NCF bares Project SHARE’s new scholars
Naga
College Foundation’s premier scholarship program, Project
S.H.A.R.E. for Bicol, presented its first batch of scholars during
the MOA-singing with its sponsors on June 16, 2005.
Project S.H.A.R.E. (Sustaining Hope and Access to Responsive
Education) is a 10-year scholarship fund drive which aims to help
alleviate poverty in the region through the education of young and
talented but financially-handicapped Bicolanos.
Project S.H.A.R.E. granted scholarship starting this year to six
deserving students in the persons of Mary Linette Gavica, Jelyn
Tampos, Mae-Ann Lorena Esperida, Mae Cyril Aure, Roy Brandt
Marcial and Beverly Brizuela.
Present during the MOA-signing were Quest Technologies’ Mr. Vic
Asuncion, NCF President Dr. Carlo P. Villanueva, NCF Resource
Development Officer Ms. Mitzi Padua, and the SHARE scholars.
Quest Technologies, a global telecommunications company based in
Hongkong, is one of the main benefactors of Projects SHARE. The
company sponsored the full college scholarship of Gavica. Other
project donors include Bayer-Philippines, the junior Chamber
International-Naga City and signer Christian Bautista.
“SHARE scholars are distinct from the NCF scholars in the way they
were screened and interviewed. They were personally handpicked by
our benefactors from more than 20 qualified applicants. These six
exhibited the greatest potential in excelling both in academics
and leadership,” explains Mitzi Padua, SHARE’s project
coordinator.
Project SHARE will be funded both by grants and fundraising events
spearheaded by the school’s Communications and Development Office.
NCF’s initial fund raising event last December, the
“Light-a-Tree-for-Education” produced a total of 13 scholarships.
