An informal group of Mangaldanians in the Greater Vancouver Region (BC, Canada) watched and boisterously cheered Manny Pacquiao last Saturday, Nov 14th. After the overflowed adrenalin settled down, they pulled out bottles of light beer to celebrate and address another concern. The group, for lack of a better description, styles itself to be referred to as: Vancouver 4 D Boyz.
The topic they choose to converse about was how to extend a helping hand to our Kabaleyans in Mangaldan. No megaprojects, just a plain target of "let's pass the hat", then look forward how that can be turned into a support fund for the town's rehabilitation projects. The spirit of camaraderie was so strong such that cash and pledges reached just below a $1000 mark within a few minutes after it was agreed to pass the hat around.
Emboldened by the result, the group is planning out simple fund raising projects capped with a Valentine's event in 2010. The proceeds will go to an ongoing rehabilitation project in Mangaldan.
The core group consists of: Pepe and Rey Tan, Ronnie Limon, Philip Fabia, Edwin Fabia, Djoma de Guzman and Redz Idia.
Thank you Philip for your generous comments. We will put the Mangaldan Rehabilitation postings and all related stories on the front section of Aliguas Mangaldan. This is to make sure that at entry point to the other sections of specific interest, our Kabaleyans will first encounter reports on the on-going projects of our town. Let's bring in more members to V4DB. I will visit them at Rey's 'regular session' this Sat evening for updates.
Posted by: Djoma | November 19, 2009 at 09:20 PM
This has been an informal group for abt 2 years now and we need to strengthen it and increase its membership as this will be a vehicle for more endeavors in the days ahead. This informal group lists 14 members and new memberships are welcome!
Posted by: Philip Fabia | November 18, 2009 at 10:16 AM