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Tambuli Official Publication of The Philippine-New York Junior Chamber (Jaycees), Inc

Volume XXXII Issue No. 4 – October 2006

Walkathons exceed expectations $2,700 for Poverty Program and $1,200 for Breast Cancer Research

The Philippine New York Junior Chamber planned and executed the chapter participation in two walkatons within four weeks of each other. The first was the Walk for Poverty with Building Futures Together, Inc. This was the second year that the chapter teamed up with this organization to raise funds to benefit the people in the province of Samar (Philippines). This year’s beneficiary is the “Plant for Life” program of BFT, Inc. This project was chaired by new member, Ken Viola and Jude Tan. The second walkathon that the chapter participated in was the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” set in Central Park, New York City. The chapter is extremely pleased with the results of our financial fundraising efforts but even more, we had a great time doing the projects.

Walking to alleviate Poverty

Reported by Sen. Ner Martinez

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Queens, NY September 16. Everyone rose to the challenge! - what started out as a walkathon turned into a mini obstacle course where walkers nimbly evaded the mud and puddles of water (care of the rain two days prior) during the walkathon (especially around the Flushing Meadow Lake) - but Mother Nature cooperated and it turned out to be a terrific day! The sun was out in her full radiant glory! After the walkers registered, exercises were conducted at the Unisphere led by Senator Cri-Cri Ramos. After the exercises, off they went! The first to finish the walkathon circuit was Almor Dayoan - followed by Jun Chua and friend with Senator Ner Martinez and Picnic 2006 Chair Jude Tan a couple of hundred yards behind! Congratulations are in order for the Green Minded Team led by CDVP Jaime Torrejon for topping the donation/pledge drive for the Walkathon. Team Vivelainereggiegary licious was in second place followed by Team Kenster and Team Vichecarnelo respectively. Congratulations Walkathon Chair Ken Viola - JOB WELL DONE! (See more on Page 2)

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Reported by Jun Chua

Central Park, NY October 15 - On behalf of my co-chair Cristina Ramos, I am very happy to inform everybody that this year's participation of The Philippine New York Jaycees at the "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walkathon was a resounding success. Both project's primary and secondary objectives were achieved. The Phil-NY Jaycees Team raised a total amount of $1,185(as of Oct 16), surpassing last year's pledge of $500 and doubling the goal! Thanks to the tireless effort of each team member, we were able to get pledges from friends, co-workers, family and fellow Jaycee members. The Phil-NY Jaycees Team was well represented by 11 walkers, composed of PNY Jaycee members and friends of Jaycees. We more than doubled last year's participation of 5 walkers! Thanks to the following individuals for sacrificing their Sunday to walk for a great cause: Pres Vivian Velasco, Sen. Jocelyn Bernal, Sen.

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Cristina Ramos, COB Christina Corcuera, Gov Krizteen Dulay, Dir Joe Valdez, Dir Hector Concepcion, PRO Vicky Chang, FOJ Cherryl Arroyo, Associate Member Annie Ortiz and yours truly. Co-chair Cri-Cri and I would also like to personally thank all the walkers for raising money(on top of their own personal donation) and the following members/FOJ for supporting the project through their donation: Sen. Tito Sergs Estrada, Sen. Ner Martinez, Amb George Daco, Gov Willie Gamboa, IAVP Florina Monroy, IDVP Patrick Villavert, MSVP Gary Abasolo, Member Ray Villaflor and FOJ Jovy Fulay MSABC was held last Sunday 15 Oct 2006 at Central Park in New York. The team started walking around 10:00am and crossed the finish line at about 12:00pm. All the team members breezed through the 5 mile course with relative ease. Along the way we passed by a group of young Filipino kids from Bryant High School, providing an opportunity to network and recruit future members. After posing for a group picture at the finish line, we headed over to Krystal's in Queens for lunch, where George joined us. With our energy restored, we made our way to Tito Sergs, armed with bibingka, chocolate cake, and prayers. Hospitable and a good cook as always, Tito Sergs even cooked dinner for us! Walking to alleviate Poverty (from Page 1) Newsflash: The final tally of donations is in. The winners are: Green team $915.00 Orange team $850.00 Jaime Torrejon Almor/Elaine Dayoan Jude Tan Ner Martinez, Vivian Velasco Krizteen Dulay Gary Abasolo,Jocelyn Bernal Cri-Cri Ramos Nick Luna, Sarah Velasco

Reggie Rosales Kenster team $657.00 Aprille Piamonte Cherryl Arroyo Blue team $255.00 Christina Corcuera Arnold de Jesus Jun Chua , Willi Gamboa Jimmy Lafortenza Ken Viola, Jennifer Gonzales Vicky Chang Rene Goicochea, Thai Nguyen

PICNIC AT THE PARK Chaired by Jude Tan

The Jaycees Summer Picnic was held last September 16, 2006 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, NY which was right after the Building Futures Together, Inc.’ “Seventh Annual 2006 Walk for Poverty” Project is a back-to-back joint cooperation between the Community Development & Individual Development areas.

