Service in Full Circle: The RCCC Story Under President Maricar Suarez

A Rotary Year Written in Footsteps

For the Rotary Club of Cabuyao Circle (RCCC), Rotary Year 2025–2026 begins not with a single headline project, but with a pattern: show up consistently, organize well, and let service build outward in layers. RCCC is a community of volunteers and local leaders committed to Service Above Self, serving Cabuyao and nearby communities; the programs places that year under Heartworking President Maricar S. Suarez with the club meeting on a steady rhythm that turns planning into movement. 

That is why this year is best told as a story of continuity rather than isolated events. RCCC’s direction is already clear: education, peacebuilding, health, public image, livelihood, environment, and long-term WASH are not treated as separate silos, but as connected expressions of one service culture. The arc is especially visible in the club’s early Sitio Tuli push, all signaling that under President Suarez’s term, RCCC intended to return to communities not once, but repeatedly, with help that could be seen, felt, and built upon.

In that sense, “service in full circle” is more than a title. It is the governing idea of the year: a club strengthening its own rhythm so it can deliver service with more reach, more credibility, and more staying power. The projects that follow will show that clearly—but the opening truth is simple: RCCC’s 2025–2026 story starts with disciplined presence, and from there, everything else becomes possible.

RCCC at a Glance: The Club Behind the Work

Before Rotary Year 2025–2026 can be understood through its projects, it has to be understood through the club that carries them. The Rotary Club of Cabuyao Circle presents itself with a clear institutional identity: Club ID 50333, chartered on May 7, 1997, and led in this Rotary year by Heartworking President Maricar S. Suarez and Heartworking Secretary Rosalie Laz. The same front pages place the club within the wider Rotary structure under Rotary International President Francesco Arezzo and District 3820 Governor Jeremie Lo, grounding RCCC’s local work in a broader movement of service.

What makes that identity feel lived-in, rather than ceremonial, is the club’s regular rhythm. RCCC holds meetings every 1st and 3rd Monday at 6:00 p.m. at C257 Centrale, National Highway, Brgy. Sala, City of Cabuyao, Laguna—a simple detail, but an important one. It means the year’s service is not built on occasional bursts of activity; it is built on a recurring habit of gathering, deciding, and moving together.

The membership profile gives the strongest clue to the kind of club RCCC is. The club is composed of 26 active members and 6 honorary members, with 8 male and 18 female Rotarians, reflecting both continuity and a distinctly broad base of participation. It also shows a roster shaped by varied professional classifications—ranging from commercial printing, banking, construction supply, hospital quality assurance, civil engineering, law enforcement, logistics and forwarding, special education, manpower services, and entrepreneurship—a reminder that RCCC’s projects are not carried by a single type of leader, but by a working mix of skills and lived experience.

That diversity matters more than it first appears. A Rotary year like this—one that reaches into education, health, livelihood, environment, WASH, public image, and long-term community-building—requires more than goodwill. It requires a club whose people bring different strengths to the same table. In that sense, RCCC’s year under President Maricar Suarez is not only a story of projects delivered; it is also a story of a club intentionally built to handle work that is wide-ranging, hands-on, and deeply collaborative.

The Engine Room: Administration, Fellowship, and Membership

RCCC’s projects and programs make a quiet point early: the year’s visible service is only possible because something less visible is running well. This is the “engine room”—club administration, member care, and membership strategy—where the work that never makes it to tarpaulins or photos still decides whether the club can deliver consistently.

On the administration side, RCCC commits to continuity through communication. The plan highlights the club bulletin, “Hamaka,” as a regular channel to keep members updated, aligned, and proud of the club’s progress—because service momentum fades fastest when communication becomes irregular. It also emphasizes meeting participation as a standard, not a suggestion, framing attendance as a reflection of commitment and even a measure of the club’s vitality. The messaging is direct: showing up regularly strengthens fellowship, strengthens the club, and keeps members actively involved in the activities that matter.

