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Charity Project (updated September, 10, 2006)
There's so much that we need to share
So send a smile and show you care.


I was given many opportunities to share my blessings with less-privileged children. These children rarely have a decent meal for the day and must work in the streets to support their family. When you give them a bag filled with biscuits and candy or a yummy meal from a nearby fast food restaurant, you'd expect them to excitedly look at the contents of your little gift and consume it so fast.

But you'll be surprised. Most of the time, the child would thank me and just hold on to the plastic bag filled with food. I would ask them why they don't want to eat it yet. They must be hungry wandering under the heat of the scorching sun. And you know what they would tell me? "Gusto ko po kasing iuwi para sa mga kapatid ko (I want to bring it home and give it to my siblings)".

And these children are just 4 - 6 years old of age.

I admire their selflessness. I also admire their sweetness. I've gone to countless outreaches thanks to my Catholic school. Some of the kids would not only give hugs & kisses but also some of their sweets! Their pure hearts really touch me. And that is why I am very fond of them and want to help them. 

Thanks to a mouthful of [info]sunshine_candy
, I will be able to bring a smile not only to a unprivileged kid's face, but to his/her tummy as well. ^_^ Instead of the initial plan of one little charity project wherein 100 kids will be given gift bags, I've decided to make it an on-going project instead. I sacrificed clothing and toy and went for candy, snack and drink instead because it was more practical and I wanted to stretch the budget to make the project longer. I will be handing goody bags to random street children I see and it would be too difficult to make sure the child will get a bag that contains the right toy and piece of clothing for his gender and size (especially when things get chaotic). Perhaps in the later months I will be able to donate clothes and toys to children foundations. For now, I will stick to food-filled bags.

My target for this year is to give out at least 300 goody bags to random streetchildren all across the metro. This page is to show the progress of this little project. I am aware that one shouldn't really be letting the entire world know about his good deed but this page isn't for showing off. It is for those who supported this charity project. This will help you keep track of its progress and see how far that $1 - $15 cutie fruity piece of accessory you bought from me has gone. ^u^

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March 2006


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There are two kinds of bag- big bag and small bag. Big bag is the main bag while small bag contains the remainders (the snacks and candies were equally distributed among 10 bags, of course there are remainders). Big bag will be given to little kids while small bag will be given to not-so-little kids.

Contents of Big Bag:

~ Plus Grape Juice (x1, 200ml)
~ Happpy Peanuts Pack (x1)
~ Fita Crackers (x1, 9 pieces)
~ Rebisco Choco Sandwich (x1, 3 pieces)
~ Monde Bread Stix (x1)
~ Nissin Butter Coconut Biscuits (x1, 3 pieces)
~ Nissin Choco Wafer (x2, 4 pieces)
~ Clover Taco BBQ Bits Pack (x1)
~ Fluffy Softmallow Twists (x2)
~ Jellyace Fruiteez (x2)
~ Milk flavor Pik-a-Stik (x2, my favorite ^-^)
~ Nestle-Goya Gold Coin (x1)
~ Fruity Bubblegum Pop (x2)
~ Bazooka Bubble Gum (x4)


Contents of Small Bag:

~ Clover Taco BBQ Bits Pack (x2)
~ Happy Peanuts Pack (x2)
~ Fluffy Softmallow Twists (x6)
~Fruity Bubblegum Pop (x1)
~ Bazooka Bubble Gum (x5)
~ Nestle-Goya Gold Coin (x2)


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Target number of bags: 300
Packed and given bags so far:
15
Number of bags to go:
285


Additional Notes:
* I chose snacks and candies I actually eat and like. I thought it would be nicer instead of buying cheap unknown snacks that probably taste awful.
* The groceries I went to (I went to three different ones) didn't have cute loot bags or brown paper bags. I was planning to use brown paper bags and personally decorate them with oil pastels. Too bad they didn't have such. I had to stick to 6" x 12" clear plastic bags. I used 3 plastic bags per snack bag to make sure it won't break easily. I think kids can make money selling the extra plastics too. But hopefully next month, I can come up with a cuter bag. For the mean time, photoshopped smiling hearts will do lol.
* Note to self: Look for assorted candy packs.


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April 2006

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This month there are three kinds of bags. 2 big bags (set A & B) and 1 small bag (set C).

