April 1, 2010
To: Fellow Members/Friends

The Kabankalan City Association of Retired Employees Inc. (KCARE) is sponsoring a 30-minute walk dubbed a “WALK for SERVICE for FUN and FUNDS” on April 14, 2010 at 6:30AM (Assembly and Registration) at the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs, Kabankalan City participated in by the KCARE members and invited friends who are sympathetic and supportive to the cause and purpose of the association. Then a short program will follow.

The two (2) specific objectives of the activity are: (1) to provide time for the retirees to have a “fun – walk and talk” with fellows and friends, (2) to generate funds to augment the KCARE Hospitalization Fund and to share the indigent – patients of the District Hospital.

In this regard, the KCARE Board of Trustees and all officers unanimously agreed to invite you to join us in the affair.

Thank you for joining and may God be with you!

Very truly yours;
Leofredo Nombre
Chairman

KCARE
COMPASSION, SERVICE, INTEGRITY – The Founding Virtues

Leofredo N. Nombre

A local organization with an international significance because a retiree is found in every land.

Are you retired from serve/employment? Be it from public or private agency, you are invited to join the KCARE, an acronym for the “Kabankalan City Association of Retired Employees” based in Brgy. Binicuil, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

This association was born in July 2006 because of the “intense concern” to fellow retirees who are living a miserable life. Why miserable when they have their monthly pension. According to our survey based on actual membership (2008), 23% of retirees are receiving a monthly pension of Php3,000.00 to Php5,000.00 ( half of them with no other resources) ages ranging from 60 to 86 years. This is the stage in man’s life when everything seems to slow down if not breakdown. All kids of illness are present in this generation, the “perishing generation,” we say. They do physical exercises most commonly walking or biking, not for muscle-building but for survival and existence. They regularly need food supplement, vitamins and medicines.

Reviewing in brief the life of retirees, many of them were teachers, some were private/public employees and factory workers. All of them had served the people and community all their life until retirement.

Currently the association is extending mutual aid to fellow retirees when hospitalized and in case of death. It also reached out to identified indigents of the community giving them “used clothing, rice and dry goods” during Christmas season coming from some retiree-members and solicitations from some kind-hearted friends.

Take a look at the retirees receiving the low-bracket monthly pension and ponder how they survive with the present cost of living. Imagine the cost of medicines which become the component of the retirees’ life. Many of them resorted to local herbal medicines which can only  be found in the backyard. Whenever they get sick, some of them cannot be hospitalized because of “no money.” No hospital in the Philippines is for “free” and health insurance is not a guarantee.

The very reason why this association, the Kabankalan City Association of Retired Employees (KCARE) came into being. Compassion, service, integrity for God’s Glory.

KCARE is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission Registry #CN200725753, with the Bureau of Internal Revenue TIN #006-847-250 and accredited by the City of Kabankalan, Philippines per Resolution #2007-072.

To the well-meaning people who have the heart and the hand, we beg your support for this association. Make the KCARE a vehicle of your love and concern. Join us.

The Chairman, KCARE

A local organization with an international significance because a retiree is found in every land. Are you retired from service/employment? Be it from public or private agency, you are invited to join the KCARE, an acronym for the ‘Kabankalan City Association of Retired Employees” based in Brgy. Binicuil, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

This Association was born in July, 2006 because of the “intense concern” to fellow retirees who are living a miserable life. Why miserable when they have their monthly pension? According to our survey based on actual membership (2008) 23% of retirees are receiving a monthly pension of Php. 3,000.00 to 5, 000.00 (half of them with no other resources) ages ranging from 60 to 83 years. This is the stage in man’s life when everything seems to slow down if not breakdown. All kinds of illness are present in this generation, the “perishing generation,” we say. They do physical exercises most commonly walking or biking, not for muscle building but for survival and existence. They regularly need food supplement, vitamins and medicines.

Reviewing in brief the life of retirees, many of them were teachers, some were private, public employees, police, military personnel and factory workers. All of them had served the people and community all their life until retirement.

The association is extending mutual aid to fellow retirees when hospitalized and in case of death. It also reached out to identified indigents of the community giving them “used clothing, rice, dry goods and other articles during Christmas Season coming from some retiree- members and solicitation from kind-hearted friends.

Take a look at the retirees receiving the low-bracket monthly pension and ponder how they survive with the present cost of living. Imagine the cost of medicines which become the component of the retirees’ life. Many of them resorted to local herbal medicines which can only be found in the backyard. Whenever they get sick, some of them cannot be hospitalized because of ‘no money”. No hospital in the Philippines is for “free” and health insurance is not a guarantee.

The very reason why this Association, the Kabankalan City Association of Retired Employees (KCARE) came into being. Love, Concern and Unity for human welfare and God’s glory. The KCARE is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission Registry # CN 200725753, with the Bureau of Internal Revenue/TIN # 006-847-250 and accredited by the City of Kabankalan, Philippines per Resolution #2007-072.

To the well-meaning people of the world who have the heart and the hand, we beg your support for this Association. Please channel your assistance to RCBC, Kabankalan Branch, Kabankalan City, Philippines, Account No. 1-412-18962-7.

Make the KCARE a vehicle of your love and concern. Your donation/assistance will be gratefully appreciated and acknowledged by our letter with the official receipt and financial statement will be published yearly.

Thank you very much and may God be with you.

The Founding Members:

(Sgd.) LEOFREDO N. NOMBRE, Ret. DepEd Supervisor

(Sgd.) ROSCOE T. QUINGKING, Ret. DepEd Supervisor

(Sgd.) Hon. MAMERTO L. MAYOGA, JR.,Ret. DepEd Supervisor