To keep Rotary culture active—not just operational—the plan includes “RCCC Connect,” described as a way to empower members through knowledge and inspiration “to actively engage in activities that serve the club, the community, and the world.” It also reinforces Rotary identity through engagement with Rotary publications, explicitly citing participation via lifetime subscriptions to the Philippine Rotary Magazine and The Rotarian—a small detail, but one that signals intentional culture-building beyond project execution. In the background, the year is also framed with an achievement mindset through the Rotary Citation theme: “Engage to Serve, Serve to Inspire.”

Fellowship, meanwhile, is presented as the club’s human infrastructure. RCCC includes regular celebrations for members’ birthdays and anniversaries, reinforcing the idea that people stay committed when they feel seen—not only when they are needed for manpower. In a Rotary year with a wide project footprint, this matters. Fellowship is what keeps volunteer energy renewable, rather than extractive.

Membership is where the engine room becomes strategic. RCCC’s plan sets a target to grow to 32 members, then backs it with a recruitment campaign—“Oplan: RCCC’s New Generation”—with a preference for professionals aged 35–45, emphasizing long-term continuity and leadership depth. It complements this with an online recruitment push (“Together We Serve”) to widen reach, and a classification drive (“Wanted: Classified Rotarians”) to strengthen professional diversity—an important point because a club’s impact often expands in proportion to its skills mix. And just as importantly, the plan elevates retention through “The Journey,” setting a goal of 100% member retention by sustaining engagement through meaningful programs—not merely expecting loyalty.

Taken together, this “engine room” explains why the year’s public service can be ambitious without being chaotic. RCCC is not only planning projects; it is planning the conditions under which projects can be delivered—through consistent communication, consistent participation, intentional community within the club, and membership growth that protects the club’s future while serving the present.Fellowship: Where Service Starts

RCCC treats fellowship as more than social time—it’s the club’s “glue,” the human element that keeps members engaged long enough to do meaningful work together.

The plan intentionally highlights small but steady touchpoints: celebrating members’ birthdays and anniversaries, and making space for shared moments that strengthen friendships within the club.

Because in Rotary, projects may be the output—but fellowship is often the fuel. When members feel seen, supported, and connected, it becomes easier to collaborate, show up consistently, and carry service through the entire year.

The Year Begins in Sitio Tuli

If Rotary Year 2025–2026 has a geographic center, it is Sitio Tuli, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. This is where RCCC’s year first takes on a visible shape—not through a single ceremonial kickoff, but through a sequence of actions that show the club was thinking in layers from the very beginning.

Before the formal July kickoff, the year opens with RCCC’s adoption of Sitio Tuli on May 23, 2025, followed by “Community in Action for Children’s Education” on June 14, 2025—an early classroom support effort that lists 25 chairs, 25 armchairs, 50 sets of school supplies, and 1 teacher’s table. In the same June 14 cluster, the project “Light for Peace” records 12 solar lamps, and “Guiding Truth at Sitio Tuli: A Rotary Legacy,” centered on the installation of a Rotary marker. Taken together, these show that RCCC’s relationship with Sitio Tuli began with assessment, adoption, and practical groundwork before the broader program calendar fully unfolded.

RCCC’s visit to Sitio Tuli is a community assessment—listening, learning, and laying the groundwork for a meaningful project. The project was framed as “kicking off Rotary Year 2025–2026 with heartfelt service” in the club’s adopted HeartWorking community.

The groundwork has a clear public face: “Brigada Eskwela: Liwanag ng Edukasyon, Handog ng Rotary Club of Cabuyao Circle,” scheduled in Sitio Tuli on July 1, 2025, under the chairmanship of President Maricar Suarez, for the students of Sitio Tuli Elementary School.

On that same July 1 arc, AG Jonathan Librada leads “Light for Peace,” the donation of 12 sets of solar post lamps placed in strategic areas along community roads, while PP May Punongbayan leads “The Four-Way Test Marker at Sitio Tuli,” giving Rotary’s values a visible, permanent presence in the community.

