2007-01-03 (Gul Murjani & Carla Paras-Sison)
Something for Winkie

In May 2006, Winkie was diagnosed with breast cancer. She joined the I Can Serve e-group and since this website is included as an alternative resource on the I Can Serve website, Winkie decided to try raising funds the OurOwnLittleWay way.

She wrote me to seek financial aid for her treatment.

Like Carla and Jenelyn, our first two beneficiaries, Winkie cannot complete her treatment on her own. And although she is the youngest sister of the Man with a Thousand Voices, Willie Nepomuceno, the cost is just too much for any one man to bear.

It's not like someone will come along and say "Hey, Winkie, we'll take care of everything! Don't worry about the expenses!" Or maybe someone who can will. But in the meantime, this idea embedded in the OurOwnLittleWay website is there to plant the seed of generosity in our fellowmen:

What if we each give just a little bit?

I'd like to help Winkie but I can only do so much on my own.

But what if each one gave just a little bit?
And what if there were a lot of us giving just a little bit?

Surely, that will amount to something.

So here I am...

I didn’t know Winkie until she emailed me a few weeks ago (late November 2006). But I admire her determination to fight her affliction. I am impressed by her humility, her courage and her resourcefulness in seeking ways to help fund her treatment. I want to start off by putting in 500 pesos of my own. That alone won't do much. Winkie needs to raise at least 400,000 pesos for her second round of treatments (she had already spent 400,000 pesos for 8 cycles of chemotherapy).

Pitch In.

Give something. Any amount will do, 100 pesos, 500 pesos, a thousand, maybe more.

Give something that's easy on your pocket.
Give something that comes fully from your heart.
Give just a little bit so you can help someone else tomorrow.

I don't want this to be a burden to anyone. We all have our own share of problems to deal with. Fact is, Winkie has gone through much of this without involving others because she doesn't want to be a burden to anyone either. Her family will be with her all throughout this ordeal. And maybe, in our own little way, we can do something for her, too.

Next time it could be you.

When we started this website in September 2004, it was all for Carla and we said next time, it could be for somebody else. So for now, this is all for Winkie.

The main premise here is to get a little help from a lot of people to help one person.

Today, we help Winkie, just as we helped Carla and Jenelyn before her. Tomorrow, we still hope to help someone else.

This is our own little way.

Click here for information on how you can help.