders of our nation.

    @tala: Thanks!

    @benj: Madami, more than 70 silang mga bata! Thanks, it was a definite success. Juned was suggesting that we do something like it for Blog&Soul next year, I hope we can push it through.

  6. 6 markku 1PM of December 21, 2007 [r]

    @junice: Thanks. A lot of people still do care, we just need to direct our efforts in the right channels to effectively address their needs.

  7. 7 mida 6PM of December 23, 2007 [r]

    Congratulations! Pisay ‘96 must be really proud. :)

    mida

  8. 8 markku 10PM of December 23, 2007 [r]

    Thanks mida! Yes, our batch feel blessed to be given the chance to do this again. We hope to do this every Christmas from now on. :)

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  10. 10 mic 6PM of February 14 [r]

    Markku, pwede mo ba i-repost ‘to sa pisay96.net? Para dun sa mga nghahanap ng updates. Thanks :)

  11. 11 markku 8PM of February 14 [r]

    Sige mic I will. :)

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