AUGUST 2011
Hearing Aid Beneficiary:
1. Abegail Esmarin
Artificial Eyes Beneficiary:
1. Sebastian Guelas
2. Dianika Baltazar
3. Avegail Hernandez
4. Roborn Villamin
5. Margareth Ann Fernandez
6. Ma. Angelica Torres
7. Mark Abad
Cleft Lip/Palate Operation Beneficiaries:
1. Name: Christian Eliakim Mejia
Date of Birth: December 23, 2010
Case: Cleft Lip Complete and Palate
Date of Operation: August 02, 2011
2. Name: Chace Kelvin Colambo
Date of Birth: December 20, 2010
Case: Cleft Lip Complete & Palate
Date of operation: August 28, 2011
3. Name: Paris Santos
Date of Birth: June 11, 2005
Case: Cleft Palate and Lip Repaire
Date of Operation: August 25, 2011
4. Name: Jandee Lamban
Date of Birth: September 18, 2009
Case: Cleft Lip Incomplete
Date of Operation: August 15, 2011
5. Name: Joselito Abilay
Date of Birth: January 15, 2011
Case: Cleft Lip Bilateral Complete & Palate
Date of Operation: August 15, 2011
6. Name: Georgina Fortuno
Date of Birth: February 21, 2011
Case: Cleft Lip Bilateral Complete and Palate
7. Name: Hisham Aziz Bacani
Date of Birth: May 11, 2011
Case: Cleft Lip Bilateral Complete and Palate
Date of Operation: August 4, 2011
SEPTEMBER 2011
Hearing Aid Beneficiary:
1. Wendy Vergara
Cleft Lip/Palate Operation Beneficiaries:
1. Name: Zedrick Tabulno
Date of Birth: May 25, 2008
Case: Cleft Lip Complete and Palate
Date of Operation: September 06, 2011
2. Name: Helen Jay Canada
Date of Birth: Jan 15, 2005
Case: Cleft Palate
Date of operation: September 05, 2011
3. Name: Kurt Mathew Hernandez
Date of Birth: Jan 11, 2011
Case: Cleft Lip
Date of Operation: September 10, 2011
4. Name: Jayson Cabacdulan
Date of Birth: December 19, 2004
Case: Cleft Palate
Date of Operation: September 05, 2011
OCTOBER 2011
Hearing Aid Beneficiary:
1. Rhojane Manio
Cleft Lip/Palate Operation Beneficiaries:
1. Name: Dwynchel Garcia
Date of Birth: April 06, 2011
Case: Cleft Lip incomplete
Date of Operation: October 10, 2011
2. Name: John Rey Catampungan
Date of Birth: October 04, 2010
Case: Cleft Lip Bilateral Incomplete
Date of operation: October 14, 2011
3. Name: Art Ceo Suade
Date of Birth: May 15, 2010
Case: Cleft Palate
Date of Operation: October 12, 2011
4. Name: Roldan Ducot
Date of Birth: September 03, 2009
Case: Cleft Palate
Date of Operation: October 17, 2011
NOVEMBER 2011
Hearing Aid Beneficiary:
1. Sheena Carmen
Cleft Lip/Palate Operation Beneficiaries:
1. Name: Jillian Mabansag
Date of Birth: March 01, 2011
Case: Cleft Lip incomplete
Date of Operation: November 14, 2011
2. Name: Rain Cathlyn Llanza
Date of Birth: April 18, 2010
Case: Cleft Palate
Date of operation: November 29, 2011
DECEMBER 2011
Hearing Aid Beneficiary
1. Wendel Dolina
Cleft Lip/Palate Operation Beneficiaries:
1. Name: Mark David Caliwan
Date of Birth: March 19, 2011
Case: Cleft Lip Complete and Palate
Date of Operation: December 16, 2011
All of these would not be possible without the help of our friends. Thank you to everyone.
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And that is what my son Gabriel left behind. He only lived nine short months, but years after he died, hope reigns in the hearts of the many children whose lives are now better because of the many people who support our foundation in memory of Gabriel.
Once a year, at daybreak, we celebrate the life of my son Gabriel. This year started with a swim-a-thon, then a run-a-thon, then a bike ride. Some did all three, to complete a triathlon.
This year also marked our fifth year of doing a kid’s triathlon. It’s amazing to see kids who started out with us five years ago- how they’ve grown up and how much faster they are now! Every year there are more kids participating.
