Last October 9, a check for PhP 1 million changed hands from our club, represented by VP Louie Aseoche and Sec. Eddie Galvez, to Dianne Jean Cruz of the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation. A project of the Office of the Vice President, it will be undertaken by the Yellow Boat Foundation, a nonprofit organization engaged in projects that improve children’s access to education. The money is earmarked for the construction of a dormitory for female students at the Sumilao National High School-Vista Villa Annex in Sumilao, Bukidnon. The dormitory will be able to accommodate up to 30 girls from poor families who live in three far-flung barangays—Lucasi, Occasion and Licoan—that range in distance from seven to 12 kms from the school. They negotiate this distance every day, hiking for hours in the morning to get to school and hours again in the late afternoon or early evening to get home. Along the way there are bridges to cross, one of which overflows during the rainy season. The situation is such that the students arrive in school too spent and sleepy—and often hungry—to pay attention in class, and get home in the evening too tired for homework. Add to that the fact that they get up early in the morning, sometimes without breakfast, to get to school on time. Clearly, the situation leaves little space for learning. It breeds tardiness and absenteeism, with resultant poor grades that leave the students discouraged and demotivated, sometimes with no recourse but to drop out. The dormitory is expected to deliver a safe and healthy environment that is conducive to learning and bring about greater student participation, a stop to tardiness and absenteeism and a marked decrease in the dropout rate. The students would then be able to concentrate on the very reason they are in school in the first place—to learn. The project is taking off at once. Groundbreaking is set to start this month, with the structure programmed for delivery in February 2019. This is the second dormitory project to be undertaken by the Yellow Boat Foundation for Angat Buhay. The first, a facility for male students at the Siayan National High School in Zamboanga del Norte, was opened last February.

covered—decent shelter for its resident families, electricity, clean water flowing from taps, pathways with ornamentals, a multi-faith chapel, a multipurpose hall, a pre-school. And now, a two-story building that houses a health center and an e-library. The two facilities, which were inaugurated and blessed last Saturday, March 26, fulfill two of Rotary’s six areas of focus—Disease Prevention and Treatment and Basic Education and Literacy. And because mothers and their children are sure to avail themselves of the services of the health center, a third area is covered as well—Maternal and Child Health. The e-library will get the residents onto the digital revolution bandwagon, the better to keep in step with change. The building was funded by donations by Rotary Clubs from District 3490, with equipment, tools and materials to be funded by back-to-back global grants by two sister clubs—the library by RC Sanchung North of District 3490-Taiwan; the clinic by RC Paranaque St. Andrew (RCPSA) led by ASTP Edith Bernardo and PP Theda Collantes. D3490 Gov. Concrete traveled to Manila for the inauguration, where he shared the honors at the ceremonial ribbon cutting with PDG Sid Garcia, Rotary Homes Chairman, and PP Mario Jimenez of RC Palanyag Paranaque, representing Paranaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez. PDG Sid, PDG Romy, DG Concrete and PP Mario Jimenez delivered brief messages. Also present were PDG Bruce Allen of D9680-Sydney, past chair of The Rotary Foundation and current manager of Rotary Foundation business at RI’s South Pacific & Philippines Office in Parramatta, Australia; RH Trustee PDG Romy Cruz; our own Pres. David Ackerman, PE JunJun Dayrit, Dir. Chris Ferareza, and RCC vice-chair Manny Padiernos; RCPSA members; other RH trustees, and Stephen Rodgers, keynote speaker at the just-concluded 3830 District Conference. PDG Sid later hosted lunch as the NYPD Restaurant of Resorts World.

The Club’s TB Eradication Committee chaired by PDG Tony Quila, in a team-up with the Punta Fuego Village Foundation, our cooperating organization; our daughter club, RC Makati Business District, the San Andres Health Center, medicine supplier Pediatrica, and our long-time service partner, Kabisig ng Kalahi, launched a module of our End TB Now project last April 10 at the Ortega Sports Complex in San Andres, Manila. In attendance were Pres. David & Mache Ackerman, PDG Tony, Pres. Michelle Mantecon of RCMBD, and Dr. Rosana Milan, physician/administrator of the San Andres Health Center. The module covers 70 children, who are expected to complete the six-month medical treatment cycle in October. This is the second module conducted in San Andres. The first, started on December 10 last year, had 39 young patients who are scheduled to complete the treatment in June. The children’s parents who were present heard the self-same message being hammered down: TB is curable; the medicines are free; it is imperative that the children take the medicine as directed every day without fail; the parents’ cooperation is key to the success of the program. Dr. Milan exhorted the parents to reinforce the medication with nutritious food, especially vegetables, while PDG Tony told them that it is the Club’s goal to eradicate TB in the country. This new module brings to seven the number of modules started and to 472 the number of TB-afflicted children being treated since the grand launch of the district-wide project in December 2016. Funding for all seven modules (so far) comes from the Club’s $85,000 global grant from The Rotary Foundation.

Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit, PP Reggie Nolido, Community Service Dir. Chris Ferareza and Dir. Peter & Pam Manzano with their 3 kids took a quick trip to Mt. Pulag last week for the ceremonial turnover of the rehabilitated Mt. Pulag Elementary School to school officials. Badly damaged when Typhoon Lawin tore through northern Luzon in October 2016, the school has been rehabilitated and now looks like new. The reconstruction was made possible with donations by the Club—to the tune of P109K—and by a host of other donor organizations. The Club’s donation consisted of the balance of our disaster relief fund built from contributions from our members. Although the formal turnover took place only last week, the reconstruction of the structure took all of summer and was completed in time for the reopening of classes in June. Aside from the school building, Pres. Jun Jun, PP Reggie, Dir. Chris, and Dir. Peter also brought other gifts: from the Club, two brand-new 40-inch LED TVs, three DVD players, and educational CDs for the school, and 160 raincoats and pairs of boots for the students; and two TV/monitors from Louie Aseoche. The TVs were purchased from Abenson at a discount, courtesy of Wilson Lim. With Typhoon Gorio conspiring with habagat to ruin the planned trip to Mt. Pulag, Pres. Jun Jun et al had second thoughts about pushing through with the trip. But by 2PM on Friday the 28th, they decided that it was a go. They wheeled out of the RCM Clubhouse at 11PM on the 28th and arrived back in Makati at 8:00PM on Saturday the 29th—a tiring trip that took all of 21 hours, 6 of them on the road, in a van, with brief stops for leg stretches and meals: breakfast in Baguio, late lunch hosted by Pres. Jun Jun at the iconic Rose Bowl Resto in Baguio, and the turnover ceremony on Friday morning which, owing to the inclement weather, was moved from the school grounds to an inn. All said, they traveled some 600 km to Pulag and back. Hats off to these stouthearted and caring men and lady for braving foul weather, enduring cramped legs, and giving up sleep and the comfort of home to render “service above self.” This, it must be said, is the stuff RC Makati Rotarians are made of.

Don’t look now but our “Stop TB Now” project is growing wings and going places! Its last stop: Tacloban City in Leyte where 26 children afflicted with tuberculosis started treatment designed to rid them of the disease after six months of daily medication. Kicked off at the launch of the project on August 18, the medical treatment will end in February 2018. After the project launch at the TB DOTS building at City Hall, they proceeded to the Guindapunan Elementary School in Palo, Leyte, for the turnover of over 500 books to the school library, a donation from RC Kankabato from our BATS Project. Funded by a USD 85,000 global grant from The Rotary Foundation, with a contribution from RC Taoyuan, a sister club and our international partner, and the Punta Fuego Village Foundation as cooperating organization, the Tacloban run of the project is supported by a number of partners—the city government of Tacloban, the city health office of Tacloban, RC Kankabato-Tacloban, and long-time partners Pediatrica and Kabisig ng Kalahi. In the RC Makati party with Pres. Jun Jun & Cecille Dayrit were PDG Tony Quila, Stop TB Now chairman, Chito Cantada, Wash & Pizza Lou, Johnny Ang and Dir. Boy Arteche, a native Taclobanon who virtually played host to the RCM visitors during their stay in his city 17-20 August, rolling out a thick carpet of hospitality for them. Fellowship Rotary style began at the airport as members of RC Kankabato met them and drove them to the Arteche-owned Hotel Alejandro, their home while in the city. That night, the Kankabato Rotarians hosted a welcome dinner, which was graced by Tacloban Mayor Cristina Romualdez. The four-day stay was rich with opportunity to see Leyte up close and personal—the beach in Palo etched in history books as the hallowed ground where Gen. Douglas MacArthur made good his famous “I shall return” promise to the Filipino people; the iconic San Juanico Bridge over the treacherous strait that connects Leyte to Samar; the remains of a ship blown to smithereens by Super Typhoon Yolanda’s 7-meter high, 370 kph storm surge; and a memorial to Yolanda’s long list of human victims. And, being tourists at heart, they did as all tourists do—contribute to the local economy by shopping, notably for the colorful banig bags that are the pride of Leyte. There was dinner at the penthouse of Hotel Alejandro one day and on another day, breakfast on the Arteche Island near the foot of San Juanico Bridge, the last compliments of Dir. Boy, who played his role of grand host throughout with characteristic warmth, humor and aplomb. The Leyte trip hit a number of targets—health, education, economics, history, and culture, woven in a seamless bond by the wonderful glue of fellowship. And then, there was the unique chance to experience first-hand how resilience and the indomitable human spirit have seen the people of Leyte through Yolanda, the deadly nightmare they are not likely to forget.

