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You don’t need to be a millionaire to show kindness. You don’t need giant moves to be called an honorable man. You don’t need to be 40 years old or the most powerful leader of the nation to show others that you care and you can create a difference.
Having said that, yesterday was a productive day for our team (the Communications Team) despite the absence of power supply. It was not only productive, it was a fulfilling one.
I, together with Joel and Jackie, visited Pusil Elementary School in Lipa City to volunteer for Brigada Eskwela 2011 (or National Schools Maintenance Week), an activity which involves teachers, parents, other members of the society and NGOs in gearing up the classrooms for the opening of classes in June.
Thinking of a worthwhile field work for the team, I asked my best pal, Gladys, if we can visit their school and volunteer for at least a few hours. Gladys is the Grade 6 adviser of the said elementary school. Syempre, hindi na tumanggi sa offer ko ang aking kaibigan. 🙂
We went there after lunch only to find out that Gladys was done painting all the furnitures in her classroom which needed a touch up. Her uncle and youngest sister, Ella, helped her paint everything that should be maintained.
She introduced us to the teachers present there. Most of the volunteers we saw were young ones. Good kids, I must say. Clap, clap for them!
Off to re-painting! We helped the Grade 5 adviser, Sir Joseph (Gladys forgot to mention the last name) for the re-touching of his classroom chairs. Whoopee! Haha. I have this thing for painting any object that should be re-beautified. 🙂
We’re all “multi-taskers”. Chikahan and painting retouch goes well at the same time, haha. I was able to re-paint three chairs, Joel did three as well, and Jackie did one (she’s the one who held the digicam for the documentation).
I’m proud of our team. Clap, clap to us. We may not have painted many but the happiness that bounced back to me, to us, were even greater than the quantity of what we did. And that’s the kind of happiness that lingers from one act of volunteerism to a chain of kindness in the society.
This is my Brigada Eskwela 2011 experience. I may not be in the teaching field, but I’ll always be a teacher by heart.
— DYAN
My first act of volunteerism, which is to participate in the Brigada Eskwela 2011, made me realize that there are no other things in this world that could replace the joy of pro bono activities. I mean, there might be nothing in exchange alright, but to think that I am acting like a responsible, humane member of the society makes me proud like the Lion King.
Truth is, even the simple act of painting elementary students’ chairs is fulfilling enough to write about and I could take pride that I have painted three worn out chairs and made them brand new. Three restored school chairs, and that is through my courtesy. Heh!
Sad thing though is just about five hops away from the Pusil Elementary School gate lie hapless tambays that cling to cards like madmen and it seems that the spirit of volunteerism may not be everybody’s cup of tea. And it is a sad fact that some would even favor gambling over what I dub as the noblest act of all.
Over all, the said experience was, indeed, memorable. Not only because it’s a first but for a deeper reason that I have actually become one of the participants of the society’s most treasured institution’s (public schools) improvement.
And may those three chairs serve its purpose well- to be the resting throne of valuable knowledge, romantically speaking, that is.
— JOEL
Yesterday, our team went to Pusil Elementary School in Lipa. As School Year 2011-2012 is fast approaching, schools have started their “Brigada Eskwela” to prepare the classrooms for the opening of classes.
It’s interesting to see students helping their teacher in preparing their rooms (when parents should be the ones doing that). Some kids painted chairs, grills, others scrubbed walls. And they seem to enjoy what they’re doing so kami rin.
As I saw them happily doing those things without complaining, I was just amazed, nag-aagawan pa sila sa gawain. Maybe they are excited, too, for their classes to start. Though some students have already graduated from that school, still, they volunteered in cleaning it.
Our team did paint some of the chairs, too. It feels different when you are helping to others you barely know. When I was in my high school and elementary days I did not experience Brigada Eskwela. Masaya pala, sana ginawa ko din noon. That is why yesterday’s experience was a good one for me.
— JACKIE
