SUPPORT OUR PROJECTS
When you donate to SSAFI you can be helping:
a young girl experience her formative HS years in SSC,
a sick alumna or retired teacher get medical assistance,
a poor family celebrate a simple Noche Buena,
a retired sister receive a gift package so she knows you still care,
or contribute to a disaster relief mission.
In any case, all your donations to SSAFI will contribute to strengthening this institution for another 100 years.
For more detailed information about the programs we offer:
PROGRAM/PROJECT
SCHOLARSHIPS
Daughters Blue & True HS Scholarship (DBTS)
Beneficiary
Financially challenged SSC Grade School graduates eligible for SSC Manila HS (Gr. 9-12) related by blood to SSC alumnae who have positively influenced their education (called “Guardians”)
Budget
PHP 100,000/Grade Level/student or
PHP 400,000/student for a 4-yr HS course
Description
We expanded the reach of our former Child of a Scholastican (COAS) HS Scholarship to allow other Scholastican female guardians (Grandmother, Mother, Aunt, Sister) to endorse the SSC Manila HS education of GS graduates so that more students could qualify to experience these important and formative years in SSC. The rigorous evaluation of the scholar’s eligibility is conducted by the school’s Scholarship Grants & Programs division. Final approval is by the SSAFI Board, as endorsed by the Scholarship Committee. Although the application-approval process is done yearly, donors are encouraged to consider extending their donations/pledges to allow a scholar to complete her four-year HS education. Scholars show their commitment by maintaining a good academic standing as well as involvement in school and community activities that exercise their Benedictine values.
How to donate
Please scroll down to refer to our payment channels. For more information, you may contact us at alumnae_office@ssc.edu.ph.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Night Secondary School Scholarship Collaboration (NSS)
Beneficiary
Financially challenged students eligible for a 5-year NSS Junior High School education (Gr. 7-10). The 4th and 5th years are devoted to Gr. 10 (parts 1 & 2) as this has a more complex curriculum which teaching is constrained by the night school hours (4:30PM-8PM).
Budget
PHP 7,000/year/student or
PHP 35,000/student for a 5-yr Junior HS course
Description
The NSS Program has been a decades-long collaboration between SSAFI and the Sisters of the Manila Community (SMC or nuns who are involved with the school). The SMC pays the monthly honorarium for volunteer teachers who come from SSC faculty and staff, public school faculty, and the Alumnae. SSAFI previously took on non-tuition expenses for 1/3 of the total 100 scholars, but we expanded this to cover all the scholars for an equitable distribution. Moving forward, the SMC will prepare a phased conversion to 4 years (Gr. 7-8-9-10) with Gr. 10 being reduced to one year only. Eventually this will expand to 6 years (Gr. 7-8-9-10-11-12) to close the missing Senior HS gap. As the NSS population grows, additional facilities are being earmarked for the use of the NSS at later school hours. In addition, a Sister will now always be directly involved in the selection of scholars, home visits, and in the formation of the girls towards a life of service in the spirit of Ora et Labora. SSAFI will assist this conversion by soliciting sustained donations from alumnae that will focus primarily on the education component (books, materials, and financial assistance to ensure teachers’ availability at all times) versus peripherals.
How to donate
Please scroll down to refer to our payment channels. For more information, you may contact us at alumnae_office@ssc.edu.ph.
BENEHEALTH
Benevolent Health Fund
Beneficiary
Financially challenged with Medical/Health-related needs:
- Scholastican alumna with at least 2 year residence in SSC or
- Retired teacher with at least 10 years tenure teaching at SSC
Budget
Any Amount
(generally, maximum availment per case is PHP 50,000)
Description
Originally called in 2014, the “Benevolent Fund”, it was renamed in 2017 as “Blue Friendships Forever (BFF)” as a financial assistance program for medical/health related needs of alumnae. Pay-outs are confined to: reimbursement of receipts for prescribed medicines and direct payments to the Doctor and/or the Hospital. Evaluation of the application is reviewed by a medical professional and discussed by the BeneHealth Committee. Now included as beneficiaries are retired teachers with at least 10 years teaching at SSC, as certified by the relevant School Unit. SSAFI believes that the high quality of education we received in SSC was in large part because of the excellence of our teachers who molded our way of thinking, instilling the Benedictine values that have kept us grounded all our lives. This expansion of the original BFF program to include our beloved mentors is our way of giving back to those who have guided and formed us from Kinder to College.
How to donate
Please scroll down to refer to our payment channels. For more information, you may contact us at alumnae_office@ssc.edu.ph.
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability Fund
Beneficiary
SSAFI Programs and Projects in need, to deliver Institutional Commitments
Budget
Any Amount
Description
As part of SSAFI’s institution building and strengthening efforts, this is a restricted fund earmarked for longer term and continuing projects which will enable SSAFI to honor the commitments to the beneficiaries of our programs and projects. SSAFI hopes to stabilize the flow of donations and fees throughout the years as well as provide a source of continued growth for SSAFI by financially supporting best practice operations and the engagement of professionals and competent retainers to guide the Board and Management well into the future.
How to donate
Please scroll down to refer to our payment channels. For more information, you may contact us at alumnae_office@ssc.edu.ph.
OUTREACH
PamaSCHO Noche Buena
Beneficiary
Partner Communities in Need of Care
Budget
Any Amount
Description
Provides Christmas packages containing the ingredients of a simple Christmas Eve meal, to about 600 families of the two neighboring barangays, the NSS scholars, and the General Services staff of SSC. The long queues of beneficiaries, young and old, dressed in their Sunday’s best, show how this has become a sharing activity beloved by all.
How to donate
Please scroll down to refer to our payment channels. For more information, you may contact us at alumnae_office@ssc.edu.ph.
