High Five Hope is an organization that EIYBF President and Founder Patricia Bermudez-Hizon is involved in. We've been helping gather donations for their I Give Hope project with Olympic Village where sports apparel, equipment and others are collected in bins found in all their stores nationwide. These materials will be used to help streetkids stay out of trouble, crimes, drugs, prostitution, etc. Idle hands are the devils playthings. So we'd like to help keep these kids active.
For more details, please visit www.highfivehope.org/igivehope
Those who have donations to give, please send us an email or call 502-1972.
Pick up can be arranged.
SUMMER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Sure you should unwind and take a breather this summer. Hit the beach, hang out with friends, do absolutely everything you want or perhaps do nothing at all as you plant yourself in front of your television sets. That's fine.
But if you want to make this summer even more meaningful than just your usual tanlines and summer flings, then sign up for the EVERYDAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION sumer volunteer program.
We can teach kids how to have a mini fund raiser for the needy or guide them to collect their old school books and supplies that people wont' need anymore.
For the teenagers, we can have them and the "barkada" teach orphans music, dance or theater. Art projects with the kids is also always a good way to spend those long summer days.
For others, want to volunteer as teachers? Want to take orphans out on a day trip? There's so much you can do to make the days out of school for the kids productive and fun.
Email patriciahizon@gmail.com and cc everydayisyourbirthday@hotmail.com
www.twitter.com/patriciahizon is also a good way to communicate.
But if you want to make this summer even more meaningful than just your usual tanlines and summer flings, then sign up for the EVERYDAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION sumer volunteer program.
We can teach kids how to have a mini fund raiser for the needy or guide them to collect their old school books and supplies that people wont' need anymore.
For the teenagers, we can have them and the "barkada" teach orphans music, dance or theater. Art projects with the kids is also always a good way to spend those long summer days.
For others, want to volunteer as teachers? Want to take orphans out on a day trip? There's so much you can do to make the days out of school for the kids productive and fun.
Email patriciahizon@gmail.com and cc everydayisyourbirthday@hotmail.com
www.twitter.com/patriciahizon is also a good way to communicate.
EVERY DAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY
We live to serve.
We just want to use whatever resources and talents given to us to uplift the spirits and make life even just a bit easier to those who have little.
Let us help you celebrate your birthday in a more meaningful way.
The first step is to find it in your heart. Everything else becomes easy after that.
You usually spend a lot of money to make your birthday special and memorable. That's understandable. But what if you use that money to make your birthday life altering? Wouldn't that be better? That's better than any dress or gift you can buy yourself.
Please contact us and let's work together.
We have orphanages, homes for the sick, the elderly, shelters for the abused and neglected.
Let's spread the love together.
Dalai Lama said, LOVE AND COMPASSION is what this world needs.
This is what we are all about.
We just want to use whatever resources and talents given to us to uplift the spirits and make life even just a bit easier to those who have little.
Let us help you celebrate your birthday in a more meaningful way.
The first step is to find it in your heart. Everything else becomes easy after that.
You usually spend a lot of money to make your birthday special and memorable. That's understandable. But what if you use that money to make your birthday life altering? Wouldn't that be better? That's better than any dress or gift you can buy yourself.
Please contact us and let's work together.
We have orphanages, homes for the sick, the elderly, shelters for the abused and neglected.
Let's spread the love together.
Dalai Lama said, LOVE AND COMPASSION is what this world needs.
This is what we are all about.
THE PASS IT ON GIFT
The Pass It On Gift
By Patricia “Shaan” Bermudez-Hizon
What was the best present you got for Christmas? I really honestly liked the new mountain-biking gloves I got from my husband. I have enough calluses from riding that bike on 20-kilometer trips 4 or 5 times a week. I lost weight, I got stronger, but my palms are as smooth as that of a construction worker! I also love the white Coach sandals I got and the Kenneth Cole bag. Vince and the kids also received a bunch of awesome gifts. Santa gave the boys a basketball net complete with an adjustable goal post, and all the techie kiddy educational toys and the books that they got from godparents, relatives, friends and other people that just found them too cute to resist. As a family, we adore the piano my mom gave us which will definitely enrich our love for music.
But despite all these gifts that were downright awesome, we got one very special gift from Vince’s relatives. This couple was one of the secondary sponsors at our wedding. They continue to be such an inspiration to us and to those who know them. Tito and Sabrina sent their gift in a palengke mesh bag which immediately caught my eye.
I’m a fan of anything recycled and reused, and that palengke mesh bag would’ve come in handy. Initial reaction: brilliant!I immediately read the card which didn’t have the canned Christmas greeting. The card read that it was a “Pass It On Gift.”
