TeamManila is Ninoy
by Nico Bacani

(From left to right) Mon Punzalan, Nico Bacani, Diether Ocampo, Rapa Lopa and Jowee Alviar

The iamninoy campaign, a year-long campaign launched by the Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Foundation last Aug.21, 2008 coinciding with the 25th Anniversary of Ninoy's martyrdom has started off on the right track. You can see and hear it everywhere - in the papers, on the radio, on TV, in the streets of Makati, and more likely on shirts worn by people passing you by, as shirts, such as Team Manila's iamninoy designs, have been bought and worn by people young and old.

Having been invited by the BSAF, Team Manila has initially come up with 2 designs of T-shirts for men and women, as well as tote bags and pins for the iamninoy campaign. What some people might not be aware of is that a big portion of the profits will be given by Team Manila to its chosen charity, K.I.D.S. (Kabataang Inyong Dapat Suportahan) Foundation. As part of the campaign, Team Manila's sale of iamninoy merchandise for the period covering August 21, 2008 to August 31, 2008, PHP 48,800.45 will go to K.I.D.S. Foundation. The BSAF, true to its mission of the "selfless giving of the best of oneself to the country and our countrymen," requested retail partners like Team Manila to allot a certain percentage of sales to a chosen charity. Such a noble campaign can truly give hope and inspiration to the Filipino people.

May this inspire and give rise to more and more of these campaigns and movements in the country today. Mabuhay ang Pilipino!

(For more information on the iamninoy campaign, you may visit www.teammanila.com/iamninoy or www.iamninoy.com)