SOUTHVILLE STUDENT DONATES CHRISTMAS ‘AGUINALDO,’ TOYS TO TAAL VICTIMS
“When he got back from school, he asked me if he could spend the money he got last Christmas to buy rice, medicine, diapers, milk, and canned goods.”
Southville was delighted to receive this message from a parent sharing a child’s willingness to support the school’s campaign for the recovery of Taal victims. Julian Marius B. Hermanos is a Senior Kinder student at Southville International School and Colleges (SISC).
Marius apparently ran to his mother after school to show the list of goods the school accepts for the victims of Taal through Southville for Others (SFO), an institutional organization committed to empowering communities by Southville. “Mommy, I’m going to donate some of my toys. Teacher showed us a list. The people from Taal need clothes, pillows, sheets, shoes,” Marius said. Marius and his mother tirelessly spent the rest of the day "rummaging through their stuff." Marius seemed to be innocent yet responsible at his age having told his mother to even allot his
Christmas “aguinaldo” for other things his mother could buy: more medicine, more milk, more diapers... and so the little man went on.
They found themselves finally lying in bed after long hours of packing but Marius was “still bothered” thinking of more stuff to give enough for the needs of Southville Taal beneficiaries. “I can’t sleep, Mommy. I’m still thinking of ways to donate and help them,” he said. At a tender age, Marius has shown the character of a true-blooded Monarch with a heart for service. The young boy may be capeless, but has heroically taken little steps to help feed hundreds of people whom he may not know but genuinely cares for.
Little Marius was excited to go to school the next day with donations that filled his mother’s car containing almost everything he saw in the list given by his teacher.
“Hearing Marius’ remarks made my day. I talked to him and he said, his mom will buy more goods using his money. I told him that it's so nice and kind of him to do that and he smiled at me like an angel. We try as much as we can to teach our students the values of sharing and empathy, and I am happy that it is becoming more and more evident among our students. We want them to be cheerful givers and students who can make a difference,” shared Phi Anh T. De Castro, Early Childhood Education (ECED) deputy principal.