Spring 2004 Foundation Report in the mail
By Mila Glodava
The first batch of Spring 2004 Foundation Report went out Saturday, March 27. The next batch will go out in the next few days.
Based on the donations ($3,500) received the first three months of 2004, we concluded that the first Foundation Report has made an impact on our kababayans. Many actually thought that Metro Infanta Foundation was no longer in existence, because we discontinued the Metro Infanta News after the Spring 2000 issue. We thought we are continuing our communication link to our kababayans through our website www.infanta.org. which we started in 1998. It seems, however, that many of our kababayans have no access to the Internet and, therefore, unable to check out our website. The Foundation Report is our effort to connect with this group of kababayans.
If you don't receive our report in the mail, you can also access it by clicking here or the above heading.
Gift Opportunities
Enclosed with the Spring 2004 Report is a Gift Opportunities Form which describes in detail the many ways Infantahins can help lift from our brother and sisters in Metro Infanta the burdens of poverty."
We have identified the areas of education, religious, humanitarian and other causes which need our support.
Can you provide annually $100 tuition assistance per student for four years? Perhaps you have been blessed and can offer a gift of $300 per year, per collegiate student at NQCC.
Can you support a priest with a monthly stipend of $20, or $240 per year? If you had been a catechist in the past, you may want to support the $20 monthly stipend of a priest (the Prelature would like to raise the stipend from $10 a month per priest).
The Carmelites are building a seminary in Quezon City. Those who have very fond memories of the Carmelites may want to help them build a seminary. Some of our donors have expressed an interest in collecting for the chapel which will cost $27,500. If you are able to make a commitment towards this project, please consider this prayerfully now.
Recently we have received the plans to rebuild the Gabaldon-type schoolhouse, which will require some major funding too in the near future. You may want to consider this as your pet project.
Of course we can always use your donation to help offset the cost of running Metro Infanta Foundation. It costs nearly $100 to mail our report to each one on our mailing list of previous donors.
You can make a difference in our hometown. Please consider making a donation, whether large or small. Every small gift when combined with other gifts becomes a large one. Each one making a gift has made it possible for Metro Infanta Foundation to address the many needs of our beloved hometown.
Act now! Send your tax-deductible donation to:
Metro Infanta Foundation, Inc.
7350 Braun Way
Arvada, CO 80005
U.S.A.
Any questions: editor@infanta.org