The Daang Hari Barefoot Running Kids and the girls from Marillac Hills, a home for abused girls, are kids who our foundation have been supporting. They were there to join in on the fun. We had an adventure race for them then a self-defense class. After that, they had a surprise activity with the arrival of my friends Sylvia and Tonji Ramos who treated them to a bird watching session.
Me and my daughters Max and Nadine, with the Daang Hari Barefoot Running kids and their new shoes
We also launched our first shoe drive with swimbikerun.ph founder Carlos De Guzman.
The last activity for the day was our 1.6km buddy run, a fun run for any two friends, – a mother and child, friend and friend, or even, human and dog, as long as they run together. We had all kinds!
Lino and I lined up with the rest of the participants hoping to just do an easy paced jog which would just add on to our running mileage for the day.
But as it turned out, we were not the only brother-sister pair there. Ella and Donny Pangilinan took the lead from the start.
Lino noticed the two and started to pick up the pace and told me we had to give them a run for their money. I said:
“Are you crazy? They are teen triathletes! Like Ninja triathletes, you know? You and I will be like hippos trying to race with gazelles.”
So there we were, two pairs of brothers and sisters on the run – Lino and I pushing, sweating and trying to go faster, the Pangilinan’s just gliding and widening their lead. We never got close enough, but we ran with conviction. After we crossed the finish line, I joked that as official organizer of the race, I would change the distance of the buddy run next year- maybe a 21 km, because that would be the minimum distance where Lino and I would have an iota of a chance of beating the fast twitch Pangilinans.
Maiqui Dayrit came by to do a long run. He has done an ironman distance triathlon- a 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike, 42 km run- at our event every single year for the past six years and is by far our largest donor. He is doing an ironman again, but this time in Kona, at the Ironman World Champs which he qualified for at the Ironman 70.3 Philippines in Cam Sur. We will watch him and the rest of the Filipinos who qualified with pride.
And at 6pm, Hans Kristian Juan‘s arrival, after doing an all day bike, his fifth year of doing so, signaled the end of this beautiful day.
- Me, Hans and Maiqui
This year’s winners, both in the individual, group and special categories, all received medals and gift packs from GSF. Their victory is, of course, just a bonus because the biggest ‘winners’ in this event are the hundreds of children with special needs who shall benefit from the funds raised by all participants, as well as the ever-reliable sponsors of GSF.
We wish to make special citations to recognize some of the winners for their exemplary efforts in helping GSF. They include Hans Kristian Juan who, for the 5th consecutive year, did a 12-hour bike-a-thon to raise funds for the children of GSF. Another is actor/TV host Richard Gutierrez, who won second place in the bike-a-thon, and even gamely helped us award some of the winners.
Lastly, we would like to thank a number of loyal SuperTriKids participants who have been joining our event in the last 3-to-5 years, namely: Christine Manalo, Andie Santos, Gabbie Santos, Joey Santos, and Teri Santos (they have been joining for 5 straight years); Stephanie Manalo (she has been joining for 4 straight years), and Jesila Mari Faustine Dejuras, Margo Manalo, Skylour Manalo, Nacho Mapa, Bea Salera and Ezekiel Noel Samson (they have been joining for 3 straight years). We couldn’t thank you enough kids — and of course your parents — for choosing to always be a part of the annual GSF celebration!
I. SWIM-A-THON (Individual)
1st – Mapa, Jose Ignacio – 85 laps
2nd – Yamoyam, John Mark – 72 laps
3rd – Guevara, Mara – 58 laps
II. SWIM-A-THON (Group)
1st – Team Torres
Torres, Andee – 79 laps
Torres, Gabee – 69 laps
Torres, Rafo – 41 laps
III. RUN-A-THON (Individual)
1st – Gonzales, Rocky S. – 15k
Guillamon, Ginno S.
Lizardo, Karl John Juan
Palaguid, Patrick U.
Pamittah, Geoditho L.
Pumaren, Gilbert F.
Santiago, Christian Deo M.