What makes this beginning notable is not only the number of projects, but the way they fit together. Education support arrives first. Safety follows through lighting. Values are anchored through public markers. And even within the same Sitio Tuli opening phase, the program shows that the community quickly becomes the setting for literacy, children’s care, and later health, hygiene, peacebuilding, and environmental work. In other words, Sitio Tuli is not just where the year starts—it is where RCCC reveals its method: begin with trust, return with substance, and build service in layers that reinforce one another.

The Service Story Arc by Areas of Focus

Peacebuilding in Practice: Safety, Light, and Safe Schools

Peacebuilding is not treated as an abstract theme. It is treated as something a community should feel—on roads, in classrooms, and in the tone of daily life. That is why the club’s peacebuilding chapter opens with a practical intervention: light.

On July 1, 2025 in Sitio Tuli, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, RCCC rolls out “Light for Peace,” a project that donates 12 sets of solar post lamps placed in strategic locations along community roads, with AG Jonathan Librada as Project Chairman, the club identifies the residents of Sitio Tuli as beneficiaries—an important detail because it frames the project as community safety infrastructure, not decoration.

The same project is presented as part of RCCC’s opening initiatives for the Rotary year—reinforcing that, in RCCC’s messaging, peace starts with everyday security and mobility.

From there, RCCC expands peacebuilding from infrastructure to social strengthening. On August 30, 2025, the club plans “Bridges of Harmony,” formally titled “Fostering Lasting Peace & Harmony in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija Through a Peace Building and Conflict Prevention Seminar.” Again, the program was led by AG Jonathan Librada as Chairman, with Sitio Tuli residents as beneficiaries—signaling continuity: the club does not “visit” a community once; it returns with different types of support as needs become clearer.

The third layer brings peacebuilding directly into learning environments through “Together for Safe Schools, Standing Up Against Bullying.” RCCC defines it as an advocacy program that promotes a safe and inclusive learning environment by raising awareness, educating students, and empowering communities to prevent and address bullying. The objectives are explicit: build a respectful school culture and implement strategies that reduce bullying behavior. The program again names AG Jonathan Librada as Chairman, with beneficiaries identified as families—especially children—of Sitio Tuli, grounding the advocacy in the lives of real learners and households, not generic “audiences.”

Taken together, these three projects show RCCC’s peacebuilding philosophy in motion: safe paths through lighting, safe community relationships through dialogue and prevention training, and safe schools through anti-bullying advocacy. It is peacebuilding that is designed to be noticed—not in speeches, but in the daily ease and safety of the communities RCCC serves.

Healing in Motion: Disease Prevention and Treatment

RCCC’s disease prevention and treatment story under President Maricar Suarez is one of movement—service that does not stay in one format, one site, or one weekend. This chapter centers first on “Rotary Cares,” a joint medical mission for the residents of Sitio Tuli and nearby barangays in Pantabangan, done with the Rotary Club of Cabanatuan North, Lake Farm De La Marre, and the Municipality of Pantabangan under the leadership of Mayor Monaliza Agdipa. Set for August 30, 2025 at Lake Farm De La Marre, it is chaired by PP Nerisse Santiago, with medicines and vitamins explicitly built into the mission—showing that the club’s health response was designed to be both clinical and practical.

That same health cluster expands into oral care. The program places “Smile on Wheels”—Delivering Dental Care to Communities through Mobile Dental Clinic under Global Grant #2571440—at the same August 30 Pantabangan service day, with Rtn. Nini Zuasola named as Chairman. Its design is specific: tooth extraction services, fluoride application, and the “Brush for Life” toothbrushing seminar, making it a project that blends treatment with preventive education.

The same program also shows the wider grant-backed backbone behind that effort through the Mobile Dental Clinic dated July 21, 2025, chaired by PP Barbs Arenas, serving the wider Province of Laguna—a reminder that the August mission in Pantabangan was part of a larger health system already in motion.