In RC Makati, there are “angels”– two kinds, actually. The first are the children in our project sites, adopted communities, and select charitable institutions to whom the Club gives presents at Christmas time under our Last Angel Gift Giving Project. The second are the Anns –and the Rotarians—who go out of their way at Christmastime to bring cheer to the little angels to make their Christmas a truly merry one. This year, there were 1,059 names in the nice-boys, nice-girls list compiled by the Last Angels Committee chaired by Ann Mache Ackerman (as immediate past First Ann) who prudently kicked off the campaign for donations early. Thirty-six members answered the call, bringing in a collective contribution of P261,000 to fund the project. It is an annual exercise in generosity our members have come to look forward to taking part in, year after year since 1998, when then First Lady Angela Quila oversaw its maiden run after it was conceived by Ann Brin Panlilio. It took all of 12 days—from November 27 to December 19—for the committee to deliver the gifts to over a thousand eager kids in 16 sites scattered throughout Metro Manila and a couple of places in Batangas and Rizal. The first stop was at the Marcela Agoncillo Elementary School in Binondo, Manila, one of the sites of our feeding program, on the 27th of November, where 113 kids received Christmas presents from the project’s frontliners—Pres. Jun Jun & Cecille Dayrit, IPP David & Mache Ackerman, Feeding Program Chair PP Freddie Borromeo & Ann Jojo, and Community Service Director Chris Ferareza, among others. The 1st of December saw 96 kids queueing up for gifts at the Santiago Zobel Elementary School and Pedro Palacio Elementary School in Calatagan, Batangas. The two schools being long-time feeding program sites, the kids were treated to additional gifts from the Borromeos. For three consecutive days, the Committee carried on with the gift giving exercise despite the demands of Christmas at work and at home, not to mention the challenge of the horrible traffic in the metro—on the 7th, they were at the Philippine Institute for the Deaf in Nagtahan, Manila, serving 77 pupils; on the 8th, at the Marillac Hills in Alabang, a temporary home for girls and women in crisis, with 195 girls; and on the 9th, in Brgy. San Andres in Manila with 51 kids, who also received Gardenia bread, Krispy Kreme donuts and juice from RCM Business District through their Charter President Mache Ackerman. Also on the 9th, they rounded off the day at the RCM Clubhouse where members of our RCC Bukluran gathered some 100 children from the Guadalupe Viejo neighborhood for their gifts. After a three-day respite, the Committee was back on the road to resume the work. The 12th brought them to Hospicio de San Jose to deliver presents to 51 wards, who were treated to a Jollibee meal by PP Carlo Rufino; to the Makati Social Development Center in Brgy. Tejeros on the 13th, serving 71 wards of the Club’s Bantay Bata Project; to Brgy. Rawang in Tanay, Rizal on the 14th where 60 kids enrolled in the feeding program received gifts from the Club and from PP Freddie and Ann Jojo; and to the Stepping Stone School campus in Sucat, Paranaque, where 103 kids received presents from 14 Rotarians and four Anns. On the 18th, 29 wards of Bahay Maria in Bel-Air Village in Makati received gifts from the Club, with additional presents from Ms. Fionna Borromeo-Casillan, daughter of PP Freddie and Jojo. During the RCM staff Christmas party on the same date, children of the staffers were also given gifts. On the 19th, PDG Robert & Yvonne Kuan took the project to Sagada in the Mountain Province where they treated 50 kids to presents from the Last Angel Committee and some 100 kids to personal gifts from themselves. On behalf of this year’s “last angels,” we thank the following donors for their generosity: Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit, IPP David Ackerman, PP Joe Alejandro, PP Felix Amparo, Louie Aseoche, PDG Pepito Bengzon, PP Cesar Campos, Roger Collantes, VP Mike Escaler, Dir. Chris Ferareza, Eddie Galvez, PRID Paing Hechanova, Manny Javelosa, PDG Robert Kuan, Julian Lim, PP Rene Limjoco, Wash Lou, Peter Manzano, PN Bimbo Mills, David Nithyananthan, PP Reggie Nolido, PP Tito Panlilio, PP Fred Parungao, Porsche Pena, Andrew Prieto, PDG Tony Quila, Ed Rojas, PP Carlo Rufino, PP Charlie Rufino. Johnny Siy, Philip Soliven, PP Sonny Tambunting, Derrick Tan, Bom Villatuya, PP Eddie Yap, and Sam Young.In