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Set A - (10 Bags)
Contents:

~ Zesto BIG Mango Drink (250 ml)
~ Monde Eggnog Cookies (x1)
~ Suncrest Mini Keyk Ube Cupcakes (x1, 2pcs)
~ Wiggles Choco-coated Mallows (x2)
~ Monde Vanilla Butter Biscuits (x2, 3pcs each)
~ Jack & Jill Magic Flakes Crackers (x1, 4 pcs)
~ Jellyace Fruiteez (2pcs)
~ KSK Bida Corniks (x1-> grocery ran out of Boy Bawang lol)
~ Mentos Summer Cherry Chews (x2)
~ Mentos Grape Chews (x2)

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Set B - (10 Bags)
Contents:

~ Fita Crackers (x1, 9pcs)
~ Monde Vanilla Butter Biscuits (x1, 3pcs)
~ Rebisco Choco Sandwich (x1, 3 pcs)
~ Wiggles Choco-coated Mallows (x2)
~ Suncrest Mini Keyk Ube Cupcakes (x1, 2pcs)
~ KSK Bida Corniks (x1)
~ Jellyace Fruiteez (x2)
~ Mentos Summer Cherry Chews (x2)
~ Mentos Grape Chews (x2)

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Set C - (3 Bags)
Contents:

~ M.Y. San Skyflakes Crackers (x1, 4 pcs)
~ Monde Vanilla Butter Biscuits (x2, 3pcs ea)
~ Wiggles Choco-coated Mallows (x2)
~ Jellyace Fruiteez (x3)
~ Mentos Summer Cherry Chews (x3)
~ Mentos Grape Chews (x3)
~ Columbia Potchi Strawberry Cream Candy (x8)

***This set consists of the remainders from the first two sets.

Target number of bags: 300
Packed and given bags so far:
38
Number of bags to go:
262

Additional Notes:
* The snacks and candies above weren't well thought of (which explains why they're uneven). I was distracted by my cute and silly companion. Heh. Thanks Ringo for accompanying me, carrying all my grocery and shopping bags for me, driving me home, and making me smile. :)
* I still had lots of left over plastic from last month's giving. I decided to use them all up before purchasing new and cuter bags. So heh, photoshopped stars will do for now.
* Bida Corn is made by the same company that makes Boy Bawang. Hahaha. It's so weird.


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This little project is made possible by the sweet supporters of Sunshine Candy (and my random sales posts here and there lol). A big thank you to all those who purchased from Sammi and I's shop. Without your purchases, I wouldn't be able to push through with this project. A big thank you also to those who showered us with sweet compliments. You guys may have not bought anything from us  but you definitely inspired us to keep those cutie fruity creations coming! Oh thank you as well to my Paulinian education (haha). I admit if it weren't for my Paulinian upbringing, I would probably never come up with this project. So hehe, thank you! Thank you! ♥




Note 09/09/06: I've already completed the month of August but haven't updated this page yet. I'll try to do so this week.



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*hugs*
[info]definiens
2006-03-18 08:31 am UTC (link)
The supermarket at Sta. Lucia has tons of brown paper bags (old school lunch packs, anyone?). Tell me what size you need and I'll go get them.

It's really wonderful that you've finally started working on this; I know how much you wanted to do these charity projects. Congratulations! :)

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Re: *hugs*
[info]rinnini
2006-03-20 01:24 pm UTC (link)
oh it's okay! i'm gonna buy nalang from the wet market in edsa. i bought there before and they sell it for 10 - 40 cents depending on the size. mas mura ata cuz last tim i saw those brown paper bags in a grocery, mga P80 - P100 for 100 pieces. but thank you for your thoughtfulness. <3

uuy i still have your nabubulok na na pasalubong lol. i got you some colorful nailpolishes from ny. naalala kita when i saw them! so yun. lol. hope to see you one of these days! :)

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[info]startastical
2006-03-18 02:37 pm UTC (link)
waw, ang bait mo niki! you want help distributing those bags? :) punta tayo quiapo, baclaran, pinatubo, recto.... san pa? hmmmm

ubos agad yan :*

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-20 01:25 pm UTC (link)
sira edi kinulang naman ako nun! hahaha chaotic yun pag ganun! siguro pagmaramiiiiiiii na talaga akong bags. but now unti unti muna. binibigay ko sa mga namamalimos dito sa mandaluyong at makati. lol.

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[info]_bituin
2006-03-18 04:25 pm UTC (link)
even though i couldn't buy anything from sunshine candy.. yes i'm sneaky lol; I'M so PROUD of you... seriously.. that's the best thing you can ever offer =) love u for that girl ;) keep it up =D

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-20 01:26 pm UTC (link)
aww. you're too sweet. thank you sooo much! <3 <3 <3

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[info]sweetcandylove
2006-03-18 06:59 pm UTC (link)
awwww... i'm so happy that you finally got to really accomplish your project. :)

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-20 01:27 pm UTC (link)
i know lol. this was long overdue! i'm excited already about april's bags lol.