The club supports that broader arc by recording Smile on Wheels runs on July 11 and July 21, 2025, with activity points in Bulacnin, Lipa City, Batangas and Cabuyao City Hall, Brgy. Sala, Cabuyao, Laguna, showing that the dental outreach was already traveling before the August Pantabangan rollout.

From there, the disease-prevention chapter becomes even more layered. PP Nerisse Santiago also chairs “Breathe Safe: Pneumococcal Vaccine Mission,” likewise scheduled for August 30, 2025 in Sitio Tuli, positioning vaccination as a preventive counterpart to the club’s direct medical care.

The same section places Relief Distribution: “Bantay Kalusugan para sa mga Pamilya ng Cabuyeños” on August 4, 2025, again under PP Nerisse Santiago, this time for residents of Marinig, Cabuyao City, Laguna.

The club deepens that picture by showing this relief effort reaching 200 families across Bigaa, Butong, Marinig, Gulod, and Tarikan—evidence that RCCC’s health response was not limited to mission-day treatment, but extended into family-level protection and support.

Mobility support gives this health chapter one of its clearest recurring threads. In the program, “Walk for Life” is formally set as assistive device and wheelchair provisioning for the Laguna area, dated September 6 and 20, 2025, and chaired by PP Liezel Ampatuan for patients from Pila and Cabuyao, Laguna.

The club shows that this same care model widened as the term progressed: 35 wheelchairs for the Laguna area on September 20, 28 wheelchairs for the Nueva Ecija area on October 25, and 40 wheelchairs in Bicol on November 17–18. In other words, what begins in the program as a Laguna-focused intervention becomes, a portable model of care that keeps traveling.

The club broadens the health chapter even further. It records medical supplies delivered to the Infirmary of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija in two batches (21 items on October 8 and 20 items on November 14), plus vision screening support that provided 50 eyeglasses in Pantabangan on October 24 and 100 eyeglasses in Sto. Domingo, Batangas City on November 22. It also adds “Handog Pandinig: So the World May Hear” on December 14, 2025 in Sto. Domingo, serving 30 patients. Taken together, these entries show that RCCC’s disease-prevention and treatment work was never confined to one medical mission. It moved from general medicine to dental care, from vaccination to mobility support, and from medical supplies to vision and hearing care—a year-long pattern of healing that kept expanding its reach as the Rotary year progressed.

Learning with Dignity: Basic Education and Literacy

RCCC’s basic education and literacy work in Rotary Year 2025–2026 is not framed as simple school aid. It is framed as learning with dignity—the idea that children learn better when they are not only taught, but also equipped, encouraged, and made to feel that their education matters. That is why this chapter begins with a cluster of projects that support both the classroom and the child.

The first public marker in the program is “Brigada Eskwela: Liwanag ng Edukasyon, Handog ng Rotary Club of Cabuyao Circle,” set on July 1, 2025 in Sitio Tuli, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, with President Maricar Suarez serving as Chairman. Its beneficiaries are the students of Sitio Tuli Elementary School, making it the clearest signal that education was one of the year’s opening priorities, not an afterthought.

From there, the education work becomes more child-centered and imaginative. On that same July 1 arc, Rtn. Ging Briones leads “Story Telling,” which is described as a project that fosters a love for reading while teaching values such as kindness, courage, and respect. The club’s own wording matters here: it is not just about reading mechanics, but about literacy, imagination, and character—learning that is meant to feel meaningful, not merely instructional.

By August 30, 2025, RCCC adds a practical layer through “Distribution of Bags and Umbrellas,” chaired by PP Aida Hermano for the students of Sitio Tuli Elementary School. It is described as “Bags of hope, umbrellas of care,” with the support of Interact Australia—a small phrase that captures the spirit of the project well. These are ordinary items, but in school life they matter: they help children arrive prepared, protected, and more confident in daily attendance.

The club sharpens that picture by quantifying the rollout at 50 bags and 50 umbrellas, reinforcing that the gesture was both symbolic and substantial.