“This is a ‘PASS IT ON’ gift. In lieu of a Christmas gift for you, we prepared a ‘Noche Buena’ food package for a needy person… a street vendor, a construction worker, a carpenter, a painter… any person who does not receive a regular salary and 13th month pay… someone who may have nothing to feed his family for Christmas if he is not able to sell anything or have any work that day. We hope that the happy surprise you see on his face when you ‘pass on’ this package will fill your heart with joy, fulfillment and gratitude to the Lord for so much blessings given to you and your family. A Blessed Christmas to you and yours!”
My heart melted. This was the best gift!The colorful palengke mesh bag had a kilo of rice, a champorado mix, a can of carne norte, luncheon meat and a bag of yummy choc-nut. It was enough to make a family dwelling on the streets, or a child begging for food, a woman living under a bridge, or a man selling candies at the corner to have a filling feast for Christmas.
I honestly was touched by the gesture and the sheer brilliance of the gift. I know how good it feels to reach out to the needy as I’ve dedicated almost a decade of my life doing charity work through my “Everyday Is Your Birthday Foundation” and my husband’s “Vince Hizon Foundation.” We’ve been trying to instill the virtues of giving and volunteerism in people who would lend us their ear and are willing to work with us.
But a lot of times though, it is difficult to mobilize people to get up and help. I’ve experienced one Christmas where we gave away cards that said we donated to a foundation on their behalf, and made the Yuletide special for so many orphans as we gave them gifts, food and medicine. But I never really figured out how the recipients felt or if it made enough of an impact to move them to help the needy some more.
Sabrina and Tito’s gift is the best way to start a revolution of giving. I always say that a person is influenced once they see how their efforts make a less fortunate individual feel.
My foundation encourages people to personally celebrate with the less fortunate and be with them; and not merely sign checks for them and not have to see them. In our own simple way, we’ve had so many people pay it forward after the initial outreach with us. And that’s all part of our goal: to move people to help. Volunteerism.
This “Pass It On” gift does more than just put a smile on a street dweller, a beggar, or a construction worker’s face and food in their stomachs. This “Pass It On” fills the heart and opens ones eyes to reality.It’s my first time to get such a gift. I hope they wouldn’t mind it if we duplicate their brilliant gift idea. It’s one of the best ways to pass on God’s blessings and love. That’s what Christmas is all about. That’s what being human is all about.
By Patricia “Shaan” Bermudez-Hizon
What was the best present you got for Christmas? I really honestly liked the new mountain-biking gloves I got from my husband. I have enough calluses from riding that bike on 20-kilometer trips 4 or 5 times a week. I lost weight, I got stronger, but my palms are as smooth as that of a construction worker! I also love the white Coach sandals I got and the Kenneth Cole bag. Vince and the kids also received a bunch of awesome gifts. Santa gave the boys a basketball net complete with an adjustable goal post, and all the techie kiddy educational toys and the books that they got from godparents, relatives, friends and other people that just found them too cute to resist. As a family, we adore the piano my mom gave us which will definitely enrich our love for music.
But despite all these gifts that were downright awesome, we got one very special gift from Vince’s relatives. This couple was one of the secondary sponsors at our wedding. They continue to be such an inspiration to us and to those who know them. Tito and Sabrina sent their gift in a palengke mesh bag which immediately caught my eye.
I’m a fan of anything recycled and reused, and that palengke mesh bag would’ve come in handy. Initial reaction: brilliant!I immediately read the card which didn’t have the canned Christmas greeting. The card read that it was a “Pass It On Gift.”
“This is a ‘PASS IT ON’ gift. In lieu of a Christmas gift for you, we prepared a ‘Noche Buena’ food package for a needy person… a street vendor, a construction worker, a carpenter, a painter… any person who does not receive a regular salary and 13th month pay… someone who may have nothing to feed his family for Christmas if he is not able to sell anything or have any work that day. We hope that the happy surprise you see on his face when you ‘pass on’ this package will fill your heart with joy, fulfillment and gratitude to the Lord for so much blessings given to you and your family. A Blessed Christmas to you and yours!”
My heart melted. This was the best gift!The colorful palengke mesh bag had a kilo of rice, a champorado mix, a can of carne norte, luncheon meat and a bag of yummy choc-nut. It was enough to make a family dwelling on the streets, or a child begging for food, a woman living under a bridge, or a man selling candies at the corner to have a filling feast for Christmas.
I honestly was touched by the gesture and the sheer brilliance of the gift. I know how good it feels to reach out to the needy as I’ve dedicated almost a decade of my life doing charity work through my “Everyday Is Your Birthday Foundation” and my husband’s “Vince Hizon Foundation.” We’ve been trying to instill the virtues of giving and volunteerism in people who would lend us their ear and are willing to work with us.
