It Is In Giving That We Receive!

The CLE (Christian Living Experience or Religion) class of the 3rd year organized an outreach activity in line with their lesson on the virtue of Charity. The class was divided into 5 groups; each group will invite one family; each group had to raise funds by selling foods; and the money each group raised would benefit the less-fortunate families in the community. On September 16, 2009, not only were the invited families happy and felt blessed, the Juniors themselves felt blessed and happy! The Franciscan and Christian spirit was lived: It is in giving that we receive!

I learned that sacrifices made are really worth it when you see glowing and smiling faces of people you've helped. It feels good! (Stephanie Diaz)

I learned that every sacrifice you make, there is someone who benefits from it. It's very heartwarming and even when our help is only small, they appreciated it so much. (Christyvette Acuesa)

It was a nice experience to help others. I also learned that it's better to give than to receive. I am so happy of what I've done and I hope that the person we helped is very happy, too. (Jayson Antolo)

What we did was to help our fellow poor people in our community. It was a good deed - helping the poor. I am happy because we helped them without spending our parent's money, but we found others ways to help them. It was a great experience and it touched me a lot. (Lloyd Navarette)