Christmas '07 (Part 2)

We were fortunate enough to stumble upon sacks (and I mean, big bags that would fit 10 people!!!) of used clothes from Japan. We chose 20+ lucky wives and other old folks in this town to give these to.
These are the same people who were affected by the typhoon.
If you would like to donate old clothes, please contact us by commenting on this blog, email us at helpsmalltown@gmail.com or contact 0922.807.6939.

Spraying disinfectant on the clothes
















She doesn't have a hand and a foot.=(

Christmas '07

For more than 7 years, our family has been hosting Christmas parties, Easter Egg Hunts and providing relief goods to typhoon victims.

This year, because of the scale of the damage of the typhoon, we can't do it alone. Please help us help these kids and their families recover from the aftermath of Typhoon Emong by donating money online. (See upper right hand portion of this site.)

Here are some pictures from the 2007 Christmas Party.
We gave away tons of prizes and goodie bags filled with tshirt, toothbrush set, slippers, and food among other things. =)

One of the residents, Mrs. Osting, helping out

That's me on spaghetti duty

Helping out all the way from San Diego, CA


Dancing to the tune of Edu Manzano's Papaya Dance

Santa Claus Pangasinan-style

Kids happy to see Santa =)

Easter '07

I can't really remember when we started hosting Easter Egg Hunts for the children in this barangay... (Maybe 1997?) What I do remember though is in the first year, we only invited 50 kids. The next year, it grew to almost a hundred and this year, the count was up to 250. And that doesn't include the kids older than 12.

2007 was the first time we didn't really do an Egg Hunt. Our caretaker spotted a small snake in our backyard so we decided to take the Egg Hunt to the elementary school across our house. It was also the first time we made use of our projector and did a game called "Pera or Itlog" patterned after a noon-time show's game. Fun fun fun!