The literacy chapter widens further through “Book Distribution to Various Public Elementary School,” chaired by PP Lzl Ampatuan. Here, the program moves beyond one campus and names a wider beneficiary set: North Marinig Elementary School, Sta. Rosa Central III, Sala Elementary School, Malusak Elementary School, and Sitio Tuli, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. That breadth is important. It shows RCCC treating literacy not as a single-site outreach, but as a networked commitment across multiple school communities.

The club adds one more layer of specificity that helps synchronize the story. Under the title “Read Together, Rise Together” (dated August 30, 2025), a Basic Education Tools Assistance rollout linked to the Sitio Tuli Indigenous People School and itemizes the distribution by site: 25 boxes for Sta. Rosa Elementary, 18 for North Marinig Elementary, 10 for Sala Elementary School, and 10 for Sitio Tuli Indigenous People School.

Taken together, this section shows RCCC’s education philosophy clearly. The club does not treat literacy as a single donation drive or a one-day school visit. It treats it as a chain: prepare the school, inspire the child, equip the learner, and keep books and tools moving where they are needed. That is what makes this chapter feel less like charity and more like a dignified investment in how children learn, arrive, and imagine what school can be.

Care for Women, Children, and Families

If the earlier sections show RCCC at work in schools, clinics, and public spaces, this chapter shows the club working at a more intimate scale: around the home, the body, and the everyday dignity of women and children. The Maternal and Child Health cluster is not a purely medical category. It is a care-centered one—where nourishment, confidence, maternal advocacy, and women’s well-being are all treated as legitimate forms of service.

The first project in this area of focus is “Share a Meal,” scheduled for July 1, 2025 in Sitio Tuli, Villarica, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. The program describes it as an effort “to share a meaningful meal with the children of Pantabangan,” explicitly linking food with joy, fellowship, and community spirit. It names PP Wilma Santiago as Chairman, with the children of Sitio Tuli as the direct beneficiaries. That framing matters: this is not presented as a generic feeding activity, but as a gesture of presence and care—one that treats a shared meal as part of how a community tells children they matter. 

RCCC then shifts from children’s care to maternal advocacy through “Breastfeed with Love: TikTok Challenge.” It is a digital campaign designed to promote breastfeeding awareness, normalize public breastfeeding, and celebrate mothers through creative and informative short videos. The stated objectives are especially telling: normalize breastfeeding in public and online spaces, empower breastfeeding mothers, and educate the public on breastfeeding’s benefits through relatable content. PP Nerisse Santiago is served as Chairman, and the named beneficiaries are underprivileged teenage mothers. In narrative terms, this is one of RCCC’s more modern interventions: it uses a platform associated with everyday media consumption to support a message that is social, practical, and deeply family-centered.

The Women’s Month entries deepen that same care philosophy, and they also reveal something notable about leadership during President Maricar Suarez’s term: in this cluster, she is not only the club president—she is directly in the project chair role. The first is “HER MOVE: Zumba for Women’s Wellness,” described as a celebration of women’s strength, health, and unity through movement. The project’s objectives focus on self-care, confidence, and community connection, and led by Pres. Maricar S. Suarez as Chairman, with female participants as beneficiaries. The second, “Shine On, Strong Woman!”, takes a more personal-care approach: it is described as a Women’s Month project dedicated to empowering women through grooming services, promoting self-worth, confidence, hygiene, and wellness. It, too, is chaired by Pres. Maricar S. Suarez, again for female participants. Together, these two projects show a side of RCCC’s service philosophy that is easy to overlook but important to name: the club recognizes that care is not only about treatment or material aid—it is also about helping women feel supported, seen, and strong in their own lives.

Taken together, this family-centered chapter gives the Rotary year an important emotional balance. RCCC is not only serving through infrastructure and public projects; it is also serving through nourishment, maternal advocacy, and women-focused programs that restore dignity in quieter, more personal ways. That makes this section more than a themed subset of activities. It is the club’s reminder that community care is strongest when it reaches people not only as beneficiaries, but as mothers, daughters, and children whose well-being shapes the life of the whole community.

