AllStar District 3820 Area 1 Meet-up

AllStar District 3820 Area 1, headed by DDG Carmela “Mela” Acebedo, includes thirty-one (31) Rotary Clubs divided into seven (7) groups.

Group 1 headed by AG Leofelia “Fe” S. Aquinde consists of: RC San Pedro (ASP Mateo “Jun” G. Lee, Jr.); RC Metro San Pedro (ASP Francis Abner “Francis” A. Abanilla); RC San Pedro Magic (ASP Zennia “Zen” G. Zamora); RC San Pedro South (ASP Shirly “She” U. Tejero); and, RC San Pedro South New Generations (ASP Michael “Mike” L. Co). Group 2 headed by AG Pamela “Mel” M. Braga consists of: RC Biñan (ASP Reynaldo “Rey” R. Araos); RC Metro Biñan (ASP Allan M. Farcon); and, RC Metro Sta. Rosa (ASP Antonio “Tony” Obien). Group 3 headed by AG Rey “CP Rey” G. Anonuevo consists of: RC Sta. Rosa (ASP Rolando “Rolly” Dictado); RC Sta. Rosa Centro (ASP Evelyn “Evs” B. Laranga); and, RC Sta. Rosa South (ASP Isabel Besangre). Group 4 headed by AG Bryan A. Ercia consists of: RC Cabuyao (ASP Simon Jude “Jei” Baterina); RC Cabuyao Circle (ASP Ma. May Punongbayan-Voluntad); RC Calamba (ASP Reynaldo “Rey” A. Gedoria); RC Calamba City (ASP Lino “LJ” C. Jarilla); and, RC Metro Calamba (ASP Amado “Madz” resurreccion). Group 5 headed by AG Maria Elisa “Lisa” Ronan consists of: RC Bay (ASP Omar F. Zubia); RC Los Baños (ASP Digna C. Austria); RC Los Baños Makiling (ASP Rowena “Wen” Parducho); and, RC West Bay (ASP Ma. Teresita “Tattie” B. Osalla). Group 6 headed by AG Patrocinia “Pat” Kalaw consists of: RC Cavinti (ASP Jay R. Estrellado); RC Infanta (ASP Lourdes “Malou” O. Gucilatar); RC Pagsanjan (ASP Ambiel John “Ambiel” C. Panganiban); RC Pila West (ASP Alexander “Alex” Reuyan); RC Siniloan (ASP Abner B. Mancilla); and, RC Sta. Cruz (ASP Filipinas “Pia” L. Bonagua). And lastly, Group 7 headed by AG Monet Gaw consists of: RC Nagcarlan (ASP Nelson De La Paz); RC San Pablo City (ASP Francisco “Fran” Librojo; RC San Pablo City Central (ASP Angelo Ian “Ian” A. Sampelo); RC San Pablo City South (ASP Virgilio “Benjie” Monzones); and, RC Silangan San Pablo (ASP Nonelito “Noni” B. Benitez).

As part of the AllStar Leadership Plan, a semi-annual area meeting is required by the District for each ASPs to report his or her Club’s accomplishments and  evaluate each Club’s performance. Thus, DDG Mela, together with four (4) AGs, seventeen (17) ASPs, six (6) District Officers, and AllStar RCSO, gathered on November 5, 2016 at Café Lagro, near Sampaloc Lake, San Pablo City, to conduct the First Semester Area 1 Evaluation Meeting.

Photos grabbed from AG CP Rey Anonuevo.

Sisterhood Signing with RC Cavinti

During the Induction Ceremony of RC Cavinti last September 2, 2016, ASP Jay Estrellado of RC Cavinti invited ASP Wen Parducho for a sisterhood signing between the their clubs. The signing did not happen because the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was not yet ready; thus, it was postponed for later. Nevertheless, ASP Wen shared and proposed a tie-up project with ASP Jay RC LB Makiling’s project entitled “Rotary Wheels-on-the-Go” wherein the make-shift wheelchairs assembled last September 24, 2016 (see Luntiang Tanawin Vol 16 No 4 ) are to be distributed among beneficiaries residing in Laguna.