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[info]soopuhstar
2006-03-18 08:57 pm UTC (link)
you're so sweet, nikki. great job and congrats!!! <3<3<3

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-20 01:28 pm UTC (link)
hee. thank you for all the purchases! ^-^ <3

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[info]loveandcoffee
2006-03-18 09:51 pm UTC (link)
I'm speechless. You're amazing! Really! I'm moved...

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-20 01:29 pm UTC (link)
lol! it's just a little project ^_^;;. but thanks! <3

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[info]crazism
2006-03-18 10:54 pm UTC (link)
<333 You are the coolest person I know.

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-20 01:32 pm UTC (link)
hahahaha silly girl. <3<3<3

ps
i love your layout!!! it's soooo pretty!

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[info]squeeeezay
2006-03-19 07:37 am UTC (link)
wow...you amaze me with your selflessness. i hope that you reach your goal and i wish i could go back and spend more money on s_c things so that i couldve helped more instead of being a cheap little girl. and i think youre wonderful :)

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-20 01:33 pm UTC (link)
lol silly! it makes me smile already how there are people like you who actually loved that shop. and that rainbow star bracelet lol (yeah i still stare at it like crazy LOL). <3

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[info]squeeeezay
2006-03-21 03:00 am UTC (link)
heheh yea even my friends knew i loved s_c, every time i had new jewelry they would be like its from there huh? hehehe XD and everyone loved the shop :)
and si that bracelet is wonderful i would wear it but ehh maybe after drama-filled high school >>"
and i hope youre doing well :D

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[info]katostar
2006-03-20 03:01 am UTC (link)
that's so kind of u!! i wish i would be less selfish sometimes...i hope to help u soon once i start saving up some money....i would love to see those kid's faces when they receive ur cute goodies! ^o^

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-20 01:35 pm UTC (link)
oh lol, don't worry. i'm very selfish too! XD i'm just so fond of unprivileged children. :)

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galing!
[info]rhuzen
2006-03-21 06:25 am UTC (link)
nikki!
im so touched by what you did.
you have a very big heart.
you're cool that way, hope you wont get tired of helping people.

i congratulate you!

'stig!

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Re: galing!
[info]rinnini
2006-03-24 01:37 pm UTC (link)
hee. it's not that a big deal. everyone is capable of doing the same thing. :) but thank you lee! ♥

how have you been?? :]

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[info]lavhire
2006-03-23 02:19 pm UTC (link)
hey... I found you from [info]audio_hysteria .. you seem like an interesting person... can I add you? ^^

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-24 01:35 pm UTC (link)
sure, i'll add you back. :) yay new SE asian friend! :D

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[info]lavhire
2006-03-27 01:58 pm UTC (link)
hey thanks for adding me... may I know where are you from? ^^

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-28 05:37 pm UTC (link)
i'm from the philippines. :)

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(Anonymous)
2006-03-25 07:14 pm UTC (link)
Your the kind of person that must be proud off. Good job! keep up the good work! more power!

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[info]rinnini
2006-03-28 05:36 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, whoever you are. ♥

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[info]thatisher
2006-04-02 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Wow Nikki I've gotta commend you on doing this, it's such a sweet thing and even though many people say they want to help there are a few that take action

Those gift bags are so sweet and the thought that you put into what to put in the gift bag is so sweet too, as for the bags, I think they look really sweet as they are, how did you print the designs onto the plastic bags?

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[info]rinnini
2006-04-28 01:43 pm UTC (link)
Thanks Ant. ♥ I really do like giving to less-fortunate kids. :)

Oh hahaha. Those are photoshopped hearts and stars. Hahaha. Silly Ant! XD

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[info]thatisher
2006-04-29 12:22 am UTC (link)
oooooooh haha!

In your post I did read you photoshopped it, but I thought you meant you designed it in photoshop then printed it off or something. It's your fault for being good with photoshop and fooling me :P

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[info]callmetricia
2006-04-17 04:31 am UTC (link)
nice!

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[info]rinnini
2006-04-28 01:43 pm UTC (link)
thanks! ♥

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[info]100wonton
2006-05-12 02:13 am UTC (link)
this is SOOO amazing. you really are inspirational :) if you have time, please tell us someday about the childrens' reactions and share some stories you may have ^_^ i wish you luck with this project !! ♥ xox

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