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Click here to view our Past
Projects:
Save our Wildlife
Good News for the
Environment
International Coastal Cleanup
Report
Save the La Mesa Dam
Bike Ride for Cleaner Air
Hands on Manila
Sign up for iVolunteer Site
International Volunteer Opp Sites
Childhope
A Shoebox Christmas
Give-a-Book Project
Animal Planet
If you're the kind of
dude or dudette who would climb up a tree for a stranded kitten or could be
a foster parent to a baby lion cub, you may be a candidate for membership
for the My Zoo Foundation. You can also try volunteering for a day to
see if this type of conservation work suits you. My Zoo aims to
improve the quality of our zoos and animal life in general, as well as
provide an environment of caring for these animals that give us so much joy.
Call Louie for more information at 6607015 or 0922-486466. E-mail:
louis@myzoofoundation.org or
info@myzoofoundation.org .
Good News for the
Environment!
BOTO PARA SA INANG BAYAN UPDATE ---1 MILLION
REACHED!!!
Thanks to your efforts along with other partners across the country, Haribon
Foundation has reached the 1 million count for our campaign for a Total
Commercial Log Ban and No Mining Policy in Natural Forests! What they plan
to do with those signatures you sent in through Papemelroti branches is to
transform those 1 million signatures to 1million hectares of restored forest
by year 2020! Haribon, along with other partners recently had a
National Consultation on Rainforestation to start working on plans to reach
this goal.
To find out more about this effort, contact
Haribon Foundation.
Suites 401-404 Fil-Garcia Tower, Kalayaan Avenue, Diliman
QC
Tel. Nos.(02) 920-7430, (02) 433-3474,
(0927) 760-0092 Website: www.haribon.org.ph
 International
Coastal Cleanup Report
Many people asked me how the cleanup went - it
went well! If you were along Roxas Blvd. that day, September 18, you would have
seen Manila Bay lined up with hundreds of people all decked out to clean! All
over the country, people were taking the business of cleaning up coastal garbage
into their hands and became part of the solution. Groups like WWF had 500
people in Dumaguete, several schools like St. Theresa's also participated.
YPNet has earmarked November 5, Saturday for their next waterway Quezon City
area. Join in and see your country be transformed right before your very eyes!
Next year, mark your calendars, 3rd Saturday of September! Contact YPNET for
quarterly cleanups by e-mailing
ypnet@pacific.net.ph
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Help Preserve Our Water! Save the La Mesa Dam!
Our source of
Metro Manila water is in danger. Please read the article below and take
a stand not only for our last remaining forest in the city but for the
safety of our people.
We encourage
you to be informed on this issue - see the website and sign the online
petition form. Be knowledgeable as to why saving the environment is
"pro-poor" rather than "anti-poor". Let's be involved in this issue as
it involves each and every one of us. Click to
http://www.lamesaecopark.com/
Signature sheets are also available at Papemelroti branches. Let's
do our share to protect our future.
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Bike Ride for Cleaner Air
Let's all join the
Firefly Brigade www.FireflyBrigade.org as
they rally to bring the fireflies back to the city by means of biking for cleaner
air!
When: One day every year (usually in April)
Let's get involved, it's our air, it's our city, it's our life!
For more info please text 0917+4629132
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Hands on Manila
Have you ever wanted to volunteer
for some worthwhile project but found that the event fell on a busy day, was too far,
time-consuming or you felt you weren't qualified for it? If so, then joining
Hands on Manila is the perfect solution for you!
Hands on Manila
foundation provides an array of volunteer opportunities you can choose from depending on
your availability, location, skill and interest. They coordinate with charitable
institutions and organizations and put together a calendar of events every month so you
can plan ahead for which activities you'd like to take part in.
If you enjoy working with children, you can
opt to read storybooks for sick kids, prepare fun activities for street children or teach
simple computer programs like Word and Excel to high school level students. If you're
a nature lover you can choose to plant trees or care for animals. There are so many
activities to choose from, and the best part is that you would really be a big help in
addressing the urgent problems our society faces everyday.
All you have to do is join their volunteer
orientation and sign up. They'll answer all your questions and concerns.
Don't forget to bring all your friends!
