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Another Reason to Join the 2012 ANCOP Global Walk: Ride All You Can at Star City for only P200!

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I just received an email that all participants in the ANCOP Global Walk 2012 (AGW) can avail of a discounted ride-all-you-can rate (P200 from the original rate of P350, INCLUSIVE of entrance fee) at Star City on August 12 (the same date as the Walk). How cool is that! 🙂

There’s a catch though… ANCOP needs at least 6,000 guaranteed entrants so participants can avail of the rate. 🙂 Star City will be opened exclusively to CFC and AGW walkers from 8.00 am to 3.00 pm on August 12. It will then be open to the public but everyone who availed of the CFC/AGW ticket can still join the rides until closing time. 🙂

More details below:

Oh, and here’s a personal invitation to the ANCOP Global Walk from Athena Imperial, Ms. Earth Philippines 2011 and Ms. Earth-Water 2011, the official ANCOP Global Walk Ambassadress:

Hope to see you guys on August 12! 🙂

Truly Rich Recommendations {Events}: The ANCOP Global Walk 2012: Make A Difference — Walk For A Scholar!

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 I have blogged about the ANCOP Global Walk before and am honored to share this press release below about this year’s version of the event. 🙂 I highly recommend the ANCOP Global Walk 2012 as a fun and purpose-filled way to spend your Sunday! 🙂 Be the change you want to see in the world!
Come walk for a scholar on August 12, 2012 at the Quirino Grandstand! 🙂 
{If you’re excited to know more details without reading the press release below, please go to the ANCOP Global Walk 2012 Facebook page , event page or, better yet, go to the official website here.}

I WILL WALK FOR A SCHOLAR. WALK WITH ME!

CFC ANCOP Launches Benefit Walk To Help Send Thousands Of Scholars To School

Every year, more than half of the children who enroll in and finish grade school are not able to enter high school. According to studies, school children drop out of school because of malnutrition, health and sanitation reasons, difficult access to the nearest school, and child labor. The underlying culprit: poverty.

            During the late 1990s, the lay Catholic organization Couples for Christ (CFC) was led to turn their focus on the poor.  Subsequently, programs on shelter rehabilitation, education and livelihood were funded and implemented, initially in Metro Manila.  In the year 2000, inspired by the theme from Luke 4:18, Couples for Christ embraced the work of bringing glad tidings to the poor.

            ANCOP (Answering the Cry of the Poor)is the primary support of Couples for Christ’s work with the poor since Day 1.  ANCOP USA, ANCOP Canada and ANCOP Australia were the three staunchest campaigners for awareness and resources that support the work with the poor programs.  Six years ago, ANCOP Canada spearheaded the ANCOP Walk, mainly to be a means to make people aware of the work and to solicit financial support for the ANCOP Child Sponsorship Program.  Subsequently, ANCOP USA adapted the same walk-for-a-cause concept, conducting simultaneous walks in different states.  In 2011, the inspiration to go global began.  Thus, the birth of the first ANCOP GLOBAL WALK.

            Last August 21, 2011, an estimated 50,000 walkers from Metro Manila gathered at the SM Mall of Asia grounds to stage the first ANCOP Global Walk.  Thousands more from 60 provinces and 7 countries gathered in strategic locations in their respective areas to simultaneously walk for 5 kilometers bringing one message: I WILL WALK FOR A SCHOLAR. WALK WITH ME! The event was able to raise funds for the education of 1,000 students.
            The event drew many corporate and individual sponsors, among them Petron, Pocari Sweat, Banco de Oro, Chinabank, Yamaha, Tricom and Maynilad.  Associations such as the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association of the Philippines, the academe such as the Far Eastern University and Samson Institute of Technology, as well as government offices like the Department of Foreign Affairs, PhilHealth, and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas also showed their support for the ANCOP Global Walk. 

For current CFC ANCOP Chairman Jose Yamamoto the walk was truly a “huge success”.

“This has shown that the people, whether CFC or non-CFC, can and will get together if the common purpose is good,” Yamamoto added.

On August 12, 2012, at 5:00 AM, walkers will again come together, this time at the Quirino Grandstand at the Luneta in Manila, to walk for a scholar.  Walkers from the confirmed 41 provinces, the USA and Canada are likewise drumming up interest for people to join the walk. 
According to CFC ANCOP President Eric de los Reyes, “The challenge this year is to gather 150,000 walkers from Metro Manila alone.  Through ANCOP Global Walk 2012, let us all answer the needs of last year’s scholars and raise more funds to benefit 1,000 new children.”
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ANCOP is an acronym for ANSWERING THE CRY OF THE POOR.  It is the institutional and social response of the Couples for Christ Global Mission Foundation Inc. (CFC) to help the poor and the less privileged.  CFC attends to their needs through programs in education, health, community development, and livelihood, administered by the CFC-ANCOP Tekton Foundation Inc.
The registration for the ANCOP Global Walk is currently ongoing.  Walkers may either fill out a registration form and submit and pay to any Couples for Christ member, or to the ANCOP Global Walk Secretariat located at 29 Evergreen Drive, Capitol Green Village, Bgy. Tandang Sora, Quezon City.  The AGW Secretariat may be reached via telephone numbers and ; fax number ; e-mail .  Participants may also register online via www.ancopglobalwalk.com and pay via BDO Bills Payment facility.  Registration fee is Php 300.


Contact person:          Juan Paolo Maningat

                                Event Head

                                

                                

                                www.ancopglobalwalk.com


            

Truly Rich Tips: Be a Generous Giver! (+ The Wonderworld Toy Drive In Support of Museo Pambata)

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I’ve blogged about giving before, particularly on giving 10% of one’s income to God (what we Catholics / Christians call a “tithe”). Now, I know the topic of giving may be something that may make some of you out there feel a bit uncomfortable, especially during hard times — such as what we’re all facing now.

However, I still believe that Jesus’ words below are oh-so-true (in fact, I’ve experienced the truth of these words time and time again in our family’s journey):

Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you. (Luke 6:38)


Some people call it “karma” — what you dish out, is what you will get in return, often many times over. I call it God’s love and justice. 😉

Whatever you call it, the importance of giving cannot be overemphasized, especially during this time when lack of sharing and greed is causing so much pain in the world.

So, whatever you can share, go ahead and do it. Whatever you can give, go ahead and give it. God (or, if you don’t believe in Him, the universe, or whatever you may call “the powers that be”) will see your efforts. And people will feel its fruits. 🙂

P.S. If you’re in the Philippines, has an ongoing Toy Drive, in cooperation with . You and your kids can donate old and/or new toys, which will then be used by Museo Pambata in their various advocacy programs. It’s never too early to teach our kids to give/be generous, right? 🙂

More details below:

IMPORTANT: Please take note that as of June 28, the Wonderworld Store at Robinson Galleria has been closed. However, you may still drop off your toys at the following locations:

  • Numa: AEK Building, 40 E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, Quezon City
  • Wonderworld Office: Acropolis Clubhouse, Acropolis Subdivision, E. Rodriguez Jr Ave, Quezon City 

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