OUTREACH
St. Benedict Home for Retired Sisters (SBH)
Beneficiary
Partner Communities in Need of Care
Budget
Any Amount
Description
Provides care gift packages to retired Benedictine sisters during Christmas time. The sisters look forward to the annual visit of trustees, which is celebrated with a special meal and entertainment from both sides. This tradition started when Scholasticans would go up to the Baguio convent to visit retired German sisters. In 2000, the SBH now located in Marikina, welcomed the sick and elderly sisters to a warmer, more comfortable climate.
How to donate
Please scroll down to refer to our payment channels. For more information, you may contact us at alumnae_office@ssc.edu.ph.
OUTREACH
Disaster Relief Fund
Beneficiary
Partner Communities in Need of Care
Budget
Any Amount
Description
Proactively provides immediate access to funds when disasters happen, to support the school’s efforts in helping those displaced or in need, in areas where there is a Benedictine or Scholastican community.
How to donate
Please scroll down to refer to our payment channels. For more information, you may contact us at alumnae_office@ssc.edu.ph.
BENEGIFT: A GIFT FROM A BENEVOLENT HEART
Gift-giving, Filipino-style, is a cycle that spreads the love and goodwill all around. In exchange for donations to our special projects, we have tokens of appreciation called, BeneGifts, or Benevolent Gifts, that are often a collaboration with Kulasa businesses and talents who contribute their artistry and expertise at heavily discounted prices to our causes. We are looking forward to expanding this collaboration to the School, Priory, and other institutions affiliated with St. Scholastica, to create a wider awareness for these products/services and their underlying advocacies.
BENEGIFTS
Varsity Jacket
Wear your Scholastican Spirit! This varsity letter jacket sports the new Scholastican slogan “Daughters Blue, Daughters True” representing what Scholasticans are uniquely known for as learned from their Scholastican education. Made of special Yonex fabric with a dark navy blue body and khaki sleeves. Computerized embroidery logos: Pax, Ora et Labora, SSAFI logo, Daughters Blue Daughters True. Snap buttons, knitted collar, cuffs, waistband (with striped design), welt pockets, full lining inner pocket. Unisex RTW sizing (see Size Chart).
Few stocks left of this Limited Run of 200 jackets. Contact SSAFI Office for inventory available in exchange for donation.
Suggested Donation
PHP 2,500 to the Alumnae Services & BeneHealth Fund Programs
SIZE CHART
Lapis Lazuli Rosary
An heirloom full-length rosary designed by Bijoux (Lori Hermoso HS 1978). Made with 8mm lapis lazuli beads, metal-crystal spacers, stainless steel wire links, polished aluminum crucifix and SSAFI logo-St. Benedict Medal. Comes with a blue velvet gift pouch.
Suggested Donation
PHP2,500 to the Religious Committee Activities.
OUT OF STOCK
Memorial Candles
Special glass-encased candle with a sticker of the name of your dearly departed. For a minimum love offering of PHP 350, one personalized novena candle will be lit and blessed every day for the whole month of November at the 6:15AM mass at the SSC Chapel. Donation to the Religious Committee Activities.
Memorial Candles is a recurring project that is re-activated come September and is closed by the end of November every year. An updated Google Order form will be posted here during that period.
Novellino Wine & Grape Juice
Novellino Red Table Wine (Rosso Classico ABV 4.5%) – 750 ML
Novellino Sparkling Red Grape Juice (Alcohol Free, No Sugar Added) – 750 ML
A collaboration with Novellino (Myla Quimbo HS 1973) co-labeled with SSAFI. Novellino successfully introduced wine onto the Filipino table by producing wines that adhered to the Filipino taste – light, effervescent, and fruity — within a reasonable price range.
Suggested Donation
PHP 500 to the Outreach Program PamaSCHO Noche Buena.
OUT OF STOCK
The Best School T-shirt
Black cotton blend round neck shirt with front silk screen print “the BEST SCHOOL”. Unisex RTW sizing (see Size Chart).
Suggested Donation
PHP 500 to Project Alumnae Engagement under the Alumnae Services Program
SIZE CHART
LEBKUCHEN Gingerbread Cookies (12 pcs / Gift Box)
A collaboration of SSAFI with the Tuason Community Center Foundation, Inc. (TCCFI) Kulasa Benedikta, a socio-pastoral apostolate of the Community of Benedictine Sisters in Marikina. Lebkuchen (Leb-koo-hun) are cakey gingerbread cookies that Benedictine sisters offered special guests at Christmas, originating from our German sisters’ recipes. This premium edition lets alumnae preserve a Scholastican tradition that fuses German and Filipino tastes, for sharing not only at Christmas, but all year round.
Suggested Donation
PHP 400 to the Outreach Programs and Alumnae Services Program
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PAYMENT CHANNELS
PESO
OPERATING/GENERAL FUND/MEMBERSHIP DUES/DONATIONS
Bank of the Philippine Islands
Account Name: St. Scholastica’s Alumnae Foundation, Inc.
Branch: Vito Cruz - St. Scholastica
Peso S/A: 2773 0360 31
DONATIONS
Union Bank of the Philippines
Account Name: St. Scholastica’s Alumnae Foundation, Inc.
Branch: The Ark - Insular Ayala, Insular Life Bldg, Makati
Peso C/A: 0030 6000 4260
GCASH
GCash Biller Account
Account Name: St. Scholastica’s Alumnae Foundation, Inc.
When making a payment through our GCash biller account, please indicate:
Full Name
Address
Chosen Beneficiary/Purpose of Payment
SSC Batch (GS/HS/College)
FOREIGN CURRENCY
DONATIONS
Paypal
E-mail address: ssafi.ph@gmail.com