ASP Wen and RTN Gelli Parducho went to Cavinti last October 23, 2016, to accompany RC Cavinti in the wheelchair distribution to the selected beneficiaries in their area. After which, they gathered at Flordeliz, where RC Cavinti hold their meetings, and officially signed the MOA. ASP Wen is thankful that ASP Jay accepted the partnership even before the MOA and hopes that the two clubs to have more tie up projects in the future.

LEFT TO RIGHT: RTN Gelli Parducho, RAC Hazel del Barrio of RAC Cavinti, ASP Wen Parducho,,
SP Jay Estrellado, and two other members of RC Cavinti (Photo grabbed from RC Cavinti).

Youth Seminar: Bullying

On October 17, 2016, ASP Wen Parducho visited Brgy. Captain Lapitan of Brgy. Baybayin for a courtesy call. She talked about the mission and vision of the Club and its ongoing projects which may benefit the barangay. The captain offered the Club to be a co-organizer of the barangay’s Youth Week where they plan to spread awareness about the following: bullying, antidrug campaign, HIV/cancer, disaster preparedness, and environmental concerns. The Club invited Mr. Edel Parducho, a psychologist at Medical Action Group, Inc. (MAG), to conduct the seminar on bullying on October 31. He first talked about the various definitions of the concept itself, facts and myths, and enumerated the types. Afterwards, he explained in detail the difference among “victim”, “bully”, “parent”, “educator”, and “society” given a situation. He also held an interactive activity wherein the participants were grouped to display the following situations and how to handle them:

(1) physical abuse;
(2) verbal abuse;
(3) societal/ relational abuse; and,
(4) gender-based abuse.

The participants were very responsive and even shared a few experiences which was great because that day became an outlet for them.  The Club hopes that through its small efforts to spread awareness on various topics concerning the youth, such as leadership and bullying, that it can at least prepare those children and young adults to face their future in a braver way.

Mr. Edel Parducho, a psychologist, spreading awareness on bullying in front of the youth of Brgy. Baybayin. 

ASP Wen Parducho and Mr. Edel Parducho, together with the participants of Brgy. Baybayin
Youth Week 2016 and the barangay officials. 

Youth Seminar: Leadership

Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho held its Youth Week last October 28-30, 2016 at Tuntungin-Putho Covered Court. The event was spearheaded by the Youth Task Force in cooperation with the barangay officials. They previously sought the assistance of RC LB Makiling to conduct a leadership seminar during the latter’s courtesy call to Brgy. Captain Ronald Oñate last October 8. On October 28, RTN Gelli Parducho conducted a youth leadership seminar entitled “The Young Leaders, Today and Tomorrow.” She was joined by RAC Makiling’s ASP AJ Mendoza and RAC Lorenzo Magadia. She started the seminar with an activity wherein each group will have to build the tallest tower using only six (6) barbeque sticks and four (3) small pieces of marshmallows. Next she presented the following: (1) definition of leadership; (2) facts and myths on leadership; (3) qualities of a good leader; (4) leadership styles; (5) biggest mistakes a leader can make; and (6) short clips about the concept of between a leader and his followers, bayanihan and stepping out of the comfort zone. She finished the seminar by asking each participant what he will do if he was the president of the Philippines. Many answered that they will find a solution to solve the problems of the working sector, i.e., provide more jobs and increase salary; others wanted to solve the never ending traffic, to build more schools, to provide household allowance, etc. All their ideas have potential but the question remains on how will all those ideas be executed. We do hope that at least one of them will step up and achieve to solve those problems.

RTN Gelli Parducho, RAC ASP AJ Mendoza and RAC Lorenzo Magadia, together with some
of the participants of Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho’s Youth Week 2016. 

