BallOFun Year 3 to benefit Filipino indigent children

BallOFun Year 3 to benefit Filipino indigent children
by Rodney Barron

Bring your family & friends to join us, as Galing Foundation presents the 2008 Ball"O"Fun, Saturday, June 28th from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.

This annual benefit event includes: music, food sales, exhibits, vendors, a health fair, entertainment, sporting events, & more all in support of Galing Foundations's efforts to promote literacy & education in the Philippines. FREE admission; donations are welcome!

The kickoff ceremony is at 12:30 p.m. w/a basketball game @ 1:00 p.m. (Gawad Kalinga vs. Yakiniku), followed by a volleyball game @ 3:00 p.m. (Spiked Punch vs. Troopers). After the initial volleyball game, it will be open play for others to join in the fun. The festivities will be held at Hembree Park/Gym, 850 Hembree Road in Roswell, Georgia.

Mark your calendars now for Sat., June 28th & we'll see you at Ball"O"Fun, 2008!
For more information, visit www.galingfoundation.com & www.AccessPhilippineAtlanta.com
To register, please email: galingfoundation@yahoo.com

Batang Galing: Omar Ragheb

Photo: Grace & Omar Ragheb with Lehnie Estacio and Arjho Turner



Photo: Omar Ragheb consistently receives accolades from prestigeous bodies.


GFI Youth Leadership Recepient of 2007 Omar Ragheb

DepEd Paaralang Elementary ng Lucban 1 appeals to Atlanta on behalf of disabled children

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If you wish to donate any of the above materials, please coordinate a drop off through GFI volunteers based in Roswell, Smyrna & Forest Park.

Send us an email at galingfoundation@yahoo.com

Your donation is tax deductible under the current tax law.

Nava Bharath Matriculation School in India appeals to Atlanta via GFI

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May 17, 2008 GFI Lucban Outreach

Galing Box Nos. 60, 61 & 62 arrives in Lucban

Galing Box Nos. 60, 61 & 62 arrives in Lucban for distribution. Per Christon Daya, GFI Communications Director, items will be distributed immidiately under the supervision of Velma E. Daya.

Special thanks to the members of Northwest Phil-Am and its president Ms. Esther Wilson.

Filipino kids Eleazar and Empamano of Galing Lucban represents the Philippines at Beijing Olympic Art

Photo: Art by Nico Eleazar





Photo: Toni Daya-Luetgers (GFI), Joann L. Jackson, Linden Longino (IPP) & Rebecca Des Marais (YAC)



Filipino kids Eleazar and Empamano of Galing Lucban represents the Philippines at Beijing Olympic Art





Galing Foundation, Inc. announces that the Beijing Olympic Art Exhibition opened last June 1 at the Millennium Monument Museum. Selected paintings from the Philippines were artworks from children of Galing Lucban, namely Nico C. Eleazar and Cecil Empamano.

The Exhibition will travel from Beijing, to the United Nations gallery in New York and in Atlanta's Youth Art Connection Gallery and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Gallery.

"Thanks to Galing Foundation, Inc. and our other wonderful Paint Pals around the world, we received art from kids in 66 countries -- one-third of the countries in the world on six continents! We plan to produce a book about the exhibition." says Linden Longino, International Paint Pals

IPP asked why GFI finds the Program important. "The importance of the Olympic Art has enabled Filipino indigent children to speak from their heart to the world which they are a great part of, of their definition and vision of what true love, peace and humanity is all about, for the benefit of the current and future generations.

We need to see and create that great future not only for our own children but for the rest of the children all over the world." says Toni Daya-Luetgers, Galing Foundation, Inc.

The artworks can be viewed by visiting International Paint Pals' website: www.paintpals.org

Galing Lucban Products for showcase at "BallOFun"

Galing Lucban Products for showcase at "BallOFun", a sport charity event.



On photo is an "arangya" (Pahiyas Thanksgiving Lamp)

It is a replica of the original kiping (rice leaves). It is used to decorate houses in honor of San Isidro every 15th of May in Lucban, Quezon. This is the farmers' way of giving thanks to God for bountiful harvest and to pray for more blessings to come.

The rice leaves are arranged to form changeliers in a variety of colors callled "arangya". It shines bright and attractive when lighted bringing out its true luminosity and translucency. Having one at home is a reminder to always give thanks and praise to God the way the folks of Lucban do.

From: Lucban Kiping Mfg.

BallOFun will be held on Saturday, June 28 (12-5)
Hembree Park
850 Hembree Road, Roswell, GA
Basketball Exhibition Game by Liga Sa Georgia * Gawad Kalinga vs. Yakiniku (1-3pm)
Volleyball Open Game (3-5pm)
Filipino Food by Mabuhay & I&M Catering
Health Fair by Philippine Nurses of Georgia
Social Security Administration Booth
CareNet Pregnancy Resource Center
Galing Foundation, Inc.
Prize drawings by Gawad Kalinga GA

Performances by:
Soli & Rod
Dance Ministry


Donors:
GFI T-Shirts donated by P.I.N.A.Y. and Sol Jems Massage

For more information, please email: galingfoundation@yahoo.com

Batang "Galing" leads Philippine Children's Book Reading and Discussion

You are invited to "Philippine Harvest Festivals"

a video documentary

"Sandosenang Sapatos", a Philippine Children's book reading & discussion lead by Omar Ragheb, 2007 Galing Youth Leader and Lauren Luetgers, GFI volunteer


Philippine food tasting

Free & Open to the public

Saturday, June 7
2-4 pm
Roswell Public LibraryRSVP: galingfoundation@yahoo.com