by Redjie Cawis

Eighty two golfers supported the golf tournament for a cause organized by the Saint Louis Boys High School Class of 1982.

The Club 7882 organized a golf tournament for a cause that aims to raise funds to assist in the educational objectives of the batch through scholarships and financial assistance and support the SLU Sunflower Centennial Halfway House for Boys project of the SLU Alumni Foundation.

Club 7882 president, Felizardo Gacad said that the tournament is just one of many fund-raising activities they are doing to fund poor but deserving students whom they have chosen as scholars of their organization.
Gacad said that they have been sending scholars through funds from the pockets of alumni-members of the Club 7882.

He added that the Halfway House for Boys which will also be supported financially by the proceeds of the tournament will be the university's contribution to the city of Baguio in addressing the problem of increasing number of street children in the city.

The Halfway House for Boys aims to address the reality of children in need of special protection in Baguio City, and in the whole region of Cordillera. It aims to give neglected and abused boys ages five to 17 years a protective refuge while facilitating possible family reintegration or a referral to a long-term child-caring institution.

Focusing on the boy's holistic development, the said Halfway House will be providing basic home-based care, psychological assessment and psychotherapeutic interventions, educational assistance, spiritual formation, sports and other recreational activities, expressive art programs, family counseling and therapy, parenting enhancement seminars/workshops, legal consultations, follow-up outreach programs and case management. *(PIA CAR)