Presentation I gave to the participants of the 1st ever Tarlac Youth Summit, October 21, 2011.

1. 80%
“
of success is
showing up.”
—Woody Allen

2. “There are no
accidents in life.”
— Master Oogway (from the movie “Kung Fu Panda”)

3. THE YELLOW BOAT PROJECT
http://yellowboat.tumblr.com
Jay Jaboneta
Fire Starter, Philippine Funds for Little Kids

4. "If you think you're too
small to have an impact, try
going to bed with a
mosquito in the room."
- Anita Roddick, Founder of Body Shop

6. ONE goal:
Build a boat.

7. 1 yellow boat…
200 school bags with school supplies
1 medical and dental mission
In 5 months
1 organization devoted to Layag-Layag

8. In 10 months
Zamboanga Masbate
• 2 yellow boats (motorized; can • 25 yellow boats (1 motorized)
accommodate 20 kids per ride)
• 1 makeshift classroom (4 rooms)
• 400 school bags with school supplies
• 300 school bags with school supplies
• 3 medical and dental missions
• 1 medical and dental mission
• 1 plastic bottle light bulbs project
• 1 book donation
• 2 book donations
• 1 organization devoted to Masbate
• 1 organization devoted to Zamboanga
• 1 600-meter water pipe
• 12 college scholars

10. Lessons Learned

11. “The great little thing a little
lamp can do which the big
sun cannot do is give light at
night. It shows no one is
superior by size but by
purpose. If we cannot do
great things, we can do
small things in a great way.
Little things make a BIG
difference to God.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jealouskids/2376102166/

12. “Pretend that every
single person you
meet has a sign
around his or her neck
that says, ‘Make me
feel important.’ Not
only will you succeed
in sales, you will also
succeed in life.” –
Mary Kay Ash
http://www.zazzle.com/im_css_important_tshirt-235667955533180969

13. “Only passion will
get you through the
tough times… It’s the
romance, not the
finance that makes
business worth
pursuing.” – Randy
Komisar

14. “There is a difference between
interest and commitment. When
you are interested in doing
something, you do it only when it is
convenient. When you are
committed to something, you
accept no excuses, only results.” –
Kenneth Blanchard

15. “Life is like a
football game. We
are the football.
Never mind the
kicks of some
people because
without those kicks,
we may not reach
the goal.”
http://www.sports-online.biz/

16. “Two fishermen got trapped in a storm
in the middle of the lake. One turned to
the other and asked:
‘Should we pray or should
we row?’

17. “His wise companion replied: Let’s do
both!”
May we always equip our work with
prayers and our prayers with work…

18. The next time you admire all the
wonderful things God made.
Remember that YOU are one of
them!

19. A candle
doesn’t lose
anything by
lighting
another
candle.

20. “Make your influence POSITIVE.”

22. A personal request:
1) Invite us to share our story to other
organizations and help us spread our story
2) Support our dream to help all kids who
swim to school in 12 months (learn more at
http://yellowboat.tumblr.com)
3) Buy a copy of Readers Digest’s October 2011
issue
Like us on
http://www.facebook.com/philippine.funds

23. Thank You!
If you want this presentation…
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