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Guam IRA President visits Kids International Ministries in the Philippines
To fulfill an outreach mission to
promote literacy to a place of need, Guam Council IRA donated over 180+ books,
slippers, stationary writing kits, and lunch to over 80 orphans at the K.I.M on
December 26, 2012. Why Manila?, you may ask. Manila is home to more than 70,000
street kids. In addition, there is the growing concern for the 1.7 million
children living in impoverished and crowded informal settlements springing up
all across Metro Manila. Many of these children, rather than going to school,
are taking to the streets to beg, work and play. Children come to the K.I.M. for a variety of reasons—some have been
abused, others neglected or abandoned. To care for these children, the
organization Kids International Ministries supports several children’s homes.
To address the needs of kids and their families in the nearby impoverished
settlements, KIM supports a variety of community ministries: Christian
education, medical and dental care, livelihood development programs, recreation
activities and evangelical outreach ministries. Thank you to John F. Kennedy
High School Teacher, Alfredo Mendoza and the President’s cousin Charina
Fernandez for accompanying on this mission. Below are the snap shots taken
during the mission.
Pictured above L-R:
Charina Fernandez, Jonathan Pilarca, Guam IRA President, and Alfredo
Mendoza, JFK Teacher visits K.I.M.
Guam IRA Donates over 180 books, slippers and stationary writing kits
Guam
IRA sponsors lunch and passes out chocolates and candy to over 80 orphans
Literacy and Basketball: IRA sponsors the 5th Annual Girls’ JV Hoopfest 2012 – Post-Season Basketball Tournament
By
Geraldine Biliran, IRA Treasurer
In
an effort to promote literacy through basketball, the Guam International
Reading Association partnered up with the Guam Basketball Confederation for the sponsorship of the 5th Annual Girls' JV Hoopfest 2012,
a post-season basketball tournament that seeks to provide opportunity to
developing players within the junior varsity division. The participating teams
were the Cougars Club, George Washington High School, John F. Kennedy High
School, Okkodo High School, Simon Sanchez High School, Southern High School,
St. Paul Christian School, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School. The
tournament ran from December 14 to 20, 2012 and took place at the JFKHS
gymnasium.
Aside
from the monetary contribution from IRA, literacy was encouraged through the
donation of the book Dear Bully
(edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones) to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
teams of the tournament. This book is an anthology of stories about bullying
from a variety of top authors such as Lauren Kate, Lauren Oliver, and R.L.
Stine. Furthermore, the connection of literacy and basketball was made through
the t-shirt design, which illustrated X's and O's being drawn out on a
basketball court to allude to the statement that says, “The X's and O's start
with literacy.” This idea of merging literacy and basketball has been received
by a wide audience of student-athletes, coaches, parents, and teachers as being
a creative and truly appreciated approach.
A congratulations
is extended to the Okkodo Bulldogs for winning the championship, George
Washington Geckos for earning 2nd place, and to the Cougars Club for earning
3rd place. Medals were also given out to the ten All-Tournament Team Members,
which were players who made an overall impression with their skills and hard
work on the court. Although only three teams got to take home trophies and
books, all participating teams profited from the experience of literacy being
promoted through the popular game of basketball.
Tournament Snapshots