RC Makati, there are “angels”– two kinds, actually. The first are the children in our project sites, adopted communities, and select charitable institutions to whom the Club gives presents at Christmas time under our Last Angel Gift Giving Project. The second are the Anns –and the Rotarians—who go out of their way at Christmastime to bring cheer to the little angels to make their Christmas a truly merry one. This year, there were 1,059 names in the nice-boys, nice-girls list compiled by the Last Angels Committee chaired by Ann Mache Ackerman (as immediate past First Ann) who prudently kicked off the campaign for donations early. Thirty-six members answered the call, bringing in a collective contribution of P261,000 to fund the project. It is an annual exercise in generosity our members have come to look forward to taking part in, year after year since 1998, when then First Lady Angela Quila oversaw its maiden run after it was conceived by Ann Brin Panlilio. It took all of 12 days—from November 27 to December 19—for the committee to deliver the gifts to over a thousand eager kids in 16 sites scattered throughout Metro Manila and a couple of places in Batangas and Rizal. The first stop was at the Marcela Agoncillo Elementary School in Binondo, Manila, one of the sites of our feeding program, on the 27th of November, where 113 kids received Christmas presents from the project’s frontliners—Pres. Jun Jun & Cecille Dayrit, IPP David & Mache Ackerman, Feeding Program Chair PP Freddie Borromeo & Ann Jojo, and Community Service Director Chris Ferareza, among others. The 1st of December saw 96 kids queueing up for gifts at the Santiago Zobel Elementary School and Pedro Palacio Elementary School in Calatagan, Batangas. The two schools being long-time feeding program sites, the kids were treated to additional gifts from the Borromeos. For three consecutive days, the Committee carried on with the gift giving exercise despite the demands of Christmas at work and at home, not to mention the challenge of the horrible traffic in the metro—on the 7th, they were at the Philippine Institute for the Deaf in Nagtahan, Manila, serving 77 pupils; on the 8th, at the Marillac Hills in Alabang, a temporary home for girls and women in crisis, with 195 girls; and on the 9th, in Brgy. San Andres in Manila with 51 kids, who also received Gardenia bread, Krispy Kreme donuts and juice from RCM Business District through their Charter President Mache Ackerman. Also on the 9th, they rounded off the day at the RCM Clubhouse where members of our RCC Bukluran gathered some 100 children from the Guadalupe Viejo neighborhood for their gifts. After a three-day respite, the Committee was back on the road to resume the work. The 12th brought them to Hospicio de San Jose to deliver presents to 51 wards, who were treated to a Jollibee meal by PP Carlo Rufino; to the Makati Social Development Center in Brgy. Tejeros on the 13th, serving 71 wards of the Club’s Bantay Bata Project; to Brgy. Rawang in Tanay, Rizal on the 14th where 60 kids enrolled in the feeding program received gifts from the Club and from PP Freddie and Ann Jojo; and to the Stepping Stone School campus in Sucat, Paranaque, where 103 kids received presents from 14 Rotarians and four Anns. On the 18th, 29 wards of Bahay Maria in Bel-Air Village in Makati received gifts from the Club, with additional presents from Ms. Fionna Borromeo-Casillan, daughter of PP Freddie and Jojo. During the RCM staff Christmas party on the same date, children of the staffers were also given gifts. On the 19th, PDG Robert & Yvonne Kuan took the project to Sagada in the Mountain Province where they treated 50 kids to presents from the Last Angel Committee and some 100 kids to personal gifts from themselves. On behalf of this year’s “last angels,” we thank the following donors for their generosity: Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit, IPP David Ackerman, PP Joe Alejandro, PP Felix Amparo, Louie Aseoche, PDG Pepito Bengzon, PP Cesar Campos, Roger Collantes, VP Mike Escaler, Dir. Chris Ferareza, Eddie Galvez, PRID Paing Hechanova, Manny Javelosa, PDG Robert Kuan, Julian Lim, PP Rene Limjoco, Wash Lou, Peter Manzano, PN Bimbo Mills, David Nithyananthan, PP Reggie Nolido, PP Tito Panlilio, PP Fred Parungao, Porsche Pena, Andrew Prieto, PDG Tony Quila, Ed Rojas, PP Carlo Rufino, PP Charlie Rufino. Johnny Siy, Philip Soliven, PP Sonny Tambunting, Derrick Tan, Bom Villatuya, PP Eddie Yap, and Sam Young.

