Christmas edition of THE DOVE .

Merry Christmas to All !!

Official News eBulletin of the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit

The Dove
December 23, 2014
Officers and Members
RY 2014-15

MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO
President

ANGELITA E. CASTRO

PE AND Chair, Membership Development

PP MARCIA C. SALVADOR
Secretary & Chair, Youth Service
PERCIVAL C. ZABALA
Treasurer
PP ROCA MARIE JURADO
Auditor
RICARDO P. SALVADOR
Chair, Club Administration & Co-chair of 6-year
Associate Members Pilot Project 2012-2017

PP VIRGINIA ARDEN F. SY
Chair, Service Projects

CP LEONIDES S. RESPICIO

Chair, The Rotary Foundation

PP PEDRITO M. CONDENO
Chair, Public Image & Co-chair of 6-year
RI Associate Members Pilot Project 2012-17
FERNANDO M. DELGRA, JR.
Chair, Fund Generation
PP EMELINDA C. PALATTAO
Club Trainer and Chair, Livelihood
PP DIOGENES S. OSABEL
Chair, Literacy
IPP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD
Chair, International Understanding

Rotary Club of Holy Spirit Club No. 69935 RI District 3780 Philippines

Vol. VII No. 21

350 children in five day-care centers in EndTB in QC flagship program receive Christmas cheers from RC Holy Spirit
With the kindness and generosity coming from
supporters and friends, RC Holy Spirit spread
joy and goodwill to about 350 pupils and
teachers of five (5) Yakap day care centers in
Barangay Holy Spirit on December 16 and 17,
2014. Admin Chair Ric Salvador and Rtn
Jerry Sy went around the following Yakap Day
Care Centers: Gilarmi/Sto Nino, Zebra, Sto
Domingo, St Catherine and Mapayapa/
Sagingan, bringing with them gift bags that
had been donated by the management of
FWD Life Insurance Corporation and the
family and friends of BC President Marites Ne-

pomuceno. The five

(5) day-care centers
had been assigned to
RCHS for the implementation of the EndTB in QC program of
RID 3780.
Rotaractors Harold Maggay,
Mitch Estenzo and Lovely
Paalisbo (not shown) assisted BCP Marites in repacking the party packs.

MARYLENE MARTINEZ, DDM

Chair, Health & Wellness

Sto Domingo DCC Dec 16-17: Teacher Ms

Flordeliza, 70 children

IN IL David KIM
Chair, Sports
BABES M. BACULA
ARMELIA OXALES BAGAIN
CAROLINE K. BARCINAL
JOCELYN M FLORES
MA. PERPETUAL S. RIVERA
EMMANUEL P. SOLIDUM
JERRY SY
FERDINAND VALBUENA
ANTONIO KENT VALDERRAMA
ESTRELLA C. VALMOCINA

Gilarmi Sto Nino DCC Dec 16 -17: Teacher Ms Nida, 73 children

Associate Members (RI Pilot Program)

TYRON KIM
GEORGINA B. UBALDO

Mapayapa/Sagingan DCC Dec 17: Teacher

Ms Cecille, 70 children

Honorary Members
PDG DANILO V. FAUSTO
EDMUND CHIU
SALVADOR VIARI
JOSE B DEL ROSARIO JR
FR STEVE TYNAN, MGL
RAMON V. BUNAG
BENJAMIN BAUTISTA
AG Roland Portes
AGR Demetrio Aquino

DECEMBER is Family
Month in Rotary

Zebra DCC Dec 16 am-pm: Teacher Ms Gina, 70 children

St Caterine DCC Dec 17: Teacher Ms Analyn,

75 children

ROTARY CLUB OF HOLY SPIRIT

Rotary International District 3780

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Christmas is the commemoration of God's greatest GIFT to us: the
birth of His .Son; Jesus Christ. What could be the best way to
show our appreciation in receiving God's Greatest Gift but to also
Give and Share our blessings to others. A Gift from God to us, a
Gift from us to others.
Looking back, I and the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit have been busy
buying, packing, and giving packs of goodies to our less privileged
neighbors, our adopted Special Kids, and our adopted day-care
center children. We continued with our monthly Oriental Medical
mission, Dental mission, and Milk-Feeding program. It is a tiring December but worth every breath, every drop of sweat and
tear.
Truly, Giving creates a surge of positivism. Isn't the real essence
of Rotary ? As we embrace Giving, we Light up the lives of Others. As we Light up the lives of others, we Lift up ourselves to Him
and say Thank You,
May the Light be upon us as we continue to Light the lives of other
people!
Merry Christmas fellow Rotarians and partners.
MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO
Best Class President 2014-15
Rotary Club of Holy Spirit
Rotay International District 3780
Quezon City, Philippines

Dec 19. Eighty (80) children living in the Payatas dumpsite areas are
cheered with food, gifts and surprises during annual Christmas program
On December 19, PP Linda Palattao, Rotarians and volunteers spread Christmas cheers and joy among indigent families in the Payatas area.
The program included fun games, raffle of prizes, gift-giving,
and sharing lunch meals with 80 children and their parents.

