Thank you donorworx and World Vision!

I could still remember the bright orange glint of that tiny World Vision booth at our event, OTzibit 2011, almost three (3) years ago.  The trifold brochure with a little boy really piqued my interest. Pretty soon, I found myself grabbing one from the table.  The kid that looked around 8 years old in the brochure said that he wants to be a driver and nothing else.  I remembered thinking, "Man, an eight year old kid...wants to be just a driver like his dad? The cycle of poverty is trapping a lot of people in its course."  When I was eight years old, I dreamt of becoming EVERYTHING!!!  A doctor, a scientist, a singer, an actress, an astronaut, even becoming president!  My dreams were limitless!  And yet, that little boy in the brochure and perhaps quite a lot of other Filipino kids don't even have the permission to dream high.  How truly sad it is. At that time, I had to reject the idea of sponsoring a kid for fifteen (15) pesos a day because I can't even fend for myself.  

The second time I encountered World Vision was at Metrotown.  I saw this guy stopping a couple of people who were walking by.  I was in one of my "enlightening strolls" that day and I decided to stop by the booth as I loved that familiar warm color.  I, of course, having no job yet, refused the opportunity to sponsor a child.  But, mind you, I had always wanted to.  One autumn morning, World Vision came knocking in my door again. I saw an ad in the newspaper about a hiring as a fundraiser and I applied with much hope.  (Please refer to this post)  Holy guacamole!  I got accepted and by the end of the campaign, I was given the "WHY" award.  It's for new people like me who does a great job in the field. 

Sweet!  I was excited to open this when Kirsten gave it to me

Aaw...such a sweet card

TADA!!!  Free 10 dollars to spend in Starbucks :)

 I am so touched.  I didn't really expect it because it was hard enough to get people to stop in Guildford mall.  My teammates and I were really challenged to work those stops and break those objections to pulp.  Thank you Chris Ghieuw, Korina Manaloto, Odette Pinto, Sam Bones, Katharine Heaster, Melanie Scharfe, Brendan for the amazing fundraising days.  I give my special thanks to Kirsten (TL) and Stephanie (CFM) for picking me as a winner. You are such wonderful people and I wish to work with you guys again.   And of course, I just wanted to say thank you to donorworx for giving this once in a lifetime opportunity to work with World Vision. If you hadn't given me the opportunity, I wouldn't be posting about this.  My words are not enough to express the gratitude I feel.  I deeply wish for summer to come soon!