Individual development and TEAM enhancing games and activities were played, with prizes and give-aways and lots of food donated by members. The event was open to everyone, especially for Jaycee family and friends in order to join in fellowship and experience the Jaycee bonds of friendship in the organization.

CHAPTER MISSION– The Philippine New York Junior chamber is an international leadership and personal development organization for young individuals providing training through business programs, community projects and social interaction CHAPTER VISION The Philippine New York Jaycees cultivates conscientious and responsible leaders, offers imaginative programs that enhances personal skills, raises global awareness and encourages individuality and uniqueness in cooperative environments. Page 2


HEALTH is WEALTH – Health Fair Reported by Vicky Chang

Queens, NY Aug 27 – Under the leadership of new member Ruben Rafaelov (project chair) and supervisory CDVP Jaime Torrejon, the 2006 Health Fair (“Health and Wellness”) served the community of Elmhurst, Queens. In general, projects under the CD area are large in scale, and this one was no exception. The Health Fair served the community by providing free medical services and con-sultation which included EKG, blood pressure, urinalysis, and other basic services such as height and weight measurements. Jaime Torrejon, Community Development Vice President, decided in the beginning of his term to revive the health fairs that the Philippine New York Jay-cees provided to communities in the past. The Health Fair was a success due to the collaborative efforts with United Homecare (a registered nursing agency); Kalusugan Coali-tion (a medical studies organization from New York University); and a few practitioners in the dental, chiropractic, and medical fields. The sponsoring church of St. Batholomew and its prayer group also con-tributed significantly in the success of this project. Through the health fair, we were able to provide to the Queens community, spe-cially the underprivileged families with a Comprehensive Health Fair: to acquire free health screenings, seminars, consultations, while also learning ways to improve their health & promote good health habits. We had a great attendance of over 160 who participated in the various screenings and seminars even though it was raining the day of the health fair.

Metro Conference Director visits NYC! Reported by: Metro Dir Jennifer McNeil and Pres Vivian Velasco

On September 1st - 3rd NYS Metro Conference Director, Jennifer Sinatra Mac Neil and Dylan Mac Neil toured the NYC Metro area with The Philippine-NY Jaycees. Our group first traveled to see the New York Yankees game organized by Gov. Willi Gamboa, where the atmosphere, even with the light sprinkles, was exciting. It was like Christmas in September; everyone bustling to get to the game. The energy was amazing. Later that night we met at the Todai Restaurant. This is a very well known Japanese buffet restaurant. The Phil-NY Jaycees, with their twinned Jaycee chapter from Manilena Philippines, were all present. We had 23 people attending dinner.

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Several of the past presidents of the Phil-NY chapter were present which include Sen. Sergs Estrada, Gov. Willi Gamboa, Gov. Kriz-teen Dulay, Sen. Ner Martinez, Amb. George Daco, PP Nick Luna; along with Sen. Cristina Ramos, of Perlas Pasay Jaycees (Phil) and current President Vivian Velasco. Other members in attendance were IDVP Patrick Villavert, Board Dir. Hector Con-cepcion, Auditor Arnold De Jesus, member Reyangelo Honrade, & guest Joanne Caballero. Vivian proceeded with her agenda which included messages from the NYS Metro Conference Director, and from the past presidents of Manilena Jaycees spearheaded by dinner co-sponsor, Millie Sta.Maria-Thomeczek, 1984 president and current Philippine Consulate Deputy Consul General. The other Manilena Jaycees who attended were : Beth Ruivivar, Charter Member; Siony Martinez , 1982 President (Mla); Janet Degmair, 1983 President; Vivian Milam, 1985 President; Letty Liong Gomez, 1985 VP-Finance; Edith Landingan, 1983 VP-Development & Loree Zalamea, 1982 Exec VP.

We all were given this wonderful opportunity to expand our horizons and exchanged ideas with our distinguished guests. To further en-hance our experience, all guests received a copy of their newsletter the “Tambuli” and the National Jaycees Magazines, where the New York State Jaycees were featured. The Philippine chapter concluded their hosted evening by giving the “Wall St. Bull” figurines which sig-nify NYC’s vitality, and chapter pins to our visiting Metro Director and Manilena Jaycees; the guests were then taken to a nearby karaoke facility where we all sang the night away! Before departing Sunday,



Krizteen and Hector with Willi took us to a sumptuous lunch in Hobo-ken, NJ. Thank you again …especially to Willi Gamboa for hosting us, Krizteen Dulay and to President Vivian Velasco, for a wonderful fun-filled weekend!!! *** The Chapter would also like to thank the past presidents and members that came to support the visitation especially to those that hosted the dinner for our special guests : headed by Willi Gamboa, Sergs Estrada who also donated the “Wall St. Bull” figurines; Krizteen Dulay, Cristina Ramos, Vivian Velasco; George Daco for the chapter pins and Honorary Member, Philippine Consulate Deputy Consul General Millie Sta.Maria-Thomeczek.