Water as the Long Game: WASH, Hygiene, and Daily Life

RCCC’s WASH story in Rotary Year 2025–2026 is where the club’s service philosophy becomes most visible: help now, build for later, and make daily life easier long after the photo ops are over. WASH is not presented as a single project—it is presented as a progression from habit, to community practice, to infrastructure.

The first two steps are about health behaviors that become social stability. “Safe Hands, Safe School, Safe Sitio Tuli” is designed as a community health initiative that combines handwashing education, safer school environments, and even free circumcision services—framed as prevention and accessible healthcare in underserved sitios. The objective is straightforward: install accessible and sustainable handwashing facilities in key areas so hygiene becomes easier to practice than to neglect. The program credits PP Eleanor Rivera as Project Chairman, with Sitio Tuli residents as beneficiaries.

From there, RCCC deepens the same message through “Bida ang Malinis: Hygiene Awareness for Healthy Residents of Sitio Tuli,” also chaired by PP Eleanor Rivera. This second project emphasizes structured hygiene training and community-based learning—especially for children and families—aimed at reducing water-borne disease risks and encouraging lifelong habits. In story terms, this is the club insisting that WASH is not “supplies,” but culture: people protecting one another by protecting routines. 

Then comes the “long game” project that ties the whole WASH chapter together: “Spring of Hope: Clean Water for the Indigenous Community of Sitio Tuli.” It is framed as a Global Grant project that will install a proper water system designed to supply clean, safe, sustainable, reliable water to every household—paired with sustainability teaching so residents can maintain the system. It was led by PP Lzl Ampatuan as Project Chairman, with Sitio Tuli residents as beneficiaries.

Your club’s website shows how that “long game” moved from concept to milestone. RCCC reports receiving official notice on 22 January 2026 that Rotary Global Grant GG2579998 was approved for the Sitio Tuli clean water initiative, describing a system intended to provide continuous safe water to 53–60 households and Sitio Tuli Elementary School, including pumping, storage tanks, and piped connections. The same post also credits the cross-border partnership with Rotary Club of Daegu-Seongseo (Korea), and names key people behind the grant approval—Flordeliza Ampatuan (Host Primary Contact) and In-Ho Kim (International Primary Contact), alongside host and international sponsor committee members.

And crucially, the website documents the moment “approval” became “implementation.” During the February 23, 2026 groundbreaking for “Water for Life: Sitio Tuli Community Water System” (GG2579998), the ceremony is described as being headed by President Maricar Suarez, with community leaders and partners present, including Mayor Monaliza H. Agdipa. The article also preserves residents’ testimony about dry-season scarcity and how water access can even become a source of tension—making a strong narrative point: WASH is not only about health; it is also about dignity and peace.

While the infrastructure chapter was building toward implementation, RCCC also delivers immediate safe-water support as a bridge: HYDROSAFE (September 29, 2025, Sto. Domingo, Batangas City—50 gallons) and WATER FOR LIFE (October 25, 2025, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija—50 gallons). In the year-end story, these entries matter because they reflect a consistent Rotary instinct: even while working toward systems, RCCC still answers urgent need in the present.

Back in Cabuyao, RCCC’s WASH work also shows up in the “daily habit” category, where small supplies sustain big outcomes. In “Handwashing for Health: Malinis na Kamay, Malusog na Komunidad” (February 26, 2026), the club donated and distributed handsoaps to three Child Development Centers in Brgy. Marinig. The project was led by Project Chair PP Neris Santiago, with Perry Crescini facilitating the handwashing awareness talk—supported by CDC teachers who helped integrate the activity into school routines.

Taken together, RCCC’s WASH chapter reads like a complete strategy instead of a collection of activities: teach the habit, reinforce the practice, provide immediate access where needed, and build the infrastructure that makes clean water a normal part of life—not a daily struggle.

