Friday, June 01, 2007 (11:57:43)
"DEAR WORLD!!! Good day! The AS A WHOLE COLLECTIVE would like to thank everybody who helped us with our problems. We had overcome our past problems regarding our info-shop, but now the most feared thing had happened to us. Our landlord wont allow us to extend our stay even if we pay because the place she said is for renovation cause she is selling it and we all know that buying the place is a shot in the moon. Yeah i know, we are really having too much bad luck but its really just the way it is. Majority of the people who live in the Philippines are having problems of shelter let alone an INFO-SHOP! But we had started this project and we've decided to do this till shit. So now again we are fund raising for us to move to another place.Please help us in any ways possible.
We still have to find another place in order to continue our info-shop/free art center. We need a new place which could cater more youth and most specially, our fellow ‘less fortunate children' living in a disregarded community with less chance of enhancing their skills and talents. Aside from this, we would like to make actions because we are concern about the growing numbers of children exposed in ‘gangster ism and violence' which promote a culture of passive and aggressive attitude towards the society. We believe that this kind of influence will be prevented by helping the parents educating their children at an early age. Especially the children in the mountains and rural areaand street childrens that is way impossible for them to go to schools.
In line with this, we would like to ask your good office for any donations such as school and office supplies (ball pens, pencils, paint brush, books, notebooks, bond papers, crayons, water color, paints and other art equipments), toys (except guns and other aggressive toys), children's bag, clothing and if possible, financial support to cover our expenses for our educational workshops. We are hoping for your positive response on this matter and together, let's help our poor children who could not afford to go to an information center to develop their knowledge and skills. And also to us who are willing to dedicate our lives to maintain everything that we had started. Whatever help you could extend to us would be greatly appreciated. We cant change the world overnight, but at least lets die trying..
And before ending the letter we would like to take this time to thank everybody who had been so solid in helping us from the beginning and until now. To all who helped us start this project,To all who believed in us, to all who took time to answer our letters, to those who help us make things that we have no idea. To those who said that we are a scam, thanks for letting us realize we are not that big of an asshole anyway, to those who touched our lives in someway or another,let it be modern technology or presence.
Thank you so much, you know who you are!
christine_asawhole"
Visit them on the internet for more information:
As-A-Whole Collective Website and Forum.
