Friday 17 April 2009

Philippines: Treated like a rock star

From Philippines 2009 Photo Album
Wow. What a day!

Due to Manilla traffic,  we had a police motorcycle escort to our distribution site. We were treated like royalty or a rock star!   We certainly felt very special. We felt like  'kids in the car.' ... excited ... chatty ... wondering what's next. Or like the kids felt when we arrived at the distribution.

We arrived to cheering, clapping children. We wove our way through them shaking hands, getting "high fives," connecting, before we set up.

As we saw their large, brown, dancing eyes, and the  excitement  of the day to come, and what was next, we realized that we are all kids at heart.

And as you know ... we were as excited as they were!

Today's picture shows our bedkit recipients of yesterday's blog with Dr. Ito Torres who has been the Kiwanis organizer in the Philippines for the past 25 years. He was a very close friend of Murray Dryden and told us many heartwarming stories about our SCAW founder.

From the Philippines 2009 SCAW Travelling Team

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