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Tagudin On The March

• Great post and good proposal. (NT) -- mod, 01/ 6/05 11:22am
  

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• Way to go Apo Deacon! An excellent awesome idea. THANK YOU! (NT) -- Micaela, 01/ 6/05 11:27am
  

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• CONGRATULATIONS APO DEACON. Awesome proposal. Ala sika ti Chairman! Nasayaat dayta nga idea. (NT) -- Elena, 01/ 6/05 11:57am
  

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• I agree to all you said (Manong) this time. Deacon your comparison of the Tsunami victims and the children of Tagudin should not be compared at this moment. Let us encourage people to help them. (NT) -- Paul L. Villanueva, 01/ 6/05 3:53pm
  • So sorry Paul (adingko), I don't mean to make light of the gravity and scope of the Tsunami impacted sections of society with the parallel. No offense meant I assure you. However, comparatively speaking, one could argue that if we don't act fast and come to the aid of our children there in Tagudin, the lasting effects could very well be as devastating and in the long run debilitating. Just like the ad for the United Negro College Fund states, "A good mind is a terrible thing to waste." Thank you for your kind thoughts and interest. I firmly believe we can make a difference for our children's future. God bless!! (NT) -- Deacon Tom Buenavista of Farola SAS Class 1957-58, 01/ 6/05 5:40pm
  
  

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• Mannong Tommy, that is really an eye-opener. What I can see is overcrowding and the core of the problem is the lack of facilities like: chairs, classrooms and school buildings. If we have scholarship to encorage students to go to SAS then we are just transfering the problem from one place to another. I think the whole Tagudin will benefit more from our good intention which is to help financially by addresing the core of the problem first. (NT) -- Renato L. Dauz, 01/ 6/05 7:05pm
  • Rening thank you for your input. Certainly we can also address this part or aspect of the situation and come up with funds to create more classroom space, buildings, etc. But a scholarship program goes much deeper in that it promotes and supports academic formation, encourages scholarly pursuits and rewards aspirations. For SAS to be able to offer scholarships to deserving students would not be tantamount to "transferring the problem" elsewhere. In fact it would encourage and reward scholarly competition. (NT) -- Deacon Tom Buenavista of Farola SAS Class 1957-58, 01/ 7/05 5:46am
  
  

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• Manong Tommy, I bow to it and I am very willing to be part of it. Oping Galang (NT) -- E.Galang-Woermer, 01/ 7/05 4:53am
  • Oping ading, kumusta met ni Manong mo nga Peping ken ni Mang Betty? I used to play in the band with your Manong Peping (trumpet players). I bet he remembers. And thanks for your support by the way, I think we could do something good for our needy children there in Tagudin... and soon. (NT) -- Deacon Tom Buenavista of Farola SAS Class 1957-58, 01/ 8/05 2:02pm
  
  