Sept GMM: Financial Management Seminar with Jaime Torrejon

The Sept GMM was held at Dip, a bar/restaurant on Second Avenue. GMM speakers not only come from outside the organization but also from the membership. In Sept, CDVP Jaime Torrejon shared some key information regarding financial management. Outside of work, Jaime is a Marketing Representative for the New York Camps Agency within the John Hancock Financial Network. He indicated that there are six basic facets of financial management 1. College Funding - A 529 savings plan is a tax-deferred,

qualified tuition program. It is designed specifically to create savings for higher education. It can used at any eligible college, university or graduate school in the U.S. Tax-deferred growth on earnings and federal income tax-free withdrawals set 529 savings plans apart from other college savings investments (**)

2. Retirement - A 401(k) is an employer-sponsored qualified retirement plan, which offers employees a variety of investment options. Employees can contribute to the plan through payroll deduction (or deferral). These contributions are tax-sheltered until withdrawn at retirement. (**)

3. Disability income 4. Asset allocation – Depending on the level of risk that you are

able to take on, you can invest in financial products that range from high risk/high reward to low risk/low reward.

5. Long term care insurance - A long term care (LTC) insurance policy helps cover the cost of long term care, picking up where

health and disability insurance leave off. LTC refers to help with daily activities -- such as eating, bathing or dressing -- over an extended period of time. It can also include help for those suffering from a severe cognitive impairment such as Alzheimer's disease. LTC is generally provided in the patient's home, an assisted living facility , or a nursing home. (**)

6. Life Insurance - Term Insurance: It's life insurance that you pay for over a specified length of time, or term - generally one to 20 years. The amount of the death benefit or face value can be selected to meet your needs. Premiums, or payments - which can be the same amount or increase over time - must be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or an-nually. If you die during the term of coverage, the face amount of your policy will be paid to your beneficiaries. (**) Universal Life Insurance: It's life insurance that you pay for over a specified length of time, or term - generally one to 20 years. The amount of the death benefit or face value can be selected to meet your needs. Premiums, or payments - which can be the same amount or increase over time - must be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. If you die during the term of coverage, the face amount of your policy will be paid to your beneficiaries. (**) Variable life insurance - Variable life is permanent insurance, which allows you to invest a portion of your premium in various subac-counts. The policy owner can choose among several subaccounts, each of which has its own investment strategy, and invests the money in stocks, bonds, money market, or other securities in order to build your policy's cash value. However, because the performance of these investments is not guaranteed, there is an element of risk. (**) There are many more financial products that we can invest in either based on need, life circumstances and risk levels. The best way to determine the best plan would be to work with a registered financial planner. For more information, contact Jaime at [email protected] (**) Detailed information was obtained from company website http://www.johnhancock.com

Effective Communication Seminar with Trainor Lori Tomlin – October 14


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Baila Tango

International Affairs VP Florina Monroy wanted to share her passion for the Tango so she arranged for the Phil NY Jaycees to have a private group lesson for four consecutive Friday evenings. She secured an instructor – Mr. Carlos deChey who has patiently spend the last two weeks teaching us the basics of tango. We have two more classes to go – we hope that after that, some of the Tango students will be enticed to take further classes to perfect this dance.

Save the DATE! HALLOWEEN JAM – (OCT 28, Saturday) –Live band, line dancing, open mic, food and drinks, costume contest! what’s the theme–you decide! – Lots of opportunity to let your creative juices fly! – Contact: MDVP Elaine Dayoan - (917) 939-5723; Project Co-Chairs – APRILLE PIAMONTE; BAMBIE GISON LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir/Madam: I am a prospective member who happened to sit in on one of your meetings and I was just amazed at the number of acronyms being bandied about during your meeting. At first I thought GMM was a secret Jaycee greeting - Good Morning Member but apparently it meant General Membership Meeting (isn't that nice to know!). Then I was told that as part of the Jaycees I would learn about CPG - wow! Cool Pretty Girls - and then I found it that it meant Chairman's Plan-ning Guide - which is 10-step tool used to plan and evaluate a pro-ject. And then some more acronyms - as a Jaycee member you are a LOM (Local Organization Member and NOM (National Organization Member) thankfully they don't mean Looks Old Maidish or Never on Mondays!. The Jaycees looks like an interesting organization and they refer to officers with acronyms as well - MSVP I thought meant My Sweet Virtual.Pet - but nooooo... your Membership Services VP Gary is certainly in a class above the rest! I also thought FOJ was Full Of Jokes - but I learned it means Friend Of Jaycees. Hmmmmm. I think that I will attend more events before I decide to join. But seems like a great group to be part of. Salamat – Pedro