December is the happiest time of the year for Filipinos, but last year, it was not, at least for the people of Leyte and Samar and neighboring cities and towns called on by an uninvited guest—Typhoon Urduja. Making landfall in Samar on December 16, Urduja dumped rain that inundated entire towns, forcing hundreds of families to flee their homes and find temporary shelter in cramped evacuation centers. Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit and Community Service Dir. Chris Ferareza immediately went to work, activating the Club’s donations mechanism, and raising P285,000 in a matter of 4 days. With the funds, Dir. Chris worked with COS Ron Dotaro to purchase items most needed in times of disaster. They coordinated with Dir. Boy Arteche, a native Taclobanon, and with the Rotary Clubs of Kankabato and Biliran Island on the must-haves of the relief mission, to make sure every base was loaded and the goods could get to their destinations at once. There was no time to waste. If there was a perfect way to actualize the Christmas spirit of giving through selfless service, this was it. On the 27th, Dir. Chris and Ron took an early flight to Tacloban and spent the entire day handing out relief goods, including sleeping mats and blankets, to people in the evacuation centers. In total, 468 families were served in four towns in Biliran, Leyte—129 in Almeria, 79 in Atupolo, 60 in Larazabal, and 200 in Caray-Caray. They hurried back to Tacloban in the evening, where Dir. Chris turned over to Dr. Jimmy Opinion of the Tacloban City Health Office a check for P51,000 to be used for the construction of three waiting tents. The duo flew back to Manila the following day. On the 23rd, a mere two days before Christmas, Typhoon Vinta struck Mindanao, zeroing in on Davao and Bukidnon. By the time it exited on Christmas day, roads had turned into rivers and people were walking in chest-deep waters. Responding to a request by PDG Miriam Ruth “Jing” Dablio – De la Calzada of District 3870, the Club sent P30,000 worth of relief goods to Valencia City, Bukidnon distributed to 70 families in Brgy. Catumbalon on December 31. Among the many respondents to the appeal for donations were Philip Cea of F1 Hotel and Derrick Tan and Bong Gumban of St. Giles Hotel, who gave bed linens, mattresses and towels for use by the refugees. The items are due to be transported on a C130 plane to Cagayan de Oro for affected families in Marawi. On behalf of the recipients in Leyte, Bukidnon, and Marawi, we thank the following Rotarians for responding with dispatch to the Club’s appeal for donations: Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit, IPP David Ackerman, PP Joe Alejandro, PP Fidel Alfonso, PP Felix Amparo, Felix Ang, Johnny Ang, Dir. Boy Arteche, Louie Aseoche, George Barcelon, Chito Cantada, Roger Collantes, Dir. Michael Escaler, Dir. Chris Ferareza, Louie Fernandez, Eddie Galvez, PDG Sid Garcia, Ric Gindap, Mundy Gonzalez, Wilfred Gui, PP Ric Librea, Julian Lim, Wash Lou, PP Conrad Marty, PN Bimbo Mills, David Nithyananthan, PP Reggie Nolido, Manny Padiernos, PP Tito Panlilio, PE Fred Pascual, Porsche Pena, Andrew Prieto, Gary Phillips, Freddie Placino, Ed Rojas, Rodrigo Segura, Philip Soliven, Johnny Sy, Ann Terry Tambunting, Derrick Tan, Johnson Tan, Wilson Tan, Jolyon Tiglao, PP Roland Young, Sam Young, Dick Upton and an anonymous donor. Thanks, too, to Derrick Tan and Bong Gumban of St. Giles Hotel and Philip Cea of F1 Hotel for the donations of mattresses, beddings and towels; Drexx Laggui for the use of his van for transporting the donated hotel items from F1 Hotel and St. Giles to the RCM Clubhouse; Sec. Boy Arteche for coordinating the needs of the Tacloban City Health Office; RC Kankabato and RC Biliran Island for their assistance with the relief operations; and PP Maita Manlapus of RC Mactan for connecting us to the military on the use of a C130 plane. We reserve our utmost gratitude to Dir. Chris Ferareza and Ron Dotaro for so graciously giving up the better part of the Christmas break to bring much-needed help and a taste of Christmas cheer to the families that suffered the wrath of Typhoon Urduja.