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• NI NAG MAYAT NGA BASAENEN TI DEBATE DAGUITAY NATATAER NGA MANONGS KON. ALA AG PLANO TAYO NO KASATNO NGA MATOLONGAN IDA... WHEN WE WERE STATIONED IN SUBIC , 83-88..SAAN KO NGA IPANGAS NGA NI LAKAY KET NAG PATOLUD TI PINTURA , DIAK MALAGIP NO MANO PERO I REMEMBER IT WAS A TRUCK LOAD WITH SCRAP USABLE BEDS. TO PAINT ,TAG.HS BEDS FOR TAG. HOSPITAL.... IN FAIRNESS TO MY HUSBAND, LETS GIVE HIM A BELATED MMMMMSIGE KAYOYOTAN YON URAY NO AGAT IKAN....NOW, LETS PLAN OUR WORK AND WORK OUR PLAN......BUT I'M NOT IN TO THE IDEA OF GIVING SCHOLARSHIP TO THE VALIDICTORIAN....KAASI PAY DAGUITAY PADAK NGA AWAN TI "AFFINITIES DA" LET'S NOT BE HYPROCRITES, KAASI DAGUITAY SAAN NGA FAVORITES....WE WILL START WITH THE NUTRITION , TA ORAY NO ANANWEM TI AGBASA NO AWAN TI GLUCOSE TA BRAIN, AWAN ....KAASI DAGUITAY UBUBING NGA MAPAN AGISKUELA NGA AWAN TI IGATANG DA TI KANENDA......MAKAPASANGIT KA MANONG TOM..... (NT) -- NOMENCIA, 01/ 7/05 8:34am
  • Nomen adingko ken Kabsat... agpayso dayta kunam, no awan ti "glucose to the brain" tay saririt kasla adayo ken napaidam latta. Yes, I like what you say, "Let's plan our work and work our plan." Of course we have to have safeguards (or ground rules up front) so that these scholarship offerings go to truly deserving students. There should also be a great deal of thought given towards giving financial aid to those families of children without enough funds to buy food to eat (like a lunch allowance, etc.). Ala ngarud, ituloy tayo ti agsasarita tapno maibuangay tayo daytoy nga kapanunutan. Thank you for your support! (NT) -- Deacon Tom Buenavista of Farola SAS Class 1957-58, 01/ 7/05 9:39pm
  • Manong Tom's proposal is great but also I agree with what you said Auntie Nomen that it doesn't need to be the veledictorians or salutatorians who can have these financial aids for we have kids back home who badly want to finish at least their high school but just can't because of financial hardships. I think another way we could help is for us to encourage people to open up more businesses in Tagudin so that there will be employment and this way people might be able to afford to have their kids go to school. (NT) -- mod, 01/ 8/05 12:20am
  
  

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• Larry, Micaela, Elena, Paul, Rening, Oping and Nomen - thank you for your involvement and expressing your thoughts and feelings about a scholarship program offering for our needy and deserving Tagudinian children. I propose that we form an "ad hoc" committee to discuss this idea further and to gather support from other Tagudinians within our immediate reach. With this "ad hoc" task force we can also begin defining parameters, formulating ground rules, establishing procedures and actively campaigning for support. If it's OK with Larry, we can use this message board as our discussion venue. What do you think? (NT) -- Deacon Tom Buenavista of Farola SAS Class 1957-58, 01/ 8/05 2:15pm
  • Manong Tom, that is what this message board is for. We would be happy to hear everybody's view on this topic. (NT) -- Larry, 01/ 9/05 10:03pm
  
  

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• Tagudinian International Scholarship Foundation -- Fr. Albert Rabe, 01/ 9/05 4:12pm
  • Fr. Albert Rabe message content is transferred below. (NT) -- mod, 01/ 9/05 9:39pm
  • Dear Manong Deacon Tom, Thank you for your visit in the parish last christmas season. Your visit was indeed an experience of sharing the christmas spirit. Now such sharing spirit is becoming contagious. Many have already caught up with that spirit as they signified their intention to be part of the proposed scholarship foundation for the future of tagudin's young generation. Back home in Tagudin, we will organize the board of directors with teachers as pastoral leaders from each of the 43 barangays and write the concept of the whole scholarship program. (NT) -- Fr. Albert Rabe, 01/ 9/05 9:40pm
  • Dear Father Albert, thank you for helping highlight this need for our young children in Tagudin. Indeed there are many "needs" we can readily identify, some more critical than others. I firmly believe that our young children need a good education in order to become productive and responsible citizens. To this end I am privileged to be part of this group tasked with starting "a drive" for funds earmarked for education. As you may have already read in this Message Board, many Tagudinians (our prospective donors and supporters of this cause) have stated concerns, not the least of which is the "politics" that could undermine such an effort. May I recommend that whoever heads this Board of Trustees would be open to unannounced audits and be willing to give detailed annual reports on how the funds are disbursed, complete with names, pictures and brief bios of recipients. I hope to hear from you and your group. God Bless!! (NT) -- Deacon Tom Buenavista of Farola SAS Class 1957-58, 01/11/05 2:34am