The annual event is regularly sponsored by PP Linda Palattao whose Elite school campus is located in the area.
This years program was organized by PP Linda and community volunteers. They were assisted by Rotarians PP Beth Sy
Rtn Jerry Sy.

Dec 20. One hundred (100) families in the Payatas dumpsite areas are
cheered with noche buena packs during annual Christmas giving
On December 20, PP Linda Palattao, Rotarians, Rotaractors and volunteers from Christ the King parish spread
Christmas cheers and joy among indigent families in the
Payatas area.
The annual event is organized and hosted by PP Linda
Palattao at the Elite school campus located in the area.
At this years program, PP Linda was assisted by BC
President Marites Nepomuceno, PP Beth Sy, Chair JR

Delgra, Rtn Jerry Sy, and the CTK team lead in the distribution of noche buena packs to 100 beneficiaries.
Six members of the newly formed Rotaract Club of Central Institute of Technology also assisted in the activities.
The noche buena packages worth P500 each had been
donated by the Buklod ng Paginoon Charity. PP Linda
further sweetened the packs with token items.

Dec 21. Holy Spirit fetes youth service partners in fun-filled thanksgivingfellowship Christmas party
RC Holy Spirit tendered a Christmas Party for the Rotaractors
and Interactors of Holy Spirit on Sunday, December 21, 2014.
The event was held as a means of expressing appreciation for
the youths active participation in the delivery of Rotary service
to less fortunate members of the community and for consistent
demonstration of service-above-self mindset during numerous
project engagements in the last twelve (12) months.
The event, planned, designed and executed by the youth
themselves, with the theme Unmask the Essence of Christmas, was also an opportunity to welcome and to build acquaintance and fellowship with the newly-formed Rotaract Club
of Central Institute of Technology. RCHS now has three (3)
youth service groups as partners:

Some 42 Interactors and Rotaractors were joined in by Rotarians and they all enjoyed the exciting program which lasted
from 6:00 pm through 1:00 am. Kudos to RaC President Harold Maggay, PN Lovely Rose Paalisbo, Chair Jayson Monte de
Ramos and Aileen Claire Mesias of the RaC of Holy Spirit., for
staging the enjoyable affair. Game and raffle prizes were
aplenty.
This is the 4th annual Christmas thanksgiving party for youth
service partners of RC Holy Spirit.
Venue was the residence of Marcia and Ric Salvador at Don
Antonio Heights. Marcia and Ric were also the principal sponsors with support from other leaders and members of RC Holy
Spirit.

Interact Club of Holy Spirit National High School

(chartered October 2009)
Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit (chartered January
2011)
Rotaract Club of Central Institute of Technology
(formed October 2014)

Click on or tap the picture above to view more photos of the event on Facebook.
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From Dec 18. Rotaractors and Interactors of Holy Spirit sing Christmas
carols to cheer selected homes while they raise funds for their projects

Selected members of the Interact and Rotaract

Clubs went around Don Antonio Heights, accompanied by PP Marcia Salvador, to sing Christmas carols for the purpose of raising funds for
their projects and training programs.
PP Marcia brought them to the homes of friends
in the village. Special thanks to Mr & Mrs Romy
dela Cruz, Mrs Gloria Demetillo, Dr Jean Duque,
Atty Raul Oracion, Mr & Mrs Cesar Tongson for
accepting the youth to their homes and for their
kind generosity. Thanks also to Mrs Boots Urbanes who sent her donation for the youths ac-

tivities.
Members of the community readily shared their
blessings with the carollers as theyve seen the
Rotaractors and Interactors in action during service projects like medical-dental missions, antirabies dog vaccination campaigns, anti-dengue
mosquito spraying, and gift-giving events.
The carollers were led by Rotaract Service Projects Chair Jayson Monte de Ramos.

Dec 15. Holy Spirit cheers up 95 special children, their parents and teachers with gifts and surprises during annual Christmas program
The Christmas program of the Special Education Center in
Dona Juana Elementary School dubbed Kasiyahan, Kagalakan sa Kapaskuhan was held on December 15, 2014 at
the schools multi-purpose hall.
The SPED Center presently has 95 enrolees with various special needs (intellectual disability, hearing impairment, Autism,
learning disability). The five SPED teachers led by Master
Teacher Gloria Tatad organized the program in coordination
with RCHS.
This is an annual Christmas event of the club with the SPED
pupils. RCHS brought toys that elicited much joy and excitement to the children whose eyes lit up on seeing what they had
wished for through their teachers.
The program started after the hearing-impaired students led all
in a prayer. Afterwards, everybody enjoyed the dance presentation, fun games, Jollibee meals and the most-awaited giftgiving. Master Teacher Gloria Tatad and her colleagues were
profuse with thanks to RCHS for the love extended to their pupils over the years.
BC President Marites Nepomuceno and PP Marcia Salvador
shared Christmas messages with the children, their parents
and teachers. Chair Ric Salvador and Rtn Jerry Sy were also
on hand in sharing the toys and cheers.