Join Hands on Manila and their
projects!
Contact Hands on Manila at telephone numbers 843.5231 or
843.7044 or email handsonmla@edsamail.com.ph
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Sign-up at iVolunteer Site!
Let's start the year right
and allot some time in our busy schedules to lend a helping hand to organizations that are
working for a good cause. Do you want to do some tree-planting, help feed the poor,
tutor streetchildren, house the homeless, or countless other things to bring about
a healthier, happier Philippines?
Click to www.ivolunteer.ph and see the many volunteer
opportunities you can choose from. Our country's future depends on YOU!
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International
Volunteer Opp Sites
Ever get the
urge to travel but want to do something worthwhile and not just be a tourist wherever
you go? Or want to have a socially relevant travel experience? Even get the
chance the chance to get funding for your travel expenses in exchange for your service in
a cause you believe in?
If you answered yes to any of
these questions, then www.volunteerabroad.com
is the site for you! It's got links to various organizations worldwide with a multitude of
volunteer opportunities you can sign up for!
Why go abroad when you can
volunteer here? Part of the benefit is the educational exposure you get when
working with other groups! Ultimately this will be a life changing experience for
sure! For a one of a "kind" adventurous person, this is definitely a
must see site! Other sites: www.crossculturalsolutions.org
and http://www.asiavolunteers.com/
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Volunteer
Opportunity: Childhope
Ever wanted to
give HOPE to the street children but never knew how? Join Childhope Asia Phils. in
their quest to reach out to the kids and provide alternative education opportunities and
psychosocial support. They've been doing this since1994 and assist about 3,000
street kids every year. To volunteer, contact Mamel Vigo at (632)561-7118. To
donate and other inquiries contact: CHILDHOPE ASIA PHILS 1210 Penafrancia Ext., Paco 1007,
Mla. (632) 563-4647, Telefax (632) 563-2242, e-mail: chap@childhope.org.ph or click to www.childhope.org.ph Information flyers are
also available at Papemelroti branches.
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A Shoebox Christmas
Thank you so much to all of you who donated to the
Shoebox
Christmas project of Papemelroti! The gifts of all shapes and sizes,
gift-wrapped with special labels you dropped at our shops gave so
much joy!
Last January 9, 2002, all the
gifts were distributed to a roomful of members from the Tahanan ng Panginoon (Home of the
Lord), an outreach to the urban poor of Metro Manila. Click on each picture to get a
larger view.
 
Some comments from Tahanan
members...
"Maraming salamat sa
Panginoon sa lahat ng ligaya na ipinagkaloob mo sa aming noong nakaraan taon." (Thanks
so much to the Lord for the joy you have given to us this past year) - Josefina
Patasin
"Para sa inyo, maraming
salamat sa magandang regalo na ipinagkaloob ninyo para sa amin." (For you, thank
you very much for the beautiful gift that you gave us) - Lily
"Lucky are those who are
generous! God loves them. Thank you very much. God bless u always!"
- Joel
"Thanks too much, for
all the gifts we received from your heart. God bless you." - Permacio
Family
Tahanan
ng Panginoon is a non-profit tax exempt Christian ministry for the urban poor.
Visit their website at http://welcome.to/tahanan
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Give-A-Book Project
Thank you to all the customers of Papemelroti who've
donated books! Thanks too to the North Sector singles of the Ligaya ng Panginoon Community for adopting the project.
Last June 18, 2002, we successfully donated 433 good books and 510 magazines to the
library of Doņa Juana Elementary School in Quezon City. Mrs. Zenaida San Diego, the
school's principal was very happy to receive the books and stressed the need for these
children to develop their reading skills and creativity through these books. She
thanks all of you in the school's behalf (and more importantly, the children) for
your support of the project.
As part of the project, last October
10, 2002 we gave the 860 textbooks to Payatas through Creative Image. If you would
like to contribute more books, contact Ariel or Mr. Urio at 5363182 or 5265456. Read
the whole story here.
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 Animal Planet
Papemelroti participated in
the search for "Animal Lover of the Year" and the winner was Tanya Yupangco of
Quezon City. This contest was organized by World Wildlife Fund www.wwf.org.ph
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