Santos, Patrick John Soliman
2nd – Elad, Diana Mae – 11k
IV. RUN-A-THON (Group)
1st – JT1
Malupa, Marco
Dela Pena, Dave
Jacinto, Mark
V. BIKE-A-THON (Individual)
1st – Carmona, Leana – 51.05k
2nd – Gutierrez, Richard – 47.89k
Hernandez – 47.89k
3rd – Jacinto, Mark – 47.31k
De Guzman, Carlos
Enriquez, Leroy
VI. BIKE-A-THON (Group)
No Winner
VII. TRIATHLON (Individual)
1st – Jopson, Noy
2nd – Guidiceli, Gianluca
3rd – Cinco, Boy
VIII. TRIATHLON (Group)
1st – Smart A
Sales, Jerwin
Mascarenas, Ipe
Rabago, Johann
IX. SUPERKIDS AQUATHLON
6 years old and below
BOYS
1st – Ching, Chad Ethan – 0:02’ 50
GIRLS
1st – Santos, Adrianna Benette Alei – 0:02’ 50
7 to 8 years old
BOYS
1st – Macalalad, Everly Janare – 0:07’ 30
2nd – Almendral, Eric – 0:07’ 48
3rd – Osias, Jhulius Ralp – 0:08’ 11
GIRLS
1st – Powell, Angelina – 0:07’ 46
2nd – Celestial, Sabrina – 0:11’ 53
9 to 10 years old
BOYS
1st – Samson, Ezekiel – 0:16’ 29
2nd – Pangilinan, Benjie – 0:16’ 39
3rd – Tan, Juris Aaron – 0:17’ 09
GIRLS
1st – Manalo, Margaeux – 0:18’ 11
11 to 12 years old
BOYS
1st – Nalo, Nathan – 26’ 29”
GIRLS
1st – Pangilinan, Hannah – 26’ 14”
2nd – Dejuras, Jesila Mari Faustine – 27’ 21”
3rd – Salera, Dexter Bea – 28’ 26”
13 to 15 years old
BOYS
1st – Macalalad, Edward Vince Jared – 0:41:49
2nd – Ocampo, Javier – 0:43:20
3rd – Barangan, Luis Antonio – 0:43:33
GIRLS
1st – Farid, Aina Farhana – 51’ 14”
2nd – Manalo, Christine – 53’ 05”
3rd – Farid, Aisya Farisha – 53’ 04”
X. WALK YOUR DOG
1st – Jimenez, Gabby – 12’ 05”
2nd – Dejuras, Joachim Florenzo – 14’ 40”
3rd – Escaño, Lucia – 18’ 39”
XII. BUDDY RUN
1st – Donnie and Ella Pangilinan – 7’ 12”
2nd – Cristina Conde and Janice Vasquez – 10’ 20”
3rd – Deeda Gorospe Bonz and Stephen Bonz – 10’ 44
XII. SPECIAL AWARDS
* Certificate of Appreciation: 5th consecutive year of cycling for 12 Hours at the GSF
Hans Kristian Juan
* Certificate of Appreciation: 5th consecutive year of joining SuperTriKids
Manalo, Christine
Santos, Andie
Santos, Gabbie
Santos, Joey
Santos, Teri
* Certificate of Appreciation: 4th consecutive year of joining SuperTriKids
Manalo, Stephanie
* Certificate of Appreciation: 3rd consecutive year of joining SuperTriKids
Dejuras, Jesila Mari Faustine
Manalo, Margo
Manalo, Skylour
Mapa, Nacho
Salera, Bea
Samson, Ezekiel Noel
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Triathletes and multi-sport enthusiasts, celebrities and corporate teams came and spent the day joining various sports events lined up by GSF. Many of the participants also brought along family members to cheer for them as they competed. (See complete list of winners below)
Past and present beneficiaries of the GSF were also present, including the Barefoot Running Kids of Daang Hari, girls from the Marillac Home in Alabang, officers, members and kids from the Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children (PAVIC), as well as young children who benefited from free surgical operation for cleft lip and palate, who were brought by their parents to the venue to personally thank Sen. Cayetano and GSF.
The mini-football tournament for kids organized by the Younghusband Football Academy was also well-attended, drawing more than 20 teams from various schools and football clubs from all over Metro Manila.
Some of the celebrities who graced the 9th GSF include popular actor and TV host Richard Gutierrez, who also joined the bike-a-thon where he won second place; Philippine Azkals stars James and Phil Younghusband, who also helped Sen. Cayetano present awards to some of the winners; the famous racing ‘Team Pangilinan’ family led by lawyer-host Anthony Pangilinan; and triathletes Arland Macasieb and Noy Jopson, Filipino elite champions of the Cobra Ironman 70.3 in CamSur in the 2011 and 2009, respectively.