But a lot of times though, it is difficult to mobilize people to get up and help. I’ve experienced one Christmas where we gave away cards that said we donated to a foundation on their behalf, and made the Yuletide special for so many orphans as we gave them gifts, food and medicine. But I never really figured out how the recipients felt or if it made enough of an impact to move them to help the needy some more.
Sabrina and Tito’s gift is the best way to start a revolution of giving. I always say that a person is influenced once they see how their efforts make a less fortunate individual feel.
My foundation encourages people to personally celebrate with the less fortunate and be with them; and not merely sign checks for them and not have to see them. In our own simple way, we’ve had so many people pay it forward after the initial outreach with us. And that’s all part of our goal: to move people to help. Volunteerism.
This “Pass It On” gift does more than just put a smile on a street dweller, a beggar, or a construction worker’s face and food in their stomachs. This “Pass It On” fills the heart and opens ones eyes to reality.It’s my first time to get such a gift. I hope they wouldn’t mind it if we duplicate their brilliant gift idea. It’s one of the best ways to pass on God’s blessings and love. That’s what Christmas is all about. That’s what being human is all about.
WE ARE ALL HEROES
I just saw this... I don't think I'm a hero because I just did what I could. There was no way I could've pulled it off without friends and tweetmates. They are #1 on my hero list.
SPOT.ph turns the spotlight on the people who took time to share what they could—time, resources, talent, homes, or even lives—to help fellow Filipinos affected by the storm. Here are the heroic helping hands we’veheard about, in no particular order:
1. Muelmar Magallanes
MuelmarMagallanes, an 18-year-old construction worker, was a powerful swimmer who saved 30 people from rampaging floods. He died while rescuing a baby girl who was swept away on a Styrofoam box. His body now lies at a makeshift evacuationcenter in Quezon City.Magallanes, who brought his family to higher ground on Saturday, decided to go back for neighbors stranded on their rooftops. Witnesses said he saved more than 30 people from drowning. Ms. Penalosa, the mother of the baby he saved, said Magallanes was washed away by the torrent of water. His body was found on Sunday, September 27.
2. Venancio Ancheta, Jr. and four members of the Civilian Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU)
Pfc Venancio Ancheta Jr. saved 20 flood victims but could not save himself in the end as he was carried away by the flood at Brgy. Tunhac, Famy, Laguna. In the midst of rescue operations, another soldier and three members of the (CAFGU) also died: Cpl. Adriano Regua of the 59th Infantry Battalion and CAAs Erineo Olaguer, Joel Hernalin, and Florencio Dequito.
3. Enderun College students and volunteers
Opening its kitchens on Monday, September 28, Enderun College culinary students and fellow volunteers cooked hot meals to be distributed by the Red Cross. To date, Enderun College has sent out 16,000 meals which were distributed by the Red Cross and picked up by various volunteers who took them to evacuation and relief centers.Enderun College was supposed to resume classes on October 1, Thursday, but opened their kitchens this morning to continue helping out typhoon victims. Contact Ancie Pamintuan at 0908-6795936 for any donations or assistance you can extend.
4. Medical mission groups
Makati Medical Center, Cardinal Santos Medical Center and PLDT held medical missions until October 4. MakatiMed is based at Rizal, Cardinal Santos Medical Center at Pasig and PLDT at Marikina. Doctors consult and distribute medicine to those in need.To volunteer, call Dr. Victor Gisbert of the Social Services Department at 0917-8922807 and Dr. Johnny Sinon of Makati Medical Center at 0917-5261345.Donations may be sent to the Social Services Office, G/F Makati Medical Center, Amorsolo St., Makati City. Look for Jocelyn or Fatima at 789-4790 to 91 and 888-8999 local 7124 and 7104.
5. Gang Badoy
Founder of the alternative education movement, Rock Ed and host of Rock Ed radio, Gang has made civic-awareness interesting for teenagers with hopes to turn apathy into collective action. Gang went onboard on Jam 88.3 for four straight days of 14 to 16 hours on air, using radio to inform people about the current situation in typhoon-affected areas and call out for help. Along with other DJs and volunteers, they utilized the airwaves and the internet (bless the soul of the genius behind the industrial computer) to keep everyone connected, informed and inspired while updating their Twitter accounts.At the end of the third day, Gang Badoy tweeted at 7:24 a.m. September 29, “What an honor to be given the chance to give out crucial info at a crucial time.”
