Thursday 13 May 2010

Philippines: Post your comments here

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28 comments:

Don & Kelley Evans said...

Dear Philippines Team:
Good for you!
We look forward to your ongoing reports.
3Cheers,
Don & Kelley Evans
Orillia, Ontario

warren wagstaff said...

Hey Tom and team, wishing you well on the dist. please say hello to all the OVO team for me.I hope you get a "police"escort through the Manila traffic again... that was fun last year.
looking forward to reading your blogs.
regards
Warren

Sharyn Wilson said...

Marg wishing you a wonderful trip. Glad to see your smiling face on the welcome pic! Thinking of you!

Sharyn Wilson

Carol Rolph said...

Yea---Tom & team--have a super distribution and say hi to Dr. Ito and the entire overseas team for me---brings back wonderful memories of last year in the Philippines. Be safe and enjoy those wonderful smiles of the children. Thinking of you-----CarolRolph

Judy Snobelen said...

Hi Frank and Team Philippines,
Wonderful to see you are a member of the team,great that you have arrived safely.Looking forward to your reports and pictures.Enjoy every minute,stay well,and enjoy the kids.
Judy Snobelen

Grant and Leslie said...

Leslie and Grant send best wishes to the Philippines Team.

We have very fond memories of Sally Jo's special contributions to the Uganda Team. The children in the Philippines will fall in love with Sally Jo instantly.

It is wonderful to see Marg in your team picture. Marg had enough love for every child at Herb Campbell Public School with lots left over for the children of the Philippines. Marg taught me that that "the more you give love away - the more you have". Marg - remember your passwords - "Live, Laugh, Love.

Your Team is profoundly changing lives!

Keep safe.

Grant and Leslie

Anonymous said...

Hi to all on the Philippines team!

We hope you have a fantastic trip. We will be thinking of you as we complete our distribution.
(Sally Jo - the ladies miss your dancing, apparently I am out of practice! - Nancy)

The Uganda Team

Peter and Fran said...

We were thrilled to see that you all arrived safely. ( No wrong turns in the Hong Kong airport) The children at Ledbury will be following your trip with great anticipation and excitement. ( How great the internet is today that children can follow ( in real time ) the great work that you are doing on behalf of all the donors). Sally Jo, I guess this means you will not be here for dinner on Sunday. You will be missed. Your great niece is talking and walking more and more each day. Sydney's favourite saying I think is now "whats that!
All the best to Sally Jo and her incredible group.
Fran and Peter Ricketts

Anonymous said...

Tom and Team, Enjoying reading your reports and seeing the pictures. Give my regards to the overseas team. I have such wonderful memories of the distribution last year. I agree with Warren. Another police escort would be wonderful! Blessings as you continue your journey. The smiles of the children are beautiful! Nancy Loveless

Marilyn Olivares said...

Greetings Tom and all the team.
I've been thinking of you and all the wonderful Kiawanans. Such wonderful memories from our distribution last year. Enjoy the great food and eat lots of mangoes, they are not the same back home. For all the children there, special hugs. Have you learned the words to their national anthem yet??? I still remember the tune.
I hope all goes well and safe home.

Marilyn Olivares

Louise Smyth said...

Hi Marg!!I wrote my message in this area on May 15.Not sure where it is now.The message copied just like the other messages above.Mystery.I will post this reply and see what happens.

Edie Thurston said...

Regarding the father that was interviewed whose son, Sean Michael, received a bedkit earlier, do the rest of the siblings get bed kits with this distribution now?

Doug MacDougald said...

Hi Marg,
Keep singing and blowing bubbles and entertaining all the children! Great work Tom and team.
Doug

betty said...

How wonderful to see the joy on the children's faces in your pictures. I know that Marg and Sally Jo and the rest of the team have enough joy to spread around the world and then some.

Keep making a difference. Your graduates prove that your efforts bear fruit......Betty.. May 16 2010

Amanda Ricketts Fredrick said...

Hi Aunt Sal
What a great slideshow to watch, and so much fun to see you leading a sing song, in Aunt Sal fashion!
Lots of love
Amanda, Jon and Sydney xoxo

BevWhite said...

I LOVE seeing these slide shows...how fortunate we are ...in so many ways...thank you !!!
Bev White, Port Elgin Ontario

Laura Jean Martin said...

So wonderful to see all the smiling faces in these photos! Mom, I can hear you singing "Head & Shoulders" - amazing how universal music can be! You're all doing a great job, I hope the rest of the distribution continues to go well and that you have a safe trip home.

Lots of love and hugs,

LJ

Anonymous said...

Team Philipines . . .
It has been a long yet very rewarding day in Mbale, a distribution site in southeastern Uganada. Another 500 children are getting a good night's sleep and sleeping under a mosquito net.
I had a chance to review your "Live Reports" from the Philipines and I am amazed at what a difference the Team is making in the lifes of so many young children. You are definitely keeping our "Promise" to all our donours of making sure that each child receives a bedkit which has an immediate impact to their health and well being.
Keep up the great work!
Sieg
PS I look forward to catching up with a few of you upon your return, as I want to here about your experiences.

Anonymous said...

Dear Tom and the SCAW team,

I read with great interest your "Live Reports. I am always trying to recognize some one or some place as I have been twice to The Philippines.
Please give my best wishes to Dr. Ito and his wonderful team.

The smiles of those children are so heart warming and they are so well behaved. Keep making them happy.

I look forward to filing your photos.
Cheers Sally Jo.

Eileen Rademacher

Lalen Pancubila said...

Tita Marg, thank you for loving our country as well as our culture. We will be forever grateful to you and to you fellow SCAW members.

Linda Webb said...

Hello Team Philippines,
What great photos and blogs!
Best to you and to Dr Ito and the SCAW Philippines volunteers.
Linda W.
p.s. Hello from Laurie-Beth too! She has been trying to post a note and will try again tomorrow.

Carolyn said...

Hi Dad/ Papa
Wow, great pictures. It's nice to see you and what you are accomplishing.
Love, hugs and kisses from all of us

Anonymous said...

Aunt Sal the pictures are amazing. Missing you at Sunday dinner. Cant wait to hear all the stories when you return.
Martha & Paddy

Bob & Janet Evans said...

Hi Sally Jo and Team: Thanks for your reports and pictures. What a miracle for those thousands of children to be touched by you people from half a world away. We salute you!
Bob & Janet Evans
Bradford Ontario

Nancy Loveless said...

Tom and team,,, The pictures of the children on the streets of Manilla were so moving. Beautiful faces and spirits.... Blessings to you all as you continue on your journey.. Nancy Lovelss

Unknown said...

To the SCAW team headed by Tom Chudleigh, Frank Best, Marg Garrett, Marsha Hardy, Joyce Foster and Sally Jo Martin - Our sincere thanks to all you specially to the donors who have touched the hearts of hundred of kids in our area. You are really God's gift to these kids. Yesterday, while going home, five young boys wearing the T-shirt and short they received expressed their thanks for including them in the list. In behalf of our team in Pasong Putik - Thank you very much!

Margo said...

Hi Sally Jo. Congratulations on another successful delivery. Your pictures are so meaningful for me to get a feel for the joy that you have given so many children and their families. Enjoy the rest of your trip. Margo

brenda oliver said...

Hi Sally Jo, It sounds like you had a great distribution although I'm sure Dr. Ito's presence was greatly missed. I hope he is recuperating well from his operation. Please give him my best wishes for a healthy recovery.
Thanks to you, your team and the Kiwanas for another successful distribution!
Brenda