Also present were GSF’s resident Ironman Maiqui Dayrit, who will bring his fund-raising efforts to the world Ironman championships in Kona, Hawaii this October; Women’s Health editor Lara Parpan; and members of the Cayetano family: Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and his wife, Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano; Ren Cayetano; and Barangay Fort Bonifacio Chairman and TV director Lino Cayetano .
The GSF would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to corporate sponsors which made the event a success, including Hyundai Alabang, Century Tuna, Nestlé Philippines, Smart, San Miguel Corporation, Timex, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola Foundation, Krispy Kreme, New Balance, Speedo, Alaska, and Carman’s.
Special thanks also go out to Carlos de Guzman of swimbikerun.ph who turned over 29 pairs of shoes from his website’s shoe drive efforts; to everyone who donated old pairs of jeans, shirts, jackets and books for the GSF’s ‘Recycling Depot Project’; Sifu Robert Green and his group who taught self-defense to the children using the martial arts discipline, Wing Chun; Tonji and Sylvia Ramos who took the kids to bird watching in Ayala Alabang; Coach Jojo Durias of the Younghusband Football Academy; Coach Rick Reyes of the Triathlon Association of the Philippines; Coach Ani de Leon-Brown; and Mayor Jerry Pelayo of Candaba, Pampanga.
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But not to worry. The good news is that Maiqui has committed to bring his advocacy over to Kona, Hawaii where he will compete alongside the world’s best triathletes at the 2011 World Ironman Championships this coming October 8!
Dayrit, who has been doing an annual Ironman fundraiser since 2005 for the kids of GSF to celebrate his birthday, qualified for the World Championships when he placed third in his age-group at the 3rd Cobra Ironman 70.3 held in Camarines Sur last August 14.
Showing his finest form yet at the annual triathlon event, Maiqui finished the course with a time of five hours, three minutes and 47 seconds (5:03:47), earning him third place honors in the men’s 40-44 years age-group. Over 1,000 athletes from 28 countries participated in this year’s edition of the Cobra Ironman 70.3, which consisted of a tough course of a 1.9-km swim, 90-km bike and 21.1-km run.
“I’m turning 40 on September 11. Raising funds for the kids would be the perfect way to celebrate the big ‘Four-Zero’ but I unexpectedly qualified for Kona last Sunday August 14!” Dayrit shared in an interview.
He added: “Unfortunately, my aging body might not recover in time for Kona [if he does an Ironman at the GSF event on Sept.3] so I’ve decided to take the Gabriel’s Symphony with me to Kona this year!”
And a plea for his sponsors and friends: “I hope my loyal sponsors understand and still donate. I really can’t let the kids down!”
This means that Maiqui will swim 3.86 kms., bike 180.25 kms. and run 42.195 kms. in Kona not only to mark a personal milestone, but also to carry the Philippine colors and continue his advocacy to help differently abled children!
It should be recalled that on his fifth ‘Maiqui’s Ironman’ last year, Dayrit already surpassed the P1-million mark in terms of donations and pledges for the GSF. Reaching the finish line at past six in the evening, Maiqui was greeted and cheered by friends and some of the children he has helped over the years. Expressing their gratitude, the children presented him with a birthday cake, card and sang him a birthday song.
Every kilometer he has worked and sweated for has been worth it, swears Maiqui, even as he looks forward to carrying on his annual Ironman this October and for years to come.
Congratulations and more power to Maiqui in Kona!
For more information on ‘Maiqui’s Ironman’ and the 9th GSF Multi-Sport Celebration, email us at blessings@gabrielsymphony.com
Photo: Maiqui Dayrit (in blue shirt and white cap) with fellow triathletes Senator Pia Cayetano, GSF Founder, and TV host Drew Arellano draw cheers from the ‘Barefoot Running Kids’ of Daang Hari at the finish line of the 8th Gabriel’s Symphony Multi-Sport Celebration last year.
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9th GABRIEL’S SYMPHONY
12-Hour Multi-Sport Celebration In Celebration of Gabriel
Saturday, 3 September 2011, 6am-6pm
Alabang Country Club, Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa City
Sports enthusiasts of all ages can look forward to another day of sports events, fun-filled activities and an opportunity to help children with disabilities.
On September 3, Saturday, the Gabriel’s Symphony Foundation (GSF) will hold its 9th annual staging of the Gabriel’s Symphony’s “12-Hour Multi-Sport Celebration in Memory of Gabriel.” As in previous years, the event will run from 6am to 6pm at the Alabang Country Club in Muntinlupa City.