6. Patricia Hizon
Sportscaster Patricia Hizon housed 40 orphans whom they “carried 1.5 to 2 kilometers because they had no slippers,” according to her tweet. Armed with “a delivery truck, ropes, megaphone and big hearts,” she is one of the driving forces behind relief operations in Tumana, Marikina. From September 30 onwards, they also helped out in Pasig. If you have goods or time to donate, send her a tweet.
7. Netizens on Facebook and Twitter
Technology has proven to be one of this generation’s greatest tools, with people sending out useful information over the Internet, posting calls for help and encouraging everyone to do their share, just through their computers and cell phones.Among them, TV host and sports reporter Lia Cruz mobilized volunteers through Twitter while on the move herself. She continuously announced updates on people needing rescue, what to donate and where, and retweeted useful information and contact numbers. Cruz was a former Ateneo courtside reporter for the UAAP.
8. Hon. Ralph LeeQuezon City Judge
Ralph Lee rode on his jetski and rescued dozens of people in Novaliches, according to a report by Inquirer.net. Lee drove from Fairview to Novaliches, with life vests and two rubber boats he used for weekend wakeboarding. He was able to save 100 lives.“I heard that so many families were already stranded on their rooftops because water from the Tullahan River was already overflowing,” Lee told media.
9. Linda TizonPurchasing Manager
Linda Tizon opened her Quezon City home to over 200 survivors of typhoon Ondoy on Sept. 26. According to Tizon, flood water was rising in Novaliches and displaced families living near the creek found refuge in the neighborhood chapel. Soon after, even the chapel began to get flooded and she saw people literally being dragged by the floodwaters’ strong current. Tizon invited people into her home and managed to house and feed 250 people.
10. Jason de Guzman
It almost seemed like a scene from a movie–a female doctor climbing up her car to escape the raging water and a security guard bravely jumping to rescue her.Jason de Guzman, security guard at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay hospital, said he was only doing his job when he helped the female doctor. Fortunately, he did not get sick from braving the flood but he did stay at the hospital until Sunday since his Marikina home was severely affected by typhoon Ondoy.
SPOT.ph turns the spotlight on the people who took time to share what they could—time, resources, talent, homes, or even lives—to help fellow Filipinos affected by the storm. Here are the heroic helping hands we’veheard about, in no particular order:
1. Muelmar Magallanes
MuelmarMagallanes, an 18-year-old construction worker, was a powerful swimmer who saved 30 people from rampaging floods. He died while rescuing a baby girl who was swept away on a Styrofoam box. His body now lies at a makeshift evacuationcenter in Quezon City.Magallanes, who brought his family to higher ground on Saturday, decided to go back for neighbors stranded on their rooftops. Witnesses said he saved more than 30 people from drowning. Ms. Penalosa, the mother of the baby he saved, said Magallanes was washed away by the torrent of water. His body was found on Sunday, September 27.
2. Venancio Ancheta, Jr. and four members of the Civilian Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU)
Pfc Venancio Ancheta Jr. saved 20 flood victims but could not save himself in the end as he was carried away by the flood at Brgy. Tunhac, Famy, Laguna. In the midst of rescue operations, another soldier and three members of the (CAFGU) also died: Cpl. Adriano Regua of the 59th Infantry Battalion and CAAs Erineo Olaguer, Joel Hernalin, and Florencio Dequito.
3. Enderun College students and volunteers
Opening its kitchens on Monday, September 28, Enderun College culinary students and fellow volunteers cooked hot meals to be distributed by the Red Cross. To date, Enderun College has sent out 16,000 meals which were distributed by the Red Cross and picked up by various volunteers who took them to evacuation and relief centers.Enderun College was supposed to resume classes on October 1, Thursday, but opened their kitchens this morning to continue helping out typhoon victims. Contact Ancie Pamintuan at 0908-6795936 for any donations or assistance you can extend.
4. Medical mission groups
Makati Medical Center, Cardinal Santos Medical Center and PLDT held medical missions until October 4. MakatiMed is based at Rizal, Cardinal Santos Medical Center at Pasig and PLDT at Marikina. Doctors consult and distribute medicine to those in need.To volunteer, call Dr. Victor Gisbert of the Social Services Department at 0917-8922807 and Dr. Johnny Sinon of Makati Medical Center at 0917-5261345.Donations may be sent to the Social Services Office, G/F Makati Medical Center, Amorsolo St., Makati City. Look for Jocelyn or Fatima at 789-4790 to 91 and 888-8999 local 7124 and 7104.
