June 13: GFI Children's Art Workshop & Family Picnic in Roswell

June 13: GFI Children's Art Workshop & Family Picnic in Roswell
Galing Foundation, Inc. in cooperation with Roswell Visual Arts Center invites all children (pre K-12th Grade) from the Filipino community to participate in the Filipino Children's Art Workshop for exhibition in June 26-August 7 at the Roswell Visual Arts Center.

When: Saturday, June 13
Time: 2-4pm
Place: Roswell Visual Art Center Studio
Roswell Area Park 10495 Woodstock Road
www.roswellgov.com
This event is FREE


Program:
2pm Art Workshop followed by a family (potluck) picnic at the nearby shelter
3pm GFI OPEN HOUSE


Theme: "The Philippines, a perspective of Filipino American children"
Supplies will be provided.

All entries will be exhibited during the Filipino Children's Art Exhibition from June 26-Aug. 7
There will be an Opening Ceremony & Reception scheduled on Friday, June 26 at 6pm



To sign-up or for more information, please contact
Ana Blackburn: 404 925-2639
Ces Alberto 404 931-3613
email: galingfoundation@yahoo.com

Galing Foundation, Inc. is a non profit public charitable foundation 501 (c) 3 tax exempt status (EIN No. 20-5508331) established to help in providing Filipino indigent children and public libraries in rural areas of the Philippines educational resources to promote the importance of functional and English literacy.


www.galingfoundation.com

"Modernity, commercialization & urbanization" have tremendously impacted the lives of the Blaan Tribe-one of the 110 indigenous groups in the Phil.

Cedric B. Baker, Asst. Prof. Mercer University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences with his wife and Arjho Turner, GFI Mindanao








May 7, 2009

The Alpharetta Branch Public Library in partnership with Galing Foundation, Inc. and AccessPhilippineAtlanta.com presented a program "The Blaan Culture" to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month.

The Blaan Tribe is one of the 110 indigenous groups of the Philippines. The Blaan indigenous peoples are located in the provinces of South Cotabato, Sarangani Province, Davao Del Sur and General Santos City, strategically located in the southernmost part of the islands of Mindanao.

The visitors enjoyed a variety of photo collection, costumes, woven materials and hand crafted accessories on site. They also had the opportunity to listen to Blaan original song compositions by the Tubad Performing Arts Group of Sarangani Province. And witnessed a Blaan tribal dance presentation.

During the discussion, Ms. Turner shared some of the sentiments of the Blaan people and how "modernity, commercialization and urbanization" have impacted the very livelihood of this marvelous group of indigenous people-the Blaan Tribe. To abate the adverse impacts of modernization, Ms. Turner also stressed the existence of the different School of Living Tradition (SLT) project sites wherein the primary focus is to preserve the Blaan culture thru transfer of skills to the younger generation as well as serve as a micro-enterprise from their handicrafts. According to Ms. Turner, the Indigenous Peoples Development Program is advocating for in situ conservation of different upland rice varities among the indigenous cultural communities of Sarangani Province geared towards household food security. In 2007, the National Museum declared a Blaan community as the first village museum of the Philippines located in Lamlifew, Datal Tampal, Malungon showcasing the richness of the Blaan culture, their agriculture, their infrastructure, and their environment.

GFI would like to thank the Sarangani Provincial Governor's Office - Indigenous Peoples Development Program, Provincial Information Office, Cocoy Sexcion and Jocelyn C. Robles for the photos used in the exhibit. Thank you as well to the Tubad Performing Arts organizers for allowing us to share their CD.

The event was free and open to the public.

GFI ships boxes 99, 100 & 101 to South Cotabato in Mindanao

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Ms. Arjho C. Turner, GFI & Brian Burtnik, MMW Logistics

April 25, 2009 Norcross, GA


Galing Foundation, Inc. Director for Mindanao Outreach and Brian Burtnick of MMW Logistics ships GFI Box Nos. 99, 100 & 101 (invoice no. 72417) to benefit "Galing" Filipino indigent children, partner public libraries and schools in Polomolok, South Cotabato in Mindanao.

Many thanks to the following donors:
1. Northwest Phil-Am Association c/o Ms. Ester Willson - assorted school supplies
2. Mr. and Mrs. Ashwin and Ranjah Patel - health and college educational resources materials
3. Ms. Roni Buenaventura - Science, Math and literature books
4. CareNet Pregnancy Resource Center of Atlanta - kids clothes and toys
4. Bernard and Arjho Turner - Time Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, coffee table books, books (Math, English, Science) for college and high school, health related resource materials, toys 5. Luetgers family - assorted books, clothes, toys
6. Assist 2 Sell & Ms. Ana Blackburn - donation towards shipping cost