Family awards youth volunteers

Conclusion

A CI , Calif A A A ards ent to high school students ho have een giving ac to their communities in the name of Bulacan native ony Aguilar ho lived a life of caring for others until his passing last year ic y Palo ar, eldest of atay ony s seven children, recogni ed l Ca ino igh chool student i elle rance liva, otre a e senior rista arie ananuil and l Ca ino igh chool senior ohn than ocaling for volunteering at their church and their school

All three students received a pla ue of appreciation and cash a ard as ell as co endations fro the City of aly City presented y ice ayor uslyn analo hroughout her years of e ploy ent at aiser edical Center in outh an rancisco, Palo ar has served as president of Pre ier ions Clu oundation and is egion one Chair of ions istrict C he is a oard e er of the Philippine urses Association of orthern California At or , she sits on the e ecutive oard of aiser Per anente ilipino Association that a ards grants to outstanding students and nonprofits as ell as provides free health e a s at co unity fairs ic y and her hus and dd Palo ar are the selves parents to five achievers in the service profession t o registered nurses, a construction pro ect engineer, a anufacturing engineer and a radiology technician he attri utes their success to the e a ple set y their grandparents the tireless or er and his ho e a er ife atay ony and his ife ilia had seven children including three nurses, a caregiver and a govern ent e ployee o children re ain ith their fa ilies in the Philippines.

As a ne co er in , -year-old Aguilar found e ploy ent lasting years as a aggage handler at an rancisco International Airport e appreciated having a o and sought every opportunity to e of service on his free ti e ventually he and ilia returned to the Philippines to e ith their other children and their fa ilies ast year as devastating for y fa ily hen y other as diagnosed ith cancer and passed a ay at , Palo ar loo ed ac at hat drove her latest endeavor ive onths later, y grief-stric en -year-old father, passed a ay too ro her sorro arose purpose

I ve learned to i erse yself ith ore or and pro ects to serve the co unity through y various civic and professional groups of affiliation, she ad itted In the four ti es I e to the Philippines last year to spend ti e ith y ailing parents and attend their de ise funerals, I handled pro ects in the Philippines and coordinated pro ects re otely in the to ensure co pletion er e perience taught her that co unity service is an e ercise in sel essness that can e self-healing

I guess it s a ay of alleviating the pain I going through or a therapeutic passage through the stages of personal grief, she concluded Adapted fro the original reprinted ith per ission fro I I

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