Organized by GSF and its main founder, Sen. Pia S. Cayetano, the fund-raiser is held in memory of her son Gabriel Cayetano Sebastian who died from a rare congenital disorder in 2001 at the age of nine months. Cayetano describes the day-long event as a celebration by family and friends of the “birthday which Gabriel never had.”
In the last nine years, the GSF has been raising funds to help differently abled children, including free surgery for those with cleft lip and palate, and providing free hearing aids to hearing-impaired children and artificial eyes to visually-impaired kids.
The GSF has also been helping indigent children develop their potentials, such as the children of Daang Hari, who have shown promise as competitive runners and athletes.
This year, the GSF has lined up various activities including Swim-A-Thon, Bike-A-Thon, and Run-A-Thon, Triathlon plus SuperTriKids Triathlon and Mile Run races, which include the Buddy Run and Walk Your Dog. For the 6th straight year, Maiqui Dayrit will raise funds by doing a full Ironman distance triathlon (3.8k swim, 180k bike, and 42.2k run).
The fundraiser will also feature the ‘Recycling Depot Project.’ Friends and supporters of GSF are encouraged to bring their old denims, magazines and children’s books on event day. Old denims will be transformed into denim shoes and sandals while old magazines will be recycled into paper bags. Old books will be donated to the ‘Let’s Read’ program of GSF and Pinay In Action for the use of indigent children in various communities.
View the 9th Gabriel’s Symphony MECHANICS, click HERE.
Interested parties may also email blessings@gabrielsymphony.com for more information.
Avail of limited edition bicycle jerseys especially designed for the 9th Gabriel’s Symphony Foundation’s (GSF) 12-Hour Multi-Sport Celebration in Memory of Gabriel!
The jerseys come in four sizes (small, medium, large and extra large) and will be sold for P1,500 each.
Interested parties may place their orders by emailing us now at blessings@gabrielsymphony.com or by visiting the GSF booth on the day of the event on September 3, Saturday, from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm at the Alabang Country Club in Muntinlupa.
Those who placed their orders on event day will get their jerseys one week after the event.
Wear a Gabriel’s Symphony jersey, share our message and help make a difference in the lives of differently abled children!
]]>A testament to the growing popularity of the sport was the recent successful staging of the 3rd Cobra Ironman 70.3 in the province of Camarines Sur. The premier triathlon event – which offered to its top finishers qualifying slots to the World Ironman 70.3 Championships in Las Vegas this September, and the prestigious World (Full) Ironman Championships n Kona, Hawaii in October – lured more than 1,100 participants from the Philippines and 27 other countries.
This Saturday, September 3, triathletes of all ages and from diverse backgrounds will again converge at the Alabang Country Club in Muntinlupa City. This time, they will compete not against each other, but will raise funds and donations together to help differently-abled children – proving once more that these ‘super’ athletes do not only possess iron wills, but compassionate hearts as well.
Now on its ninth year, the Gabriel’s Symphony Foundation’s (GSF) ‘12-Hour Multi-Sport Celebration in Memory of Gabriel’ is probably the only sports event of its kind, held in September every year to mark the birthday of Senator Pia Cayetano’s son, Gabriel, who died from complications of a rare congenital condition at the age of nine months in 2001.
In the words of Sen. Cayetano, herself an avid triathlete who recently won third place honors in her age group at the 3rd Ironman 70.3 in CamSur: “This is the annual celebration that I and my friends in the triathlon community hold to mark the first birthday which my son never had. What started as a gathering of friends and family has become a full-blown multi-sport celebration that benefits differently-abled children from all over the country. Gabriel continues to live on in our memories by touching the lives of other children.”
This unique multi-sport event-for-a-cause has been raising funds for almost a decade now to finance free surgical operations for young children born with cleft lip and palate (known locally as ‘bingot’), provide free hearing aids to children with hearing disabilities, and give out free artificial eyes to visually-impaired kids.
The GSF also helps the Philippine General Hospital’s (PGH) Pediatric Nuerosurgical and Craniofacial Operating Unit, a specialized unit which performs delicate surgical operations on children born with various types of cranial and spinal malformations.
