6. Let's keep our reunion simple & manageable by focusing on our goal, that is, to reminisce & enjoy each other's company again, 50 years after saying goodbye, see you later, please release me, or till death do us part to each other (just kidding!) and refrain from using our priceless two reunion days for personal promotion, merchandizing, fundraising, or charitable giving, in order to keep our cost down. However, if you would like to raise funds, give gifts or donate money to a classmate, teacher, Santa Cruz Academy, or St. Michael Church (which some of us had already done by donating money to Fr. Montes for the procurement, sculpting & installation of the stone statue of St. Michael the Archangel at the facade of the church, and to the Academy for the purchase of volleyball uniforms of SCA players, etc.,) then you can still do that on your own (like my wife & I did without funfare; and also in my other hometown of Macabebe, Pampanga, every time we visited the Philippines, and through our ministry.) But again, do not forget to bring unmarked raffle prizes if you can, such as cash prizes for TV, washing machine, microwave, fridge, or bottle of wine, box of cigars, chocolate for our classmates in the Philippines, and the world famous fresh or dried mangoes of Sta. Cruz or native delicacies for our classmates abroad, and give them to the emcee at the beach for the concluding raffle on the last day of our reunion.
7. After doing my research online, attending parties such as weddings & family reunions for the last 2 years in Manila & Pampanga, and based on the comments I read online or heard from classmates, the cost for attending our Golden Jubilee for those who can afford to pay should be: PHP500 for the party, PHP500 at the beach, PHP500 for miscellaneous fees such as T-shirt, banner, Thanksgiving Mass offering, etc., and PHP500 for 30% inflation adjustment in 3 years, or for a total of PHP2,000/$40 per person; plus another PHP2,000, for a total of PHP4,000/$80 if you bring your spouse. Now, if you work abroad & retired anywhere in the world, then you need to pay additional PHP4,000/$80 as a sponsor to 2 classmates in the Philippines who cannot afford to pay, for a total of PHP8,000 or $160 for the 4 of you. However, the total cost for those who can afford to pay, whether you work, live or retired overseas or in the Philippines, must sponsor 2 classmates, and brings his or her spouse will be PHP10,000/$200, if you miss the deadline for payment.
8. We should encourage & motivate everyone of our classmates to attend, whether they have the means or not. If they don't have the means, then they should pay nothing. However, they cannot bring their spouse, unless another well-off classmate is willing to sponsor them both on time and pay PHP10,000/$200 before the deadline. Also, may I suggest that instead of hiring a photographer, let's have the spouses who will be attending to be the official recorders or camera persons for this event, and share the videos & photos in our Event Page online, so that we can copy them.
9. Also, may I suggest that the deadline for the remittance of payment will be on June 1, 2019 for the non-refundable deposit of one person, or PHP2,000/$40; while the full payment shall be due no later than December 1, 2019. However, for whatever reason you may have, please don't forget to contact our producers, or any classmate locally or abroad, whether you are coming, or not.
10. And, please don't forget to include all of our classmates, whether deceased or alive, in any of your prayers; but most specially, pray for the success of our Golden Reunion in 2021.
(To be concluded, definitely!)
7. After doing my research online, attending parties such as weddings & family reunions for the last 2 years in Manila & Pampanga, and based on the comments I read online or heard from classmates, the cost for attending our Golden Jubilee for those who can afford to pay should be: PHP500 for the party, PHP500 at the beach, PHP500 for miscellaneous fees such as T-shirt, banner, Thanksgiving Mass offering, etc., and PHP500 for 30% inflation adjustment in 3 years, or for a total of PHP2,000/$40 per person; plus another PHP2,000, for a total of PHP4,000/$80 if you bring your spouse. Now, if you work abroad & retired anywhere in the world, then you need to pay additional PHP4,000/$80 as a sponsor to 2 classmates in the Philippines who cannot afford to pay, for a total of PHP8,000 or $160 for the 4 of you. However, the total cost for those who can afford to pay, whether you work, live or retired overseas or in the Philippines, must sponsor 2 classmates, and brings his or her spouse will be PHP10,000/$200, if you miss the deadline for payment.
8. We should encourage & motivate everyone of our classmates to attend, whether they have the means or not. If they don't have the means, then they should pay nothing. However, they cannot bring their spouse, unless another well-off classmate is willing to sponsor them both on time and pay PHP10,000/$200 before the deadline. Also, may I suggest that instead of hiring a photographer, let's have the spouses who will be attending to be the official recorders or camera persons for this event, and share the videos & photos in our Event Page online, so that we can copy them.
9. Also, may I suggest that the deadline for the remittance of payment will be on June 1, 2019 for the non-refundable deposit of one person, or PHP2,000/$40; while the full payment shall be due no later than December 1, 2019. However, for whatever reason you may have, please don't forget to contact our producers, or any classmate locally or abroad, whether you are coming, or not.
10. And, please don't forget to include all of our classmates, whether deceased or alive, in any of your prayers; but most specially, pray for the success of our Golden Reunion in 2021.
(To be concluded, definitely!)
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