MODEL COURT AT THE DISTRICT FAMILY DAY (Highlights and Excerpts)

For two days, Model Court No. 55 joined fellow subordinate Courts of Amaranthine District 5 in a Family Day in Baler, Aurora that was hosted by DDGRM Preciline Andaya and DDGRP Irineo Dones, Jr.

And here are the highlights of that:

FAMILY DAY: Fun, Games, and Lots of Prizes

WORLD DIABETES DAY: FBS Profiling and More!

COASTAL CLEAN-UP: Mangrove Planting, Livelihood Dispersal, and a Boodle Fight!

It was a full two-day of camaraderie and community service.

And a lot of fun too for the delegation of Model Court No. 55 who went home with a much higher appreciation of inter-Court cooperation.

GOLF AND DIABETES AWARENESS

Model Lodge holds its annual Temple Cup golf tournament mainly to raise funds for the continuing construction of its Masonic Temple.

For this year's edition, Model Court included the tournament in its year-long calendar of diabetes awareness activities and designed a public campaigning plan with the primary message of "Play Golf, Reduce Blood Sugar Levels!".

After the tournament, Model Court feted SK Amidon Nicolas who was celebrating his birthday, and who with SK Eduardo Sayco are the two movers of the annual Temple Cup.

THE 2016 BOWLING GAMES

Four Sundays of bowling.

Eleven bowling games.

A team of Masons and Honored Ladies.

And it boiled down to the last frame of the last game as the combined Model Team (373 & 55) finally notched that elusive win after SK Jojit Floro's last ball brought down all pins to register a 4-pinfall advantage against the combined team of San Leonardo Lodge 386 and Aliaga Lodge 404 after trailing most of the game.

It was not however enough to lift Model Team to a higher finish and have to settle for a familiar 3rd runner-up trophy in the Class D classification.

Nonetheless, it was sweet victory and the last four days certainly deserved a fellowship dinner in celebration of the year's Bowling Games.

Bowling as a Counter-Diabetes Sport

For Model Court, the 2016 Bowling Games is part of its Year-Long Diabetes Awareness program.

It doesn't matter if most of the players can only throw the ball.

What is important is the effort and the sweat that comes with it, which means calories and sugar burned.  

 

Which means lower blood sugar levels and healthier bodies.

DISTRICT V LAUNCHES MEDICAL AND LIVELIHOOD OUTREACH

Today, DDGRM Presciline Bugtong-Andaya and DDGRP Irineo Dones Sr. conducted a free medical and livelihood outreach for the rural families of Barangay Diaz, Umingan, Pangasinan with the subordinate Courts of the the Order of the Amaranth's District 5.

The activity was conducted in support of the Grand Court of the Philippines' program thrust on Diabetes Advocacy and Related Health Programs and Empowerment of Women which are priority activities of GRM Elspeth Deborah Gille and GRP Gilbert Gille.

Below are highlights of the outreach, in photos taken by SK Jojit Floro of Model Court 55. 

Diabetes Advocacy and Related Health Programs

Number of Patients Served: 96 

Number of Children Fed: 30

Empowerment for Women

Number of Women Trained: 30

Team 55 with District 5

Subordinate Courts in Attendance: 5/5

PHOTO ESSAY: THE DISTRICT DIABETES ADVOCACY DAY

The Early Birds

Model Court with Munoz Royal Court and representatives of the Pantabangan-Bonari Court was there first. 

Opening Ceremonies

DDGRM Preciline Andaya-Bugtong with DDGRP Irineo Done Sr. and Dr. George Tan formally opened the day-long free diabetes clinic.

The Clinic

From blood pressures to FBS to cholesterol to triglycerides to A1C to BMI to ABI and even eyesight! 

To healthy food by a celebrity chef to workouts by celebrity fitness gurus and intermissions too!  

Conclusion and an Amaranthine Fellowship

After the plaques have been awarded is of course the photo sessions and regular Model Court Amaranthine fellowship.