BCP Marites, PP Marcia and Rtn Jerry strike a pose with SPED faculty
Teachers Dorothy, Rhoda, Mary Ann, Master Teacher Gloria Tatad and
Teacher Elsie

The toys were donated by RCHS members and RCHS supporters: Ms Corinne Moralda family and John & Olive Araneta
family.

Click on an
image to view
one of the
presentations
by SPED children during the
Christmas program.

BCP Marites and PP Marcia, school principal Dr Emely Pelobello, and

Teacher Dorothy with hearing impaired SPED pupils

RCHS shares cheers, joy and hope with SPED children during two yearly occasions important to Rotary:
Christmas time and start of the new Rotary year in July.
This page appeared in the Dec 16 issue of THE DOVE

Dec 10. Holy Spirit shares Christmas cheers, hope and more nutrition to severely malnourished kids participating in the clubs daily milk feeding program
December 10, 2014 was a fun day for wasted Grade I pupils
of Don Juana Elementary School who are beneficiaries of RC
Holy Spirits on-going 100-day milk feeding & nutrition program.
They were treated to a special merienda of Jollibee spaghetti,
hot dogs and cake with their chocolate-flavored fresh carabaos
milk. Each child was also given Christmas tokens. Also,
RCHS played lively Christmas carols that filled the feeding
room as the children partook of their snacks.
Feeding Director PP Beth Sy organized the event and, with
help coming from BC President Marites Nepomuceno, PP Chin-

chin Jurado, PP Marcia Salvador, Chair Ric Salvador and Rtns

Jerry Sy and JR Delgra who assisted in the feeding and distribution of gifts. The event brought unexpected joy to 40 pupils.
Christmas tokens were also given to the Feeding Teacher, Ms
Marilou Omaguing, and to volunteer parents and Grade IV pupils. This Christmas event was made possible through the generous contribution by club members.
This years 100-day milk feeing program for 50 children started
in October 2014 and would finish just before the end of the
school year in March 2015

This page appeared in the Dec 16 issue of THE DOVE

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Holy Spirit family

cheer themselves up in
Christmas fellowship
The Christmas Fellowship Party of
RC Holy Spirit was held on December 16, 2014 at the multipurpose hall of BF Homes QC.
Nineteen (19) club members
came, some with members of their
families. Also, six (6) officers of
the Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit
came to join in the fellowship and
fun. After the delicious buffet dinner, parlor games were played. Click on this image to view more pictures of the event on Facebook.
Requested attire for the night was
anything
with
polka
dots
(symbolizing life and energy). Truly, energy was evident in the Holy Spirit Rotarians and family members, as well as Rotaractors,
enjoying the games and singing well into the night. The event was chaired by PP Chinchin Jurado, with support from Rtns Peth
Rivera and Jerry Sy.
IPDG Francis Rivera graced the affair.

Schedule of December events to share Christmas cheer & joy, hope and goodwill
Dec 7 8 am Sun

4th Annual dental mission with Pastoral council of Sacred Heart Venue: Our Lady of Sacred Heart Chapel, Bgy Holy Spirit

Dec 10, 2pm Wed

Christmas treat for 50 Grade I participants in 100-days milk feeding at Dona Juana Elementary Sch

Dec 12, 6pm Fri

District 3780 Christmas Party - Sneakers & Shades

Dec 14, 2pm Sun

Regular monthly Oriental medical relief mission

Dec 15, 8 am Mon

Annual Christmas program and gift-giving for 50 SPED pupils

Dec 16 9 am Tue

Start turnover gifts for 350 pupils in five (5) in Day Care Centers assisted by RC Holy Spirit in the EndTB in QC project of D3780

Dec 16 Tues

BF Homes Clubhouse 6:00pm Board of Directors; 6:30 Club Assembly; 7:00 Club Thanksgiving /Xmas Fellowship with partners

Dec 13 & 19

Interactors of Holy Spirit in D3780 Mural Painting Contest Venue: E Rodriguez High School, Mayon St., QC

Venue: Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman Campus

Venue: St Benedict Parish Multi-Purpose Center, Don Antonio Heights

Venue: Dona Juana Elementary School

Dec 18, 19, 22 7pm Rotaractors & Interactors xmas caroling to raise funds for their projects Venue: Don Antonio Hts, from Salvador residence
Dec 19 & 20 10am

