First Finale
January 26, 2008
A triumphant finale for the January 19, 2008 show. We do not know how the kids really appreciate what they had accomplished this night. FOSNI intends to endorse the full amount of ticket sales to the Emmanuel Building Fund, to complete the contribution that these kids have done to Emmanuel Parish. We will let you know the exact amount of your contribution to the building effort, magnificent youth, so that you will know what you have given, other than your time.
A delighted and delightful pose after the show.
The FOSNI staff salute you!
Call for Help
September 11, 2006
Her name is Conchita Pizarras. From Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines. She was a mother who had happily seen two daughters – Judy and Jennifer — became nurses who were both able to reach the States and worked here. Soon she herself was able to join them. A year more would have seen her become a full-pledged resident and eligible for benefits.
On June 21, 2006, she was idly talking with Judy, when all of a sudden, Conchita suffered a massive stroke. She died, was resuscitated, sent to Wellington Regional, and ended up in a coma. She was transferred to Azalea Court Nursing & Rehab soon after; it was the only institution who would take her without the assurance of Medicaid coverage, but it charged the family $6,000 per month for her upkeep. She now depends on a trach and a Peg to survive. Family and friends now take turns to stay with her. The immediate family have been slowly selling off property just to subsidize to her care.
It has been decided that the most practical way to give her 24-hour care, until the Lord decides her case, was to send her back to the Philippines. The major snag to this was the staggering amount of money needed to transport her home. The United States is peculiarly particular in this way: a sick person traveling outside the country must be transported in a specific way, and with a complete medical staff with the person. In this instant, such a thing would reportedly cost approximately $150,000.
A good Samaritan heard of their situation and offered the use of his private jet and medical staff, at cost. At cost.
$40,000.
That is how much the family needs to raise right now; for a mother who might as well be our own, for all that she had sacrificed and suffered for her children.
Close friends of the family have set up a fund-raising event, scheduled on September 30, on a Saturday at 7:00 p.m., at the Columbus Hall of Emmanuel Parish Church, Delray Beach, Florida.
We invite one and all, to this Circle of Care event. To help, if you can. If you would. To help defray the cost of sending one mother home.
Whether you can come or not, please help.
For those who cannot come but who sincerely want to help with a check, please send to:
Friends of Santo Nino, Inc.
For: Conchita Pizarras
5250 Jog Lane,
Delray Beach, Fl 33484 OR
Emmanuel Catholic Church
For: Conchita Pizarras
15700 Military Trail
Delray Beach, FL 33484-9130
If you require a receipt for tax purposes, please indicate in a note, and we will provide it through the the auspices of the non-profit organization that we are a part of.
For further inquiries, please use the contact form on this site.
God bless and thank you very much.
Hurricane Katrina
September 12, 2005
We seek to do our share. Because we must.
The following is the transcript of flyers and press releases we have been distributing for days now:
An all-girls’ choir, a men’s trio, a few volunteer soloists, join Emmanuel Church parishioners, the Filipino Community of the Palm Beaches, and other concerned families and organizations including the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach County, in a fundraising effort at 7:00 PM of September 24, 2005, and at 6:00 PM of the 25th of September, for the hurt and homeless drifting in the wake of the last hurricane.
Join us for a couple of benefit shows, in true Bayanihan spirit, in a collective effort to assist in the ongoing hurricane-relief effort.
On Saturday the 24th, the first repeat-performance of “Our Favorite Things” will be held at 7:00 PM in Emmanuel Parish Church, 15700 S. Military Trail, Delray Beach. The second performance will be at 6:00 PM on Sunday the 25th, at the Cuillo Center for the Arts, 201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach.
Stella Maris, the all-girls’ choir, and The Delray Trio, which includes Father Ding Zamora of Emmanuel Church, are among the ensemble of volunteers determined to donate time and effort in this project. Joycee Dujale, an RN at JFK Hospital, directs.
We think of ourselves as a part of one of God’s equations. Complete it by joining us. Come and be counted !
Donation tickets are available and are being disseminated. For performance and donation information, please refer to the following:
Emmanuel Parish Office at (561)496-2480
Bella Simbajon at 561-496-7702 or 561-843-2580
William Manubag at 561-386-6550 or 561-963-0724.
This is the Day !
August 27, 2005
From start of practice to the arrival of The Day, the reality that this particular show has proven to be the most difficult to prepare for has slowly sunk in. Translating the production concept, as far as the props were concerned, into actuality has given us doses of headaches, and has stretched our collective patience really thin.
For better of for worse, it has been a privilege to work with everybody involved in this. From Carol Schwab and Rose Bouchard, who donated and prepared a lasagna dinner for 112 guests, to the other volunteers who unstintingly gave of their time and resources; from the young and lovely members of Stella Maris, to Joycee Dujale and her supportive parents. From Msgr. James Fiore, to the Emmanuel Parishioners.
Finally, we are ready. Pray for us!
Dylan Wilk
August 18, 2005
Yesterday, a personable speaker dropped in at Emmanuel Church for an inspirational talk. A millionaire at 25, he did something remarkable that few young people at his age would do.
Dylan Wilk of Bradford, West Yorkshire - unemployed after having previously worked for a mail order company selling fish food and pond pumps - first sought help from The Prince’s Trust (Prince of Wales) in 1994. He had been refused backing from the high street banks to start up a computer games mail order business.
Mr Wilk, then aged 20, was provided with £2,500 start-up capital from The Trust, and, in four years, his company, Gameplay.com, became the country’s biggest mail order supplier of computer games, a turnover of more than £15 million, and a staff of 34. He was long in wealth, but well short of ideals to really live for.
The story of this young man’s life is still writing itself. We thought it a great privilige to hear his testimony.