Worth it all!
21st July 2008
By Joy B. Miranda
As I have mentioned in my recent post, we sold raffle tickets purposely to augment the expenditures for the celebration of the 110th Philippine Independence Day here in Cyprus. Some people criticised the move, yet we, the organisers pushed through with it. For a one euro ticket, we were able to achieve what we have been planning to do. We gave one Balikbayan Box, one microwave oven, one dvd player, OTENET cell cards worth 7 euro each and many more prizes!
Most importantly, it was a celebration for a cause, since it was not only covering up for the expenses being incurred during the preparations and all, but also the money did not go for naught. Out from the proceeds, we were able to donate a sum of 150 euros to the victims of typhoon which struck the province of Aklan, Philippines recently. The money was handed over to Rev. Father Andrew Arhin by the Organising Committee chairperson Mrs. Ester Beatty.
We considered it a success in the aspect of friendship and camaraderie, bonding extends to its depths, excitements revealed from each member to place new inputs for the next celebration. Hence everyone looks forward to it next year! Ending this piece, I would like to share some photos taken a couple of nights back, a good treat for the committee members who decided to have an excursion, night swimming at Mckenzie Beach, Larnaca. Though some members failed to make it with us because of time constraint, it is not a thing to be sorry for. There are lots of chances in the future anyways. Here, we forgot for a while the worries, just had fun! We were joined by the way by our Burmese friends, filling up the 23 seaters bus.