5. Gang Badoy
Founder of the alternative education movement, Rock Ed and host of Rock Ed radio, Gang has made civic-awareness interesting for teenagers with hopes to turn apathy into collective action. Gang went onboard on Jam 88.3 for four straight days of 14 to 16 hours on air, using radio to inform people about the current situation in typhoon-affected areas and call out for help. Along with other DJs and volunteers, they utilized the airwaves and the internet (bless the soul of the genius behind the industrial computer) to keep everyone connected, informed and inspired while updating their Twitter accounts.At the end of the third day, Gang Badoy tweeted at 7:24 a.m. September 29, “What an honor to be given the chance to give out crucial info at a crucial time.”
6. Patricia Hizon
Sportscaster Patricia Hizon housed 40 orphans whom they “carried 1.5 to 2 kilometers because they had no slippers,” according to her tweet. Armed with “a delivery truck, ropes, megaphone and big hearts,” she is one of the driving forces behind relief operations in Tumana, Marikina. From September 30 onwards, they also helped out in Pasig. If you have goods or time to donate, send her a tweet.
7. Netizens on Facebook and Twitter
Technology has proven to be one of this generation’s greatest tools, with people sending out useful information over the Internet, posting calls for help and encouraging everyone to do their share, just through their computers and cell phones.Among them, TV host and sports reporter Lia Cruz mobilized volunteers through Twitter while on the move herself. She continuously announced updates on people needing rescue, what to donate and where, and retweeted useful information and contact numbers. Cruz was a former Ateneo courtside reporter for the UAAP.
8. Hon. Ralph LeeQuezon City Judge
Ralph Lee rode on his jetski and rescued dozens of people in Novaliches, according to a report by Inquirer.net. Lee drove from Fairview to Novaliches, with life vests and two rubber boats he used for weekend wakeboarding. He was able to save 100 lives.“I heard that so many families were already stranded on their rooftops because water from the Tullahan River was already overflowing,” Lee told media.
9. Linda TizonPurchasing Manager
Linda Tizon opened her Quezon City home to over 200 survivors of typhoon Ondoy on Sept. 26. According to Tizon, flood water was rising in Novaliches and displaced families living near the creek found refuge in the neighborhood chapel. Soon after, even the chapel began to get flooded and she saw people literally being dragged by the floodwaters’ strong current. Tizon invited people into her home and managed to house and feed 250 people.
10. Jason de Guzman
It almost seemed like a scene from a movie–a female doctor climbing up her car to escape the raging water and a security guard bravely jumping to rescue her.Jason de Guzman, security guard at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay hospital, said he was only doing his job when he helped the female doctor. Fortunately, he did not get sick from braving the flood but he did stay at the hospital until Sunday since his Marikina home was severely affected by typhoon Ondoy.
REFUGE FOR THE HOUSE OF REFUGE
During typhoon Ondoy, the House of Refuge inside Provident went underwater.
30 children aged 3 to 20, the houseparents and staff had to climb to the roof of their 2-level apartment to avoid the fast-rising flood water which has engulfed the entire village.
But with the waters still rising, they had to cross to a neighbor's house diagonal from them using electric and telephone wires. I can't even begin to describe how they did it, but certainly it was brave, heroic, dangerous, necessary.
They escaped but were in knee deep water even when they were on the 3rd floor. No one slept. The children were traumatized. They saw dead bodies floating.
The next day, we were able to get them after they were rescued from the building and brought to a church outside the village. Through the help of our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Bautista, we were able to bring them to our home.
For some days, they sought refuge in our home.
During that, through neighbors, friends, twitter, facebook, etc., we were able to give them everything they needed. The outpouring of support was incredible.
In a week's time, they were able to find a townhouse near my house, and start the rebuilding process. They are back to normal and are living in better conditions now.
Thank you for all those who helped. I need not mention who you are. Thank you for being their angels, their heroes.
30 children aged 3 to 20, the houseparents and staff had to climb to the roof of their 2-level apartment to avoid the fast-rising flood water which has engulfed the entire village.
But with the waters still rising, they had to cross to a neighbor's house diagonal from them using electric and telephone wires. I can't even begin to describe how they did it, but certainly it was brave, heroic, dangerous, necessary.
They escaped but were in knee deep water even when they were on the 3rd floor. No one slept. The children were traumatized. They saw dead bodies floating.
The next day, we were able to get them after they were rescued from the building and brought to a church outside the village. Through the help of our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Bautista, we were able to bring them to our home.
For some days, they sought refuge in our home.
During that, through neighbors, friends, twitter, facebook, etc., we were able to give them everything they needed. The outpouring of support was incredible.
In a week's time, they were able to find a townhouse near my house, and start the rebuilding process. They are back to normal and are living in better conditions now.
Thank you for all those who helped. I need not mention who you are. Thank you for being their angels, their heroes.
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