Annual Christmas program & gift-giving at Payatas (sponsored by PP Linda Palattao and Buklod ng Panginoon Charity)

Dec 21, 6pm Sun

Thanksgiving/Xmas Fellowship with Interactors & Rotaractors Venue: Salvadors place at 3 Don Senen St, Don Antonio (North)
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Dec 13 & 20. Five members of the Interact Club of Holy Spirit National High
join Interact mural painting contest
Five (5) members of the Interact Club of Holy Spirit National
High School joined the 3rd Annual Mural Painting Contest organized by RC Quezon City Central through its Interact Club,
the IaC of Flora Ylagan High School.
The contest was held at the E Rodriguez High School on December 13 and December 20, 2014. The contest required that
art work must reflect the teams interpretation of the six (6) areas of focus of Rotary community service (disease prevention,
water & sanitation, maternal & child health, basic education &
literacy, economic & community development, and peace &
conflict prevention/resolution).
The 5-member team was accompanied by their adviser, Mr
John Bravo. Another team was sent by Mr Max Placio, principal of Holy Spirit National High School.
The Holy Spirit Interact team landed on 10th place out of 25
contenders in the painting contest.

Dec 13. BCP Marites Nepomuceno with Holy Spirit Interactors, adviser Mr John
Bravo and officers of host club.

Dec 20. BCP Marites and JR Delgra with Holy Spirit Interactors & adviser Mr John

Photo from FB post by PP Rick Bugayong RC Metro Sta Mesa

Dec 20, 2014 photo of participating Interactors and Best Class Presidents of sponsoring Rotary clubs. Can you locate BCP Marites Nepomuceno of Holy Spirit?

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Monthly Oriental medical relief mission last Dec 14 serves 26 indigent patients;
total of 402 served by alternative medicine from July to December 2014.
The monthly Oriental medical mission held at the St Benedict
Parish Church complex in Barangay Holy Spirit on December
14, 2014 served 26 indigent patients in the community, most of
whom were children, who complained of colds and cough. They
were given herbal medicines and vitamins after consultation with
IPP Dr Eui Bong Jung. PE Angel Castro served as interpreter to
Dr Bong and the patients. Rotaract Pres Harold Maggay, PN
Lovely Rose Paalisbo and Secretary Michelle Mae Estenzo
helped in explaining the dosage instructions to the patients. Rtn

DATE
2014

PATIENTS
SERVED

VENUE

June 29

60

CDP Center Payatas

July 23

22

CDP Center Payatas

August 10

71

St Benedict, Holy Spirit

August 17

56

CDP Center Payatas

September 7

69

DAHHA, Holy Spirit

October 12

51

CDP Center Payatas

November 9

25

CDP Center Payatas

November 16

20

St Benedict, Holy Spirit

December 14

28

St Benedict, Holy Spirit

Total

402

Jerry Sy was also on hand to lend assistance.

Youth members of the Sion Oriental Medical Mission Center
assisted in preparing the medicines prescribed by Dr Bong.
Our regular partner in Oriental medical missions held in Bgy
Holy Spirit, the Salamat sa Biyaya Foundation, referred the patients from the poor neighbourhoods in the barangay.

These Oriental medical missions are performed by

IPP Dr. Eui Bong Jung and Korean youth volunteers of the Sion Oriental Medical Mission Center.
Missions in Barangay Holy Spirit are held with assistance from members of RC Holy Spirit, the Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit, and the Interact Club of
Holy Spirit National High School as needed.
Salamat sa Biyaya Foundation refers patients from
poor neighbourhoods in the parish of St Benedict,
and handles reception & registration.
Missions in Barangay Payatas are assisted by the
church-based CDP Center staff.
A mission typically involves free consultation, free
herbal medicines and vitamin supplements. Free
acupuncture is administered by Dr Bong based on
patients condition.

WHAT IS ORIENTAL MEDICINE?

Korean medicine (Hangul: , Hanja: ) refers to the traditional medical science that originated in ancient Imperial
China and was further developed and practiced in Korea. Its techniques in treatment and diagnosis of diseases are developed
from the scientific foundation, the ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM; simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: zhng y; literally: "Chinese
medicine") is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common concepts which have been developed in China and are
based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (Tui
na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy.[1] It is primarily used as a complementary alternative medicine approach.[1] TCM is
widely used in China and it is also used in the West.[1]
Source: Wikipedia.com

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Happy Holidays to All !!

In beautiful harmony, Kelly Clarkson was joined onstage by Trisha Yearwood and Reba
McEntire for a stunning rendition of Silent Night that gave everyone in the room
goose bumps. Their voices blend together beautifully with this beloved Christmas
classic written in 1818 reminding us what Christmas is all about.

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They also serve who only stand and wait.

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