Saturday, December 9, 2006

APO East Coast jumpstarts the Pinoy 29ers bandwagon


Picture shows from front left: Brod VP Butch Binuya, Brod Secretary Rommel Artes, President Philip Tolentino, BOD Sis Bembem Duenas, Edgar Atadero, Brod Jhun Baldonado and Sis Marivic Glova. Other members standing at the back are Brod Opal, Brod Auditor, Sis Lotlot, Brod Bert Paule, Brod Billy Mejia, Brod SRB, Sis Bing and Brod Rory.

APO alumni from the Philippines who moved to the United States East Coast became the first
overseas group to support the Pinoy 29ers Movement, a fundraising campaign for the Early Childhood Care and Development projects of the CCWPD.
APO Brod and 2006 President Philip Tolentino promised to support CCWPD in their endeavor projects after he turned over the brotherhood’s initial love gift of one hundred dollars to AKAPBATA during an informal APO gathering in the borough of Queens, New York City.
Tolentino said he will propose to the body that CCWPD be the beneficiary of future fund raising project of APO East Coast Alumni Association. Mr. Edgar Atadero, a project development staff of the Center for Community Work and People’s Development, who attended a civil society meeting at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session in the city, accepted the donation for Akapbata.
Pinoy 29ers is a novel fundraiser that aims to raise 29 US dollars a year for every child that CCWPDI provides for with basic education materials. The campaign is targeted towards migrant worker and professional Filipinos based outside the Philippines.

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