Bank Balance : PhP555,000
May 7th, 2008Hi, Brods and Sis and Fellow Global Gift-Givers
Slow but sure, Alpha Phi Omega’s The Dr. Librado I. Ureta Center global gift-giving program is under way. Since the launch on March 18, 2008, we needed to work on bank and web site setup behind the scene. It has been a slow process, but we want to make sure once the APO’s The Dr. Ureta Center message is out, it is a full message.
For now, a few updates:
- As of today, we have remitted approx. PhP555,000 to the peso and dollar accounts of APO Phils. Inc. The Dr. Librado I. Ureta Center. This amount includes The Dr. Librado I. Ureta Foundation’s 100 BUCS (Bado Ureta Centennial Scholarship) funds and paid donations to the current PhP10 Million-Peso campaign to build new headquarters for APO-Philippines in Metropolitan Manila.
- Not included are The Dr. Ureta Foundation balance in our checking account here in the U.S. (approx. U$5,000) and pending checks, most of which may need to be replaced, because they were made payable to unofficial names. Please note our official name for banking purposes is: APO PHILS. INC. THE DR. LIBRADO I. URETA CENTER. Please do not insert any slashes (/) or hyphens (-), as those punctuation marks make it a two (2)-payee name.
- We hope to bank online very soon. Our bank of choice — Bank of the Philippine Islands or BPI — required us to maintain a Half-a-Million balance in our peso account to enjoy Internet access.
- And soon online donation will be available on ureta.org.
- Once all this bank and web site work is done, please expect regular updates on our global gift-giving program by mailing list service posts and at ureta.org.
- Our paid and pledged donations — both cash and kind — now is around PhP4 Million. Thanks to donors at the following events:
> March 18, 2008, launch in Makati City
> March 22 — service project in Mercedes, Camarines Norte
> March 29-30 — APO-ACNA spring conference in Oceanside, California
> April 6 — Brod Rico Javier’s birthday party in South San Francisco, California
> April 19 — APO-Central Valley of California-AA’s meeting in Stockton, California
> April 26 — christening of Brod Mike de Vera’s son in Artesia, California
Upcoming global gift-giving campaign dates include:
- Sat-Sun, May 17-18, 2008, Windsor-Michigan-APO-AA event at Brod Cesar Frias’ home in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Sat-Mon, May 24-26 — APO-AA-Greater Los Angeles camping in southern California
- Sat, May 31 — APO-CVC’s meeting in Ripon, California
- Sat, June 28 — APO-CVC meeting/Brod Mel S Gonzales Jr’s 54th birthday/Dr. Ureta Center auction in Stockton, California
- Fri-Sun, July 4-6 — APO-AA-San Francisco and the Silicon Valley’s camping in Livermore, California
- Fri-Mon, August 29-September 1 — APO-ACNA convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Fri-Wed, December 26-31, 2008, APO-USA convention in Boston, Massachusetts
Please watch for the next Dr. Ureta Center post on the growing roster of global gift-givers of APO. Thanks to all for your generous donations and for being one with us in making Alpha Phi Omega’s The Dr. Librado I. Ureta Center a reality by March 2, 2010.
True to Alpha Phi Omega, may we always be,
Brod Mel S Gonzales Jr
APO-RP Eta Zodiac 1973D 04971 Life Member
APO-USA Gamma Beta 1984 792 182567 (Irwin H. Gerst Pledge Class)
& 1985 10181 Life Member