Featurette: RC LB Makiling's Interactors

On September 25, 2016, Acebert Velasco, a member of Interact LBNHS TuntunginPutho and one of the Club’s scholars under the “Sakay Mo, Libre Ko” project wherein a monthly stipend is given to each scholar which is allotted for their transportation to and from school for the purpose of encouraging them to go to school, participated in the Brain Gauge 2016 held at the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), organized by the League of Agricultural Engineering Students (N.-G.). The event is lined up with the following contests: quiz contest (Mathematics, Science, and General Information); editorial cartooning; poster making; essay writing; extemporaneous speaking; and, symposium or career orientation. As the representative of his school, Tuntungin-Putho National High School, he specifically participated in the editorial cartooning contest where he won 3rd place.

Interactor and one of RC LB Makiling’s scholar under the “Sakay Mo, Libre Ko” project, Acebert Velasco,
who won 3rd place at Brain Gauge 2016

Meanwhile, on October 5, another Interactor from the same school and Interact Club, Jay Platino, with his partner Elaijah Gironella, participated in the Water Rocket Competition, one of the many contests lined up in celebration of World Space Week. The other contests were 2nd Can Satellite Launch Competition and On-theSpot Poster Making Contest. All contests were held at DOST-PCAARRD, Los Baños. They won the Water Rocket Competition and was awarded to be part of the Philippine Team to represent the country in the 23rd Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) to be held on 1518 November 2016, at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel, Pasay City. According to their adviser, Mr. Jom Oliveros, it is the first international contest their school has ever participated.

Sir Jom Oliveros, the adviser, and partners Elaijah Gironella and our own Interactor  Jay Platino,
during the celebration of World Space Week at DOST-PCAARRD

Interact Club of LBNHS Tuntungin-Putho is not the only one in need of recognition but also some members of our other Interact, the Interact Club of LBNHS Poblacion. The Cluster 7 Schools Training Workshop of Campus Journalism held last 8-9 September 2016 at Nicolas Galvez Memorial High School, Bay, Laguna, wherein eight (8) schools participated, including the Los Baños National High School Poblacion (LBNHSP), to which our Interactors belong to. The goal was to train potential journalists that will participate in the Division Schools Press Conference to be held at Famy, Quezon on 28-30 September. Two participants from LBNHSP won during the said workshop, both are Interactors. Ms. Angeline Canino, the current president of the Interact Club, won 3rd place in the Feature Writing category under the Filipino sub-category. Mr. Cron Malomog, the immediate past president of the Club, also won that day; he placed second in the Copy Reading and Headline Writing category. Another Interactor from the same school and Club, named Fiona Angeles, won 1st runner-up and best in costume when she represented Venezuela during their school’s pageant as part of their United Nations celebration last October 14. The Club would like to extend their sincerest congratulations by recognizing their accomplishments, whether big or small, and that the Club is very proud of them.

Interactor Fiona Angeles who won 1st runner-up in their school’s pageant in celebration of the United Nations.

Increasing Cultural Awareness

IPP Carla Jimena and Rotarians Jill Visbal and Gizelle Gonzales helped ROTEX Theo Dussart increase his knowledge about the culture of Filipinos from then to now. On September 18, 2016, they visited the National Museum of the Philippines located at Padre Burgos Ave., Ermita, Manila, and the Ayala Museum located at Makati, Metro Manila. The exhibits displayed the history of the Philippines, i.e., the cultural traditions of each tribes before they became urbanized by the coming of the Spaniards, the artworks of famous Filipino painters depicting the society of the Filipinos during the Spanish, American and Japanese colonization, the story of how Philippines was discovered, the time of the barter trade between Chinese merchants and the existing tribes on the islands before Magellan and his men set foot on the islands, and many more. It was a mind-packed day for Theo and hopefully he can now further understand the uniqueness of the Filipino culture compared to other nations.