The Sanlakbay Program for the rehabilitation of drug users, Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit’s signature project, is moving forward according to plan. Last Friday, 17 March, Pres. Jun Jun led a group of Rotarians—PN Bimbo Mills, Johnny Ang, Sec. Boy Arteche, and Ai-Ai Galvez—on a visit to the San Ildefonso Parish in Brgy. Pio del Pilar, Makati to start the second leg of the program. Sanlakbay is the Archdiocese of Manila’s program to save the drug users who surrendered to the police in response to the government’s sweeping Operation Tokhang. The San Ildefonso visit was three-pronged -- it was: one, a meeting with those in charge of the program in the parish—Dr. Arwin Serrano, Sanlakbay head, and Fr. Arvin Paz, SDB, parish priest; second, the turnover of the Club’s donation of communication equipment—a Lenovo laptop, an Epson printer, and an Epson projector/screen set; and third, a meet-and-greet with the second batch of 50 “kalakbays” (fellow journeyers), erstwhile drug dependents from Bangkal, Palanan and San Isidro who are about to embark on the challenging journey of recovery and reformation. Beginning the program with a prayer, Fr. Arvin delivered a note of welcome, explaining that the program is open to all barangays in Makati. Addressing the program participants, he said that this is the start of change, of a new future for them, and that individual success will depend on their individual commitment to see themselves through. Atty. Claro Certeza, Makati City administrator, recalled the program’s shaky beginning, adding that with perseverance, problems have been overcome. He also lauded the application of the community approach, where the private sector, the Church, the local government unit and the police have come together to solve the complex drug problem. Pres. Jun Jun recounted how a radio program made him decide to adopt the program for RC Makati and how the Club donated to Caritas Manila the same communication equipment (and a utility van) last year. He also shared his plan to invite some of the Sanlakbay graduates to the club meeting on April 17 to deliver testimonials, the better for club members to appreciate the program and see how it is changing lives. Dr. Arwin gave an overview of the program, from its inception in September 2016 at the San Roque Parish in Blumentritt, Manila and its start in Makati in August 2017. He also outlined the components of the Sanlakbay program—catechetical instruction, values formation, individual and family counseling, therapy sessions in music and arts, sports, lakbay-aral, livelihood, random drug testing before, during and after the program, and an after-care program for the graduates—and hammered down the house rules every “kalakbay” should abide by. The fundamental objective of the program is evolving from rehabilitation to prevention, an even more challenging proposition that requires more hands on deck. The parish awarded a certificate of appreciation to the Club for its support and assistance.

The Club was once again a recipient of the district’s highest honor—6-Star Club—at the District Awards held on June 4 at the Sofitel Hotel. Without sounding like we’re blowing our horn, we note that the Club has consistent been a consistent recipient of the district’s highest twin honors, notably the twin awards for the club and president, which we have received six times. There to represent the Club were Pres. JunJun & FA Cecille Dayrit, PDG Sid Garcia, PDG Pepito Bengzon, PP Reggie Nolido, IPP David & Mache Ackerman, Dir. Jun Palafox, Dir. Chris Ferareza, PN Bimbo Mills, PND Peter Manzano, and Eddie Galvez. Pres. Jun Jun was all smiles as he mounted the stage to claim the trophies and plaques the Club had won. 6-Star Club Award Leadership Award for Pres. JunJun • RI Presidential Citation Award • 5 Consecutive Years of Five Star Rating • 100% TRF Giving and EREY Club • Top Five in Annual Fund Giving • Top Five in Annual per Capita Giving Outstanding Club in the Area of Focus of Economic and Community Development for Project Liwanag • Special Citation for Most Outstanding Club Newsletter MAD Award for Outstanding Community Service Project - AQMS Green Initiative Recognition for AQMS Happy Barangay Citation • Outstanding Club in - Administration - Membership (MAD 5, Great 8) - Public Image - The Rotary Foundation - Club Service Governor’s Citation - For Hosting: On to Toronto, DRIA and TRF Testimonial Dinner - For Participation in: Youth Olympics, District Tree Planting, Rotary Day, Support of flagship projects: Tuloy sa Don Bosco and Rotary Homes.