About the Gintong Pamana & Prism Awards

Fifteen Years of Golden Legacy at the G.P.A.F.I.

Twenty years ago Bart broached the idea of putting up a foundation as a fundraising and charitable arm of an organization to a group of close friends who were active community volunteers. The ultimate goal is to recognize high achievers in the Filipino community and also raise money for the foundation’s long term goals and leave a lasting legacy and a tradition that is meant to last for generations.

For no apparent reason, the plan was put in the backburner, never to be picked up or talked about again until Bart decided it was time we launched the project through PhilippineTIMEUSA News & People Magazine. It was to be the beginning of a tradition that led us into the homes and lives of many successful people.

Today, on its 15th year, the Gintong Pamana ‘Golden Legacy’ Awards Foundation, Inc. takes this opportunity to look back at what it had accomplished over the years and what it hopes to achieve in the coming years.

About the Awards

Recognizing and honoring achievers in their specific fields of endeavor is nothing new and has been done years ago by other organizations. But the one thing unique about Gintong Pamana is its use of names derived from Philippine history and culture that are symbolic of the qualities possessed by the awardees. Thus, Kamanyang Award was used as the title of our award in the field of Medicine. For sports, we take the Molave, a strong and hard tree akin to the qualities of an exceptional athlete. Tandang Sora is Gintong Pamana’s counterpart of Florence Nightingale. The mother of the Philippine Revolution who took care of the revolutionaries, fed them, clothed them and nursed them when they were sick is certainly a powerful symbol of nursing. And so it goes on.

The Prism Award, on the other hand, is unique and the only one being given in the community. The award takes its symbolism from the prism glass whose unique beauty and dazzling colors can be likened to the charm and power of a woman. The total personality, a combination of her many qualities that make her unique, interesting and influential or powerful is the prism quality we attribute to the women.

Our Projects and Charity Works

From the net revenue of our fundraising dinner and Souvenir Book, the Profiles of Excellence, we have so far donated to the following causes:

• The United Children’s Fund – through a sponsorship of 30 orphans. We stopped just 2 years ago but we hope to get back into the program.
• In The Presence of Jesus Ministries – Humanitarian Mission to the Philippines, Youth Ministry and Building Fund
• PAMMFM (Philippine American Medical Mission Foundation of Michigan) An annual medical mission to the Philippines, headed by Dr Vickie Navarra.
• Donated 1 house to Gawad Kalinga
• GILAS project of AyalaUSAF _Internet accesss to the Rural High School of Gigmoto, Catanduanes
• Community pages of FilAm Weekly MegaScene

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Luz Vira “Tita Ging” Capio, Gintong Puso awardee, with husband Rosalino “Nonoy” Capio, Consul General Blesila Cabrera, Bart SG Tubalinal, Jr. and Loida Nicolas Lewis.	Marc Villafania received his Pilak Award in Health Management from presenters, Jun and Jocelyn Delfin, past Pilak and Prism awardees as wife Sandra Dawn looked on.	Lucerto Sagadraca and Claire Sebastian representing United Home Care, Inc. of IL received the Pilak Award in Business from 2007 recipients of Pilak Award, Pat and Fe Mangulabnan of KM Oriental Mart and Alternate Home Care, Inc.
Past Prism awardees, from left: Ting Joven, Maria Smith, Dr. Elenita I. Rubio, Dr. Evelyn Natividad, Dr. Melinda Tolentino, Millie Gazmen, Dr. Vickie Navarra, Lourdes Livas, Nenette Lagrosa, Nina Hughes and Dely Villalon. ***

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