Jcip circular 2017 2-008 (bags to school primer) This primer is meant to guide the JCI Philippines local organizations for the 2017 implementation. Bags To School (BTS) is a JCI Philippines National Project. It is aimed to promote primary education nationwide in line with UN-SDG’s Quality Education campaign, i.e., ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, particularly children in stressed areas. BTS started in 2014 as a National Flagship program, inspired through the joint project of JCI San Juan Pinaglaban and JCI Singapore Marina, was approved during the First National Board Meeting of 2014.

1. TOOL KIT
A JCI Philippines’ guide to running the Bags to School Program.
© 2017 Junior Chamber International Philippines
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1103 Quezon City
www.jci.org.ph
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2. National Chairman’s Message
Dear Presidents,
In your hands, you hold the new JCI Philippines’ Bags to School Program Primer. JCI
Philippines created this tool as an aid to assist you in participating in this worthy
program.
We are including general instructions, tarp templates, marketing collaterals that your
local project chairperson can use. Take advantage of the project champions in your
area that can assist and guide you in planning and implementing.
We hope this kit will help you and we welcome your feedback on how we can improve it.
Also, we would love to hear about the benefits your Local Organization received from
offering this program.
Please send all comments and feedback to the JCIP Secretariat atinfo@jci.org.ph or
ramil.montealto@jci-mandaue.org.
RAMIL J. MONTEALTO
National Chairman, Bags To School

3. Overview and History
What is Bags to School?
Bags to School (BTS) is one of the flagship projects of Junior Chamber International
Philippines, Inc. This project aims to promote primary education nationwide in line with
UN-SDG’s Quality Education campaign, i.e., ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, particularly children in
stressed areas.
BTS, a simple idea, can significantly impact the education of many children. Every local
organization (LO) in JCI Philippines is invited to provide impoverished Filipino students
with school bags and school supplies to assist them in their education needs and to
alleviate the cost of schooling.
History
The 2014 National Board of JCI Philippines under the leadership of JCI Senator Maria
Christine Garcia was inspired by the joint project of JCI San Juan Pinaglabanan led by
Nok Atienza and JCI Singapore Marina which started in 2010. BTS was proposed as a
National Flagship program during the 2014 NB Special planning in Iloilo (Oct 2013). It
was approved during the 1st NB of 2014 under the leadership of then National
President Christine Garcia.
Since the program’s beginning, the following members had served as National
Chairman for BTS:
2014 JuvyAbenAbion, JCIIriga
2015 Marilyn Manasala, JCI San Juan Pinaglabanan
2016 Merbee De la Torre, JCI Bai Lawanen
2017 Ramil Montealto, JCIMandaue

4. In 2016, exactly 10,096 school bags with supplies have been distributed. This was
accomplished by 82 JCIP LOs through 131 project implementations. JCIP LOs were
able to execute Bag to School even if we were not able to push through in partnering
with corporate sponsors for the national project. Every participating LO took charge of
fund raising and soliciting for their own sponsors in order to implement BTS for their
beneficiary communities.
What is even more notable is how many local organization shelled out their own
resources in terms of time and money just to reach out far flung communities that need
educational assistance most. These LOs and its members must be commended for
exemplifying service to humanity, beyond what is expected of them.
Another notable milestone for BTS is how it many implementations throughout the
Philippines were accomplished as inter-LO collaboration and Twinning projects. LOs
help each other to create lasting impact in the lives of Filipino students while creating a
lasting bond among JCI members from various LOs.
BTS program champions like JCI Senator Marilyn Manansala of JCI San Juan
Pinaglabanan, 2015 National Chairman, has been helpful in securing corporate
sponsors for the inter-organization project “Amara Love Bag to School Tour” which has
assisted various local organizations in implementing the BTS.
BTS continues to be a national project that promotes members to be active and stay
active, and brings hope and inspiration to the younger generation to be productive and
become the future active citizens.

5. General Guidelines
Suggested Activities:
1. To assist families with incoming preschooler of your community by providing a
bag with complete set of school learning needs such as pencil, paper, coloring
materials, ruler, eraser, etc.
2. To support and assist pre-school teachers of your community by providing them
a whole year supply of the following teaching aids:
- 12 boxes of white chalks ; 5 boxes of colored chalk
- 1 measuring stick ; Ruler
- 1 box of black pen ; 1 box of red pen
- 1 set of action stamp
- Scissors and Mechanical sharpener
- Measuring charts, Alphabet charts, Number charts, Animal charts, Vegetable
charts, and Fruit charts.
Project Banner
Local Organizations should ensure that at least one (1) tarpaulin/banner for the project
highlighting JCI Philippines as project implementer, together with the logos of chapters
main sponsors/partners. (Please refer to the attachments in the Circular for the BTS
Banner Template)
Manpower
It is highly recommended to implement this National Program in two waves:
• First run will serve as training and learning ground particularly for new members
to be done on 2nd
quarter of the year (April to June 2017).

6. • Second run will provide collaboration opportunity for chapters to work together,
improve previous implementation and execute project at higher scale to be done
on 3rd
quarter (July to September)
Logistics
The Local Organization shall communicate with the Department of Education City or
Provincial Divisions within their area to discuss planned programs and assess the
needs of the possible beneficiaries.
Documentation
The Local Organization are requested to take photos and or videos and share it to in the
Local Organization’s website or Facebook pages to inspire other chapters to activate
the program and to create awareness on impact of National Project.
When feasible, testimonies from the beneficiaries, partners and JCI members on their
experience about the project are also encouraged.
Furthermore, we request local organizations to publish project implementation to our
facebook page https://www.facebook.com/JCIPBagsToSchool and use the hashtag
#JCIPBagsToSchool2017 for easy tracking.
Reporting
The Local Organization are required to submit their project completion report by within
Fifteen (15) days after the National Project was implemented to the JCIP National
Secretariat, copy furnished the National Chairperson: ramil.montealto@jci-mandaue.org
and Area Chairs, namely:
Area Area Chairperson Contact Number
Area 1 Glenda Lou R. Galo, JCI Santiago Diamond 0977 397 5947
Area 2 Jeamie Salvatierra, JCI Parañaque Asinderas 0917 853 2643

7. Area 3 Turkz Hussein, JCI Carmona 0935 537 3228
Area 4 TBC
Area 5 Hannah Hussein, JCI Iligan Dayang-dayang 0926 313 5233
LOs who will fail to submit or with incomplete reports such as lack of pictures and other
supporting documents will not be given JCIPEA points. (Please refer to the attachments
in the Circular for the PCR Form)
JCIPEA GOALS CRITERIA
5 points for every BTS;
Maximum of 2 BTSfor JCIPEA
scoring
Distribute at least
50 bags
Implemented between
April 1 to June 30, 2017
Project completion report
submitted on or before
July 15, 2017
3 points per chapterfor every
BTS;
Maximum of 2 BTSfor JCIPEA
scoring
Distribute at least
100 bags
Implemented between
July 1 to September 30, 2017
Project completion report
submitted on or before
October 4, 2017
Participated by at least two (2)
chapters
5 points per chapter for Area,
or;
Regional Hostingmin. 2 to max
4 chapters co-hosting
for Area or Regional Hosting,
Distribute at least
100 bags
Implemented between
July 1 to September 30, 2017
Project completion report
submitted on or before
October 4, 2017
Participated by at least two
chapter, maximum 4 chapters