D GOLDEN TRUMPET FOUNDATION

Share your LOVE,

Share your GIFT,

Mission for a CAUSE....

Have you heard of D GOLDEN TRUMPET FOUNDATION, INC?  I suppose not, but if you take a Leveriza bound bus coming from Baclaran, there is a small chance you've heard of this but never paid attention.

Believe it or not, I am not in belief of sudo-preachers that come up to buses and gives bible lecture and challenge your conscience and after a while you will realize they are extorting money from bus passengers.  I say its extortion because of the fact that they ask money and if you do not give anything, they will attack your conscience just to make you give in.  Be it a man or a woman doing this kind of  job, they are all the same to me, I still don't give anything, not a single centavo.

But two, three weeks ago, there was one guy who came up the bus I am riding going to work.  This guy has a different approach. Compared to all other sudo-preachers that tried to extort me unsuccessfully, this young man, has a different approach.  If I can remember it right, he was smiling when he came up the bus.  I know I have a very vague memory of it because I really tried not to pay attention at the start because I know what he is up to.  He greated everyone in the bus, introduced himself and the organization he is representing. 

The foundation he is representing is just located nearby where we were at that time. Its is a very young foundation, I bet not even a year old. This young guy, did not use any verse from the bible to start with, but he was trying to make a point how lucky were all the people inside the bus.  Maybe, he wants us to feel thankful about what we all have and slowly trying to manipulate our imagination to see how hard would it be to live without anything like their recipients in their foundation.

A bit later on, he was distributing, new and unused envelopes to all the passengers and wishing us all well.  This is the only solicitation envelopes given at buses with SEC Registration of the organization and the address where it is located.  Most of all, it does not have any bible verse  on any part of the envelope.

I was convinced to donate a humble amount to the foundation and would you believe that I even asked for another empty envelope from the guy because I want to read what is written on it again. I bet most people donated to the foundation with a happy heart.  What is so different is that the guy did not give anything to the driver when he got off the bus not also when he came up.  Yes, believe you me, all other solicitors who come up to buses give a certain amount to the drivers. One of the amount I observed was a hundred pesos.  The driver took it with out hesitation and put it on his chest pocket.  The foundation that convinced me did not give any amount to the driver but a sincere Thank You. He was even smiling when he was out of the bus waving to the bus passengers and saying thank you. 

Anyway, I was happy to know that our nanny is trying to renew her postal ID.  Rey and I thought of enrolling our nanny to SSS.  I think what we can best give her is to secure social security benefits for her future.  She is a single mom and her family is not well off.  After she's done in taking care of Gab, and even Rey when he was small, she deserves to have at least SSS benefits when she reach her 60's.