JS Pioneers Extended Blessings to Street Children

By: Tyra ‘nell E. Pille

A sincere statement of “daghang salamat,” an uncomplicated Cebuano translation for “thank you very much,” coupled with the children’s warm grins of appreciation and gratitude pays off all the challenges the five volunteers had to go through to feed the street children begging and selling something along Mango and Jones Avenue in the heart of Cebu City.

During the Sinulog Grand Parade on January 20 last year, while other people were so busy chit-chatting with their friends, joining the parade, clad in their best outfits and enjoying the feeling of being in the crowd to show themselves off, pioneers of JOBLESS SOCIETY were also busy with a philanthropic activity, giving away Mac Donald hamburgers to the children on the streets, with or without their parents, but with preference to those who couldn’t afford to buy some for themselves.

Some parents were hesitant to receive the food handed to their children; while most were happy with such generosity. The street children, on the other hand, eagerly grabbed them and even begged for more.

In their aim to share their blessings with the less fortunate ones, especially the children in celebration of the annual Sinulog Festival, Darwin Jayme, Lyndon Dave Ardimer, Annelene Joy Ranudo, Ruby Kareen Basilla and Michael Remo unmindfully work their generous mission despite the heavy loads of boxes they carried hand in hand with the unfriendly scorching heat of the sun upon their faces, and followed with a good pour of blessings from the heavens above. In layman’s term, rain or shine, they made a lot of people happy by sharing the food they personally prepared.

Ardimer said, the heavy loads slowed them down, but they felt very fulfilled indeed, just seeing the smiles of the children as they posed for several shots. Moreover, regrets were out of the question for Rebecca Basilla, Ruby Kareen and Darwin who sponsored for the food financially.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Her weird and at times tactless choices of words, yet in a more abstract manner and extremely aesthetic style in writing made it more interesting and attractive to the readers who tends to be more appreciative with literature. Born with an iron fist, an out-of-this-world creativity, and an odd sense of artistry, Tyra, tough on the outside but soft on the inside, proved to be a visual artist and a writer at the same time who finds happiness and sanctuary in playing with words in her self-composed songs, quotations and poetry among others, and in mixing the shades in her undaunted canvass, which she calls “her life.” For her, imagination is simply a kaleidoscope, simply unlimited and free.

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