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The Launching
It
was the launching night of St. Scholastica’s Bacolod Alumnae Foundation
and the Awarding of the St. Scholastican Alumnae Achievers. Guests were greeted
with welcome drinks at the ballroom which was decorated with blue and sliver
balls, lights also wrapped in blue, and accented with pine cones and pine leaves.
This creative production was undertaken by SSA Class ’83 headed by Ina-Jacinto-Henares.
The Alumnae awardees were Victoria-Bantug Hoffarth in the field of Business
Management, Cecilia Sta. Cruz-Montalban. Lucienne Ciocon Villacin, Evelyn Reynoso-lacson,
Diana Resurreccion-Nandwani and Jocelyn Carreon-Mulingtapang in Medicine, Jannette
Garcia-Sanchez, Carolyn Carreon-del Rosario and Ma. Clara Acuña-Camacho
in Arts and Finance, Angelica Urra-Berrie in Philantrophy, Ma. Soledad-Chua
Cuenca and Cynthia Sicangco-magalona in the field of Business Administration,
Asuncion Jaleco-Jalandoni in Marketing Communications, Socorro Victoria Lim-de
Leon in Education, Ma. Rosario Puey-Reyes in Entrepreneurship, Catherine Scangco-hagad
in Architecture and Interior Design, Perla Linda paredes-Daly in Information
Technology, Ma. Theresa Sicangco-Gamboa in Oral Medicine, Ma. Ofelia Gonzaga
in Lay Religious Service, Ma. Pilar de Luzuriaga-Mendezona in Social Welfare
and agdalena Villarosa Sta. Maria in Science and Technology.
It
was an entertaining evening as we saw various Scholastican talents perform,
but the climax was a dramatic toast to the new Foundation with confetti pops
raining down on everyone.
The vision and mission of the Foundation was explained, and a touching testimony
was given by Dr. Ceres Baldevia Gay of how Scholasticans were able to touch
the lives of others as in the future operation of the Siamese twins now in New
York.
After the launching of the Foundation, the attention of the guests were called
to the little silver pails on every table with IOU’s and a sizeable amount
was collected! Thank you.
The
moment everyone was waiting for came with the grand draw for the Gifts of the
Heart raffle, with a major prize of P1 million drawn by Gov. Joseph Marañon.
Susan Locsin of Class ’66 topped the individual seller category.
After dinner, tasty pica-pica of queso de bola, frits, ham, pepperoni, apple
tarts were served around with the music of the Grupo Maria teves and the Scholasticans
danced to their hearts’content.
It occurred to me as I was seated beside Ms. Tima Lacson with her batchmates
of batch ’69 that this was indeed a one of a kind occasion, in the history
of St. Scholastica. To all the awardees. My congratulations and to the Foundation
and its members, may you touch more lives than your have envisioned.
REMEMBER: Count your age by friends – not years. Count your life by smiles
– not tears.