Why Become a Volunteer?
As many of you may already know, I am a volunteer for Gawad Kalinga on weekends, helping out on their various projects. If you are thinking of volunteering yourself for any project, charity, or community work, then here are just a few of the benefits which doing so can offer.
Firstly, volunteering can be a great way to get out and about and meet new people. If you spend the majority of your day sat in the office, and tend to watch TV or play CheekyBingo during the evenings, then you might not have the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends on a regular basis. However, if you choose to spend your weekends volunteering, you are sure to encounter plenty of social benefits. You’ll be working alongside people from all walks of life, many of whom you may otherwise never have met.
You’ll also have the opportunity to make a difference within your local community. Volunteering can be an extremely rewarding experience, and you can look forward to using your skills to help others. If, for example, you are great at gardening, this might not necessarily be something which you are able to use on a daily basis within your full time employment. However, it could be something which proves to be extremely useful within your local community.
In addition to putting your existing skills to good use, you can also expect to learn a few new ones too! You might learn how to organize a fund-raising campaign, or you might simply be able to develop your confidence in working with others. Volunteering can offer a great range of opportunities, which you may even find help you in achieving your own career goals or other life achievements. There really are plenty of reasons to get involved as a volunteer as soon as possible!
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Tbilisi Tours
The planner I got for this year is the Navi 2012, and the theme of this planner/journal is travel. I’m not really much of a traveler (especially to places outside the province) but I’ve always loved the idea of going places. The thought (and the happening itself) of setting foot in a place I’ve never been before just excites me!
Since I haven’t been to a lot of sites in the country (less than 10 — and most of it during our educational tour, not for vacation and stuff), I would want to visit our very own tourist spots first before going abroad. And I’m looking forward to having this kind of view again:
Cloud 9? Haha. Anyway, I looked around the internet and I read an article about Tbilisi tours. Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia. And judging from what I’ve read, it’s kinda like having a journey to the past! I’m not really that interested in history but I can say that witnessing ancient architecture can’t be that bad!
Would someone sponsor me a trip to Tbilisi, please? 
Run for Home – Run for Gawad Kalinga
The first time I ran in a marathon was last 2010 during Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Run for Life which benefited MCCI’s medical mission and the Dasig Kabataan Foundation. This year, another marathon is gonna be held in Cebu — the Globe Run4Home, one of the biggest and most awaited running events in the country with the many innovations it pioneered in Philippine marathon history.
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For this event, Globe taps previous Run4Home beneficiary Gawad Kalinga to help raise funds for its housing development project for the Sendong victims in Iligan.
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