Many say that Christmas is truly for kids. It’s hard to disagree when you find yourself in a toy store just to get your child, inaanak, pamangkin, or even your little neighbor a gift that’ll make them smile. However, some kids are not as fortunate as our young loved ones.

Through Enervon, you can make a difference for the kids of the Virlanie Foundation. All you have to do is text REFILL to 2948. The proceeds from every text message you send are donated to the foundation. Every text message also makes the Enervon Smiley billboard on PET building, EDSA shine brighter. Let’s not forget the reason for the season and share the happy to the kids of Virlanie Foundation. Keep texting, mag-refill with Enervon and share the happy.

 

And if you lend a helping hand, you might even grab an MP3 player along the way! Each text you send gets you more chances of winning a Philips Go Gear Mix MP3 player.

Spread the word. Share the happy!

Follow Share the Happy on: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Share-the-Happy/194730160833?ref=ts 

 

 

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I’ve written before that a child’s smile can make a world of difference.

 

My sister Joyce will forever have a child’s smile.  And that makes me lucky.  She makes me look differently at the world.

 

There are hundreds/thousands of children out in the street.  How can WE make a difference to their world?

 

Children’s Month draws to a close in the Philippines and we’re reminded of the importance of education in the lives of the country’s children. Virlanie Foundation, Inc and eight high-end restaurants in Serendra and along Bonifacio High Street in Global City, Taguig have partnered on a new campaign to highlight education for those who perhaps need it the most: street children.

 

 

From now until December 31st, 2009, eating at any one of the eight participating restaurants will help educate a street child. Arama, Cav, Chelsea, Cupcakes by Sonja, Fu, Healthy Kitchen, Sentro 1771 and Xocolat will make a donation to Virlanie for every designated menu item ordered. Eager to participate in the campaign, the staff of each restaurant has been learning about Virlanie and its eight educational initiatives.

 

Chelsea’s Mac and Cheese

 

Fu’s Dimsum Platter

 

Sentro 1771’s Chicken

 

Sentro 1771’s Catfish Adobo Flakes

 

 

Xocolat’s Organic Cacao Drink

 

I personally like Sentro 1771, Fu and Chelsea and will definitely visit these places, dine there and order the food listed to help them donate.

 

 

Virlanie and its campaign partners are keen that concern for education extends beyond mealtimes and they’ve made it easy for patrons to support the education of a street child from only PHP800 per month. 

 

 

Virlanie Foundation is a private non-sectarian child-caring institution in Manila. Its cares for street children who are abandoned, abused, made to work and are found living in the streets. They’re welcomed into its homes. Annually it cares for more than 300 children in its 12 homes and last year cared for 700 more through its outreach programs. 

 

 

Support for Virlanie’s cause comes from many quarters. For a year already, world famous singer Billy Crawford, has been the foundation’s Goodwill Ambassador. Recruited by founder Dominique Lemay, Billy has seen Virlanie’s work up close: “I visited the homes and it’s really impressive how these kids are being taken care of. It’s all year round, not just for the Christmas season.” Billy freely admits that “I wouldn’t be who I am today if I hadn’t been ‘in need’ at some point in my life… and it’s on those crucial times when any helping hand is always a blessing.” Billy understands the importance of education and backs Virlanie on its newest campaign to come to the aid of the city’s most vulnerable children.

 

 

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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has declared a State of Calamity in the whole country, extending the initial declaration that covers Metro Manila and several provinces.  Prices of goods should be at their current levels.

 

“For the reasons that we can’t estimate the effects of Typhoon Pepeng but which is expected to bring rains to many areas, and for the reasons that nobody would take advantage of prices, I’ve been authorized by the President to announce that the declaration of the state of calamity is being extended to the whole country,”  -Gilbert Teodoro, NDCC Chairman and Defense Secretary

 

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