Ateneo de Iloilo launches Golden Jubilee Car Plate
To mark 50 years of the Ignatian spirit of service, love and excellence in Iloilo, the Ateneo de Iloilo-SMCS Alumni Association (AAA), headed by its President, Atty. Jobert A. Peñaflorida, is pleased to announce the approval of its special commemorative Golden Jubilee car plates.
Ateneo de Iloilo (AdI-SMCS) is the first among Ateneo and Jesuit Schools to have been granted such approval and one of the few schools in Iloilo and in the Philippines to have its own car plate.
AdI President, Rev. Fr. Manuel Uy, S.J., expressed that the entire Jesuit Community in Iloilo welcomes with joy the release of these plates, which is a fitting tribute to the 50th year of the first-ever Ateneo school in the entire Visayas region and a lasting testimony to the enduring friendship of both Filipinos and Chinese and the new breed of Chinese-Filipinos (or Chinoys) who are the constituents of the Ateneo community in Iloilo.
The entire proceeds of the Ateneo Car Plate project will go to the AdI Alumni Golden Jubilee Fund, which aims to contribute a significant amount for the construction of our one big dream: our new AdI campus in San Rafael, Mandurriao.
The Ateneo Golden Jubilee plates, which have a one year-validity until December 31, 2008, are now readily available at the AdI Treasurer's Office. Only a limited number of plates will be issued on a first come-first serve basis with 10% discount for early takers. Those who are interested may contact Alumni Affairs Officer Mr. John Trompeta and AdI Treasurer Mr. Mark Yap at telephone number 337-55-31.
To note, the 7.5-hectare, Jesuit, Chinese-Filipino educational facility is expected to be partly in operation late next year as one of the highlights in the observance of the school's 50th anniversary. Subsequently, the five-story grade school and the two-story pre-school buildings, among others, will already be operational. Should the new AdI-SMCS complex project's fund raising drive will go on as planned, the five-story high school building, the Olympic-sized track-field, the Olympic-sized swimming pool, and the sate-of-the-art covered coliseum will soon follow.
It is worthy to note that more than P60 million—mostly coming from the school's generous benefactors and patrons—is already in the bank for the Ateneo project as of October 31 this year. More donations are expected to come next year as the school celebrates its Golden Jubilee. (Ripples/Herman Lagon)