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President's Report
St. Scholastica's College Alumnae Association, Canada - Ontario Chapter
27 Courtney Crescent
Richmond Hill, Ontario    L4E 4C2
October 31, 2001  

Dear Scholasticans:

Re:  Report to the Membership  

It is my sincere hope that most of you, if not all, are aware that Sr. Mary Placid Abejo, O.S.B., Dean of Music and Alumnae Moderator was here in Toronto from October 12 to 21, 2001.   On October 14th, a small gathering of members was held in her honour, at the New Conservatory of Music School at 4466 Sheppard Avenue, East, Toronto, at which occasion our new set of officers was formally inducted by Sr. Mary Placid.

For your information, the following members were nominated for the following positions:

For: President  Nina Luz Debbane and Boots Delgado Montano
Vice President Pearly Crisologo Allison, Gwendolyn Flor and Marilyn St.Pierre 
Secretary Maria Monserrat Montinola Periquet 
Treasurer  Zennie Lat Bernardo and Thelma Aranzaso Soriano
Auditor Rosario Itos Fule Dioso and Herminia Emy Borlaza Telesforo 
P R O Corazon Corito Fiel and Vicky Villacorta Maglutac

Nina declined for family health reasons; Pearly volunteered to head a committee in the future but is not ready to be actively involved at present; Thelma is not available due to job pressure; Vicky was nominated and elected in absentia, due to the fact that Corito will be going back to Manila by year-end; Emy volunteered to be secretary in charge of membership records, so that the association could have Itos as our Auditor.

Below are our newly elected and duly inducted officers for St. Scholastica's College Alumnae Association Canada - Ontario Chapter:

President  Boots Delgado Montano
1st Vice President Marilyn Bengzon St. Pierre
2nd Vice President Gwendolyn Flor
Secretary Maria Monserrat Montinola Periquet
Herminia Emy Borlaza Telesforo 

Treasurer

Zennie Lat Bernardo    
Auditor  Rosario Itos Fule Dioso
P R O Corazon Fiel 
Vicky Villacorta Maglutac

The highlight of the affair was the awarding of the association's donation of C$7,000.00 from the net proceeds of our 10th year Anniversary Celebration held on May 4th, to Sr. Mary Placid - $3,500.00 towards her Music Ministry and $3,500.00 for the Scholarship Fund.  We also made a special donation to Fr. James Reuter, S.J., (through Sr. Placid) of C$1,000.00 for his hospital for the poor project.  (Please refer to pertinent letters published in our website).

This reunion with Sr. Placid had a good turn-out, about 60 people altogether, alumnae with their husbands and children, lots of food, lots of fun and adequate time to socialize and keep up with the latest news from SSC Manila. 

As we embark on a new era of Scholastican leadership, we ask all members for their generosity, prayers and assistance in achieving our goals and in ensuring the success of our future projects, which will be announced later.

For now, we will establish and maintain liaison with St. Scholastica's Alumnae Association in New York, California and Vancouver.  

Incidentally, there will be a SSAA Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 20 - 24, 2002.  It would be great if many of us can attend.  We will give you more info as we receive them.  Please let any of the officers know if you would like to attend since we are trying to get good airline and hotel deals.

We have started our carolling practice.  This year's annual carolling will not be a fund raising event.  We would like to give back to the communities which have supported us in the past 7 years and therefore, we will be singing Christmas carols at Senior Citizens homes to bring them cheer.  This is our way of saying "thank you" for our successes in the past!

Let us all remember the Scholastican spirit of "Ora et Labora".  Your newly elected officers look forward to your support in all our activities in the future.

Dependably yours,  


BOOTS DELGADO MONTANO
President