Weekend Balita Community Page - Oct 2019

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Our show, "Sabi ni Lola, Party Party Na!" last September 14-15, 2019,  was a huge success for Jak N Jil Foundation!  Thank you to our fearless leader Ariane Manalo for conceptualizing and overseeing the entire project,  to Lally Parcon for managing and coordinating the whole production, to Momma Vix, Maru and Gil Lazatin for all the invaluable assistance.  Our shining stars ..  the super talented Joseph Gelito - the Star for All Genders, for your genius and your heart, the multi-talented Valerie Concepcion for sharing your gifts and your time and for caring about our cause, Steven Paysu for your generosity and beautiful performance.  To our Sessionistas ...  Sarah Lazatin, Colleen Campos and Felson Palad for your patience, wonderful performance and presence, Noel Lopez and Erik Vargas for the beautiful music, and our 90's dancers John and Jayson.  A special thanks to Ferdinand Moncada of C Salon, for Valerie's beautiful make-up, to Luigi Dizon for making everything look and sound great, and Crischelle Luna for all the graphics and the many hats that you wear!  To Carrie Deato, our IT/System Administrator for our website, Robert Noche, President Diskmate, Inc., Touche Ortega and Winnie Fermin for Direk Wenn's video compilation, Alvin Reyes for our poster and for your much needed assistance.  To Pia Legaspi of Amore Entertainment and Amore Culinary Innovations for helping us with sooo much, and Zen Chin of Fiesta Fast Food for catering our food and more!  There are countless people who worked so hard, quietly in the background, with smile on their faces and spring on their steps... Elizabeth Kim, Valerie and Justin De Leon, Martin and Laarni Ponce, Franz Mendoza, Yra  Rodil, Ramon Sen, Helen Doneza and Tess Cordero-Misa!  As always, thank you to Josephine's Cerritos for sponsoring our event and allowing us to put this worthy show on your stage.  For everyone who purchased our tickets with their hard earned money, we salute you for sharing your invaluable time with us!  We are so proud to be a part of this cause and we will continue to find ways to help our kababayans back home, the poor and the tired, that desperately need it.  Please continue to donate and follow our progress at www.jaknjilfoundation.org.  No amount is too little ...  and a little goes a long way!  In memory of our beloved co-founder Direk Wenn Deramas, we bow our heads in gratitude and prayers to our Holy Father for bringing all of us together for this mission.

Lally Canon, Vice Chairman of the Board