MacBook Pro Raffle winner - Neal Jarvis

Congratulations to Neal Jarvis for winning the MacBook Pro at last night's Sharing Hope 2009 event!

We had a wonderful time. Pictures and some videos to follow.

Thank you so much to all those who came and to all the donors (many of which were not able to join us last night but sent in their donations), sponsors and volunteers. We couldn't have done this without you. God bless you!

2 days to go till Sharing Hope 2009

Sharing Hope 2009 is only 2 days away (Sunday, Sept. 20 at Kahler Hall in Columbia, MD).

Raffle tickets for the Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro are still available! Raffle tickets are only $25 and we will only sell 100 tickets. You can purchase raffle tickets online at http://www.tapulanga.org/sharinghope2009.php.

We will have a wonderful Filipino cuisine buffet dinner and a silent auction with items from Fruition Gifts, Baltimore Symphony, Club Pooche, Clyde's Restaurant, Toby's Dinner Theater, El Azteca Restaurant, Just 4 U Gift Baskets & Gifts, KidzArt, various gift cards, Filipiniana items, Longaberger products and more!

Special thanks to our sponsors who are helping us make this event possible ---- Law office of Katherine Taylor, Law office of Ria Rochvarg, Jamie Coyle AllState Insurance, Laura McCarthy (LB Hand Therapy), Hoffman&Associates, and GBL Sales.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Robin and Kate

TF Joins the Negros Trade Fair!

The Tapulanga Foundation joined the 24th Negros Trade Fair Exhibition of the Association of Negros Producers (ANP) last September 11 - 16, 2009 at the Rockwell Tent, Makati City.

You Can Make A Difference for Only Php10 or $0.22 a day!

What is Php10 a day? Or Php50 a week?
ONE Jollibee or McDonald's value meal is one WEEK'S lunch of a student.

What is $0.22 a day? $3.75 a month?
ONE Starbucks coffee is one MONTH'S lunch meal of a student.

These children need your help! Tapulanga Foundation's Lunch Meal Program provides free lunch meals (rice and viand) every school day for a whole year to the students. For only Php2,000 or $45, you can already sponsor a student's lunch meal for an entire school year.

We have at least 100 kids whom we'd like to provide free lunch in school.
HELP US MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

Save the Date! Sunday, Sept. 20

Please join us in the 3rd Annual Sharing Hope benefit for the educational, healthcare and micro-credit programs of Tapulanga Foundation in the Philippines.

Sunday, Sept 20, 2009 at 5 pm
Location: Kahler Hall, 5440 Old Tucker Row, Columbia MD 21044
Tickets: $20/person, kids 10 and under are free (we will have a supervised kids room)



We will have a Filipino cuisine buffet dinner, Silent Auction, Raffle, Door Prizes and more! Mic Golez who runs the Foundation in the Philippines will be at our event to share about the Foundation's activities in the past year and hopefully have a chance to meet some of you that evening.

We are offering Table Sponsorships (for 10 people) at $350 and $500 (includes a 1 year scholarship in your name) per table. Please let us know if you would like to sponsor a table for your family and/or your business.

We are also having a silent auction and if you donate an auction item you get 2 tickets to our event.

Please contact Robin (robin@percworks.com) or Kate (kate@hoffmanobgyn.com) if you are interested in sponsoring a table and/or donating a silent auction item.

For more information about Tapulanga Foundation, visit www.tapulanga.org.

Watch for invitation with RSVP information in the mail.

We hope that in these times of economic uncertainty you can join us in helping to give these kids a chance for a better life.

Thank you!

An Unexpected Gift for 25 Students!

The Tapulanga Foundation recently received a generous donation of $1000 from an anonymous donor. Their contribution will be used to provide 25 students with lunch for the entire school year. These kids can now concentrate in the classrooms without having to feel the pangs of hunger.

Blood Typing Program

Through the joint efforts of the Tapulanga Foundation, Inc. and the Med Tech Department of Riverside College, another blood typing event was organized last July 1, 2009 at St. Francis of Assisi School of Silay City. Seventy-six new students and 3 teachers were administered. This has been a yearly project of the Foundation as part of its health care program to benefit the school. (To view more photos, click this link: http://picasaweb.google.com/tapulangafoundation/BloodTypingJuly12009?feat=directlink)