Call for Facilitators: Youth Hours 2009

Dear TOSPAC Friends,

It's Youth Hours once again!

For those who are not familiar yet with Youth Hours, YH is an annual youth formation workshop on academic and professional excellence, leadership, and social responsibility for NCR student leaders. Last year, YH was participated in by around 250 students and school administrators from all over Metro Manila.

This year's theme is "Now What?: Actualizing the Youth's Role in Nation-Building". Ms. Sonia Roco will be the keynote speaker and she will talk on the topic "Reflections of the Past: My Role in Nation-Building as a Youth Leader". In response to this, Ms. Pamela Asis-Layugan will be presenting her "Reflections of the Present: Mobilizing Youth Leaders Towards Nation-Building" .

This will be on March 7, 2009, from 8:00AM-7:00PM @ PLDT Teletech, Mandaluyong City.

With this, we are looking for 40 alumni-facilitators who will be joining us the whole day and will handle the afternoon sessions/modules.

As facilitators, you are required to attend the Facilitators' Training and Dry-Run slated on March 1, 2009, from 9:00AM-5:00PM @ RFM Lanai, RFM Corporate Center, Mandaluyong City.

Please note: If you fail to attend these two important sessions, your slot as YH facilitator will be forfeited.

So, what are you waiting for? Sign up now! For confirmations, please send John Paul Uminga (Secretary, NCR Chapter) an SMS at 09156400656.

We'll be expecting your confirmations!

Thanks friends!

Cheers,

Paul Andrew Gorgonio
Chair, NCR Chapter

Youth Hours 2009: An Invitation

February 4, 2009

Dear National Capital Region Higher Education Institutions,

Your institution is cordially invited to YOUTH HOURS 2009. This is an annual youth formation workshop on academic and professional excellence, leadership, and social responsibility. It will be held on March 7, 2009 (Saturday), from 8:00AM to 6:00PM at the PLDT Innolab Building, Dansalan, Mandaluyong City.

This annual event is hosted by The Outstanding Students of the Philippines Alumni Community – National Capital Region (NCR) Chapter and The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), in cooperation with RFM Foundation, Inc., The Outstanding Students of the Philippines Alumni Community, and the Commission on Higher Education-NCR.

With the theme, “Now What? Actualizing the Youth’s Role in Nation-Building”, this year’s YOUTH HOURS aims to:

1. ignite an action-oriented spirit in student-leaders;
2. provide a platform for reflection and discourse on the youth’s response to the signs of the times;
3. ask and answer the question: “Where and how do we channel our efforts?”, and
4. foster sustainable networking as a tool for youth leaders to come together from diverse backgrounds and actively participate in nation-building activities.

Attached to this invitation is a detailed list of activities for your reference.

We are inviting your school to send a maximum of two (2) students and one (1) school administrator, preferably the Dean of Student Affairs, to participate in this youth-engaging event. At least one (1) of the two (2) student representatives must be a graduating student who may represent the school in the 2009 Search for the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines – National Capital Region. For all student participants, minimum qualifications include the following:

· being a Filipino citizen, not more than 30 years old;
· having excellent moral character, i.e. without any record of criminal conviction;
· being a bona fide student of a bachelor’s degree for the current school year;
· being an outstanding student in academic, leadership, and socio-civic involvements, and
· having no failing grade throughout his/her entire college stint.

Definitely, your participants will learn a lot from the leadership testimonies and shared experiences on nation-building that the TOSP program espouses. Moreover, they shall be enthused to apply what they have learned in their respective schools and communities.

Please feel free to visit http://youthhours.multiply.com or you may contact us through:

Mr. John Paul Uminga (+63915) 6400656
RFM Foundation, Inc. (+632) 6318101 local 7806
TOSP-NCR Alumni Community jpcuminga@live.com

Mr. Paul Andrew S. Gorgonio (+63917) 9337953
TOSP-NCR Alumni Community paulandrew_gorgonio@yahoo.com

Ms. Darlene R. Tan (+63920) 9001684
TOSP Alumni Community (+632) 3840363
darlene_tan@yahoo.com

Should our invitation merit your positive response, please pre-register on or before February 23, 2009 by sending the names of your student representatives and accompanying school official through youth.hours@gmail.com or by contacting John Paul Uminga through the aforementioned numbers.

We look forward to seeing you on March 7, 2009. We are confident that your school’s participation will add great value to the programme.

Thank you very much!

Sincerely yours,

(sgd.)
Mr. Paul Andrew S. Gorgonio
President
TOSP Alumni Community-NCR Chapter

(sgd.)
Ms. Marie C. Young
President
RFM Foundation, Inc.

(sgd.)
Mr. Jose Antonio T. Valdez
Vice President – Retail Marketing
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company