Other beneficiaries include the ‘Barefoot Running Kids’ of Daang-Hari, a group of promising young athletes from poor communities along Daang Hari Road (a popular training area for bikers which traverses Southern Metro Manila), as well as the Marillac Home for Girls in Muntinlupa City.
Among the activities lined up in this year’s edition are individual and group events, including a swim-a-thon, bike-a-thon, run-a-thon, and triathlon, as well as the Super Tri Kids triathlon. It will also feature mile run ‘fun’ races, including the ‘Buddy Run’ and ‘Walk Your Dog’ contest.
Triathlete Maiqui Dayrit, who has already raised more than P1 million in donations in the last five years by doing a full Ironman distance (3.86-km. swim, 180.25-km. bike and 42.195-km. run) at the annual event, will skip this year’s edition to focus on an equally lofty objective. Having qualified for the 2011 World Ironman Championships when he placed third in his age group in CamSur, Dayrit has decided to bring over his act to Kona, Hawaii this October, where he will continue to raise donations through his ‘Maiqui’s Ironman,’ even as he competes with the world’s best triathletes. Already, donations have started pouring in for GSF’s resident Ironman.
Meanwhile, the web portal swimbikerun.ph – considered as one the top online resource sites of Filipino triathletes and multi-sport enthusiasts – decided to organize a shoe donation drive for the children being assisted by the GSF. Asked how he got the idea for the shoe drive, swimbikerun.ph’s Carlo De Guzman, also a triathlete and tthree-time Ironman finisher, explained: “If there’s one thing that we multisport junkies have lots of, it’s old shoes and race singlets right? Why let it rot in your closet when someone can still use it?”
Other prominent personalities who have joined events or supported past editions of the event include, among others, businessman-triathlete Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Fred Uytengsu of Alaska Milk, Ernie Lopez of ABS-CBN, David Charlton of David’s Salon and Mark Ellis of Fitness First, Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Tessa Prieto Valdes, Sports Unlimited hosts Dyan Castillejo and Marc Nelson, TV host Drew Arellano, The Bull Runner’s Jaymie Pizzaro, lawyer and host Anthony Pangilinan, actress Bianca Gonzales, and World Bantamweight Champion Nonito Donaire Jr.
This Saturday’s fundraiser will likewise feature the ‘Recycling Depot Project.’ Friends and supporters are encouraged to bring their old denims, magazines and children’s books on event day. Old denims will be transformed into denim shoes and sandals, old magazines will be recycled into paper bags and old books will be donated to the ‘Let’s Read’ program of GSF for the use of children in poor communities.
Online registration for the 9th Gabriel’s Symphony is ongoing. Those interested may register online and view event details and mechanics at www.gabrielsymphony.com or email blessings@gabrielsymphony.com for more information.
Photo: Senator Pia Cayetano (center) with cleft lip and palate children being helped by the Gabriel’s Symphony Foundation.
SWIMBIKERUN.ph will also put up a booth at the venue which will display shirts and stickers for sale. This will be the second shoe drive organized by De Guzman and his friends. Only last July, SWIMBIKERUN.ph was able to collect in just three days 41 pairs of shoes and dozens of old race singlets which were donated to the Tuloy Foundation.
What made him come up with the idea? De Guzman wrote on his website: “Why a shoe drive? Because if there’s one thing we multisport junkies have lots of, it’s old shoes and race singlets right? Why let it rot in your closet when someone can still use it?”
From your GSF family, thank you and more power to Carlos and SWIMBIKERUN.ph!
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To coincide with the regular sports events to be held at the 9th Gabriel’s Symphony Foundation (GSF) 12-Hour Multi-Sport Celebration in Memory of Gabriel on September 3, Pinay In Action (PIA) will also launch the ‘Recycling Depot Project.’
Friends and supporters of Gabriel’s Symphony Foundation (GSF) and Pinay In Action (PIA) are encouraged to donate their old denims, old magazines and children’s books to the Recycle Depot Project booth on the day of the event at the Alabang Country Club in Alabang, Muntinlupa from 6:00am to 6:00pm.
Old denims will be transformed into denim shoes and sandals while old magazines will be recycled into handy paper bags. Old books will be donated to the ‘Let’s Read’ program of Pinay In Action for the use of indigent children in communities all over the country.
By joining this project, we will be able to help create jobs for women who can earn a living at home making these denim shoes and paper bags and also help young children start on the habit of reading. Of course, we also get to reduce our trash and do our part for the environment.
Time to pitch in and reach out!
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