{"id":411,"date":"2020-09-04T18:13:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T18:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infanta.org\/?p=411"},"modified":"2020-09-04T19:22:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T19:22:42","slug":"education-top-priority-for-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infanta.org\/index.php\/2020\/09\/04\/education-top-priority-for-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Education: top priority for Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Mila Glodava<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With schools about to start or have started, Metro Infanta Foundation (MIF) will take a look at how it has made education a top priority since inception. It remains so to this day as expressed in it\u2019s mission statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>To promote unity and solidarity through education, providing forums of discussions, identifying and addressing issues and concerns in their native homeland, specifically the Metro Infanta area of the Philippines including the towns of Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Panukulan, Polillo, and Real.<\/em><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Our records indicate that MIF has distributed a total of $364,092.35 in grants for education, or 28 percent of the total $1,300,564.22 in grants since inception. Grants included $132,935.31 in scholarships, $18,157.04 for minor school projects and supplies, as well as renovation funds for the social hall and gymnasium of Mt. Carmel School of Infanta and funds to purchase a container tank to serve as classrooms for poor students. In addition, it spent $213,000 for the reconstruction of the Gabaldon-type building for Infanta Central Elementary School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/46AAEFEA-C425-4311-B8C4-4B959BF523AC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" width=\"456\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/46AAEFEA-C425-4311-B8C4-4B959BF523AC.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/46AAEFEA-C425-4311-B8C4-4B959BF523AC-300x167.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/46AAEFEA-C425-4311-B8C4-4B959BF523AC-768x426.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/46AAEFEA-C425-4311-B8C4-4B959BF523AC-600x333.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><figcaption>Metro Infanta Foundation helped purchase a second container tank for poor children served by Puso sa Puso Edukasyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/79AD2D6A-4E9A-47CD-BACE-35455C6F3654.jpeg\" alt=\"Ms. Belen Foronda received a $10,000 check from Metro Infanta Foundation to repair the social hall and gymnasium of Mt. Carmel School of Infanta. \" class=\"wp-image-414\" width=\"413\" height=\"309\"\/><figcaption>Ms.  Belen Foronda, principal of Mt. Carmel of Infanta, receives a $10,000 check to repair the social hall and gymnasium damaged by the 2004  mudslides<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s no question, education is an important cause for Metro Infanta Foundation.\u00a0Since 1999, the Foundation has provided scholarships or tuition assistance to 136 students from high to post graduate studies. A very small tax-exempt nonprofit organization, it could not have do so without supporters. We are grateful to Cavan Corporation for supporting our post graduate scholars. EM Weckbaugh Foundation has been a major supporter of our scholarship program, especially the college students, in addition to supporting supports other causes the MIF spouses. St. Thomas More Parish Youth Ministry and Religious Education supported high school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of donors gave a donation specifically to \u00a0sponsor students. They are Kelly and Annabelle Clayton,\u00a0Romy and Julie Coronacion,\u00a0Pol and Vacion Derilo, Manny and Marilyn Ibanez, Melecia Garcia, Rudy and\u00a0Bennie Garcia,\u00a0Emilie Gurango, Gene Pallugna,\u00a0Mita and Billy Pasia,\u00a0Zeny Potes, Joe and Lonching Pujeda, Jon and Amor Santiago,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and more.\u00a0<br><br>My children, Kirsten and Kevin, did not hesitate, either, to join me and Mark to support a few students. Non-Infantahins, such as Colleen Smith, John and Joni Sanderson, and until he died, Jack Green (in memory of his wife, Wilma) sponsored a number of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D4406DE1-F890-46AB-BF9A-0558F44D12C0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D4406DE1-F890-46AB-BF9A-0558F44D12C0.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D4406DE1-F890-46AB-BF9A-0558F44D12C0-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/infanta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D4406DE1-F890-46AB-BF9A-0558F44D12C0-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>More than 400 students now use the Gabaldon-type building which sat in ruins for nearly four decades<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope you&#8217;ll never get tired of helping people,\u201d said Mary Grace Balico, \u201cespecially those students who have dreams of fulfilling their goals in life.\u201d Mary Grace, who hails from Dingalan, Aurora, graduated with&nbsp;honors (<em>magna cum laude<\/em>) from the College of the Immaculate Conception with a BS degree in Education.&nbsp;Thus, Metro Infanta Foundation will continue to make education a top priority and help students fulfill their dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our sincere thanks to all our generous donors for helping make education a top priority for Metro Infanta Foundation.&nbsp;If interested in helping students fulfill their dreams through Metro Infanta Foundation, please click the DONATION button on the top right of this website.<br><br>You may also send your donation to:Metro Infanta Foundation&nbsp;7350 Braun WayArvada, CO 80005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mila Glodava With schools about to start or have started, Metro Infanta Foundation (MIF) will take a look at how it has made education a top priority since inception. 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