Tambuli Staff Jocelyn Bernal, Editor

Contributors: Vicky Chang, Sen. Ner Martinez, Jun

Chua, Vivian Velasco. Photos: Jude Tan, Jocelyn Bernal, Elaine Dayoan, and

Ner Martinez

L-R Willi Gamboa, Vivian Velasco, Joe Valdez, Cristina Ramos, Gary Abasolo, Patrick Villavert, Instructor Carlos de Chey, Jocelyn Bernal, Fred Sullivan and Grace.


MEMBERS CORNER Members Anniversary Months (As of Jan 1, 2006) JAN Hector Concepcion, Ted Martinez Dr. Arnil Neri Natalie Chin Aprille Piamonte FEB Mabel Arenas Christina Corcuera Vivian Velasco Reyangelo Honrade

Reggie Rosales Marjorie Rosales

MAR Arnold de Jesus Luis Pedron Jun Chua Jude Tan Mike Templo

APRIL Jocelyn Bernal Vicky Chang Almor Dayoan Krizteen Dulay Elaine Magalona-Dayoan Tom Panzone Joe Valdez MAY Jaime Torrejon Joseph Tieng Jr JUNE Patrick Villavert Phil Peredo

Bambie Gison Theresa Tamayo Grace Paet Jimmy Laforteza Ken Viola Catherine Demenus

AUG Ares Ebreo Florina Monroy Catherine Romualdez SEPT Gary Abasolo Willi Gamboa OCT Richard Aguinaldo Jericho Luna NOV Marho Migrino Associate member:s Annie Ortiz, Sen. Ner Martinez, Sen. Sergs Estrada, Amb. George Daco Welcome to the New members in 2006 August - Ray Villaflor, Paul Buenafe, Jonathan Olivares, Jennifer Gonzales and Ruben Rafaelov September - Bettina Bagatsing Happy Birthday to our celebrants for this Quarter!! October celebrants - Florina Monroy (10/1), Sen. Cri-Cri Ramos (10/4), Grace Paet (10/5), Marjerie and Reggie Rosales (10/12), Arnold De Jesus (10/26) November celebrants – Gary Abasolo(11/1), Vivian Velasco (11/22) December celebrants – Amb George Daco (12/11), Amb Richard Aguinaldo (12/13), Jaime Torrejon (12/19), Gov Krizteen Dulay (12/22)

----SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENT NYJCE07------ 2007 International Affairs Vice President Candidate New York State Junior Chamber Willi Gamboa Philippine New York Junior Chamber Region South, District 1 Why International Affairs? Willi has done the following: Grown up in the Philippines in a mixed immediate family. Studied/lived at an international school/international community

in high school. Stayed at an international living center in college. Worked and played with members of Region South from various

cultures. Hosted Jaycees from other countries during their visits to New

York City. Willi has deeply experienced what it means for “the brotherhood of men [to transcend] the sovereignty of nations.” He wants to bring a similar experience to the Jaycees of New York State. What Are His Credentials? Region South Director, 2005, #6 in National Parade of Regions Region South District 1 Director, 2004, New York State Russell

F. Williams Award for Outstanding District Director Philippine New York Junior Chamber President, 2003, New York

State Outstanding Chapter President Philippine New York Community Development Vice President,

2002, New York State Outstanding Community Development Vice President

What Goals Does He Have? Promote “twinning” relationships among chapters from different

regions in New York State as a precursor to twinning with chap-ters from more remote locations in succeeding years.

Implement Junior Chamber International’ s new Creative Young Entrepreneurs Award (CYEA) competition at the local, regional, and state level. (See http://www.jci. cc/programs).

Encourage New York State members to attend international events and conventions in 2007 such as Amerada in the state, Metro Conference in Atlanta, Area C Conference in Paraguay, and World Congress in Turkey.

Keep the members abreast of what is happening at the interna-tional level by contributing to the state newsletter and sending periodic updates to the state Yahoogroup.

Assist regions and chapters in hosting Junior Chamber mem-bers and delegates from outside of New York State.

Get a bigger taste of internationalism! Vote

Willi Gamboa for IAVP! In Loving Memory

Please remember the following Jaycee members as they go through the pain of losing a loved one. May they find comfort and support from us, their Jaycee family.

Auditor Arnold de Jesus, wife Cindy and family for the loss of his father-in-law MR. MELCHOR CLEMENTE who

passed away because of a sudden heart attack in Baguio, Philippines.

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Submitted with permission of 2007 International Affairs Vice President Candidate Willi Gamboa and the Committee to Elect

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