Livelihood, Work, and Opportunity

RCCC’s community economic development story in Rotary Year 2025–2026 is built around a simple but important idea: service should not only respond to need—it should also expand a person’s options. The principle is clearest in “Disenteng Trabaho Para sa mga Laguneño,” the club’s jobs fair initiative at Victory Mall, Sta. Rosa, Laguna, designed to connect job seekers—especially underserved and marginalized individuals—with reputable employers. The project explicitly frames employment access as a form of economic empowerment, and names President Maricar S. Suarez and Rtn. Joel Abalos as co-chairs for a program serving residents across the Province of Laguna.

What makes that jobs-fair story more than a concept is that the same program already records it as a visible, high-turnout effort. RCCC logs over 1,000 applicants joining the July 15, 2025 Jobs Fair and over 500 applicants joining the September 23, 2025 run, both in partnership with Laguna PESO Provincial and Ahon, showing that the project did not remain aspirational for long—it moved into real foot traffic, real applications, and real public engagement.

The club echoes that public-facing scale by presenting the September run as a “Mega Job Fair” and celebrating it as a day of opportunity for Lagunenses.

RCCC then widens the meaning of “opportunity” beyond employment placement. In “Rising Dough, Rising Dreams: Sponsor-a-Student Baking Program,” the club shifts from job access to skills formation. The program is a skills development initiative that offers free baking classes to underprivileged students, with sponsors covering training costs and materials so participants can gain practical skills for livelihood, self-employment, or future work in the food industry. The project is chaired by PP Aida Hermano, and its stated objectives go beyond technique: it aims to build entrepreneurial capacity, self-confidence, creativity, and sponsor-community partnership around youth empowerment.

That same dignity-through-work lens extends to workers whose labor is already visible but often under-recognized. In “Natatanging Rider 2026: Bayani ng Kalsada sa MAkabagong Panahon” RCCC creates a formal recognition platform for riders whose work reflects strong performance, safety, customer service, and community impact. The program is chaired by Rtn. Gerlyn Briones, and Perry Crescini as co-chair, with riders in Cabuyao as beneficiaries, and frames the project as a way to boost morale, strengthen professionalism, and encourage continued excellence in the field.

Publicly, that recognition serves as evidence that what begins in the program as an awards concept evolves into a broader community-facing recognition campaign.

The club adds one more livelihood layer that deepens this section’s meaning: “Buy Local, Build Futures: The Sitio Tuli Produce Project.” Its presence in the year’s project roster shows RCCC thinking not only about jobs and training, but also about local economic circulation—supporting community produce as part of a more sustainable pathway for Sitio Tuli. The project is an RCCC initiative done in partnership with Lake Farm de La Marre, reinforcing the same message seen throughout the year: work, livelihood, and opportunity are strongest when they are rooted in partnership and built close to where people live.

Taken together, this chapter shows RCCC’s economic development approach in full: connect people to jobs, equip them with skills, honor the dignity of their work, and help local communities create value from what they already have. It is Rotary service expressed not as relief alone, but as a widening of possibility.

Stewardship of Place: Environment and Community Care

RCCC’s environmental chapter in Rotary Year 2025–2026 is not written as a detached “green” agenda. It is written as stewardship of place—the idea that caring for land, water, and shared spaces is also a way of caring for the people who depend on them. That is why this section begins not with tree planting, but with livelihood.

The program first presents “Mumunting Isda Hatid ay Pag-asa” as a project that provides tilapia fingerlings to fisherfolk at Marinig Fishing Port to support sustainable aquaculture and livelihood. Its own language is telling: by “turning small fish into big opportunities,” RCCC links environmental care to income, food security, and hope. The same entry names PP Michael Allan Dizon as Chairman and identifies the community of Cabuyao, Laguna as beneficiaries, showing that the club sees environmental stewardship not only in forests and cleanups, but also in protecting community-based sources of food and work.

From there, the chapter shifts from livelihood to shared habits through “Linis Galing: A Clean Community Movement at Sitio Tuli.” RCCC describes it as a campaign that promotes cleanliness, proper waste management, and shared responsibility in keeping the community safe and healthy. The objective is specific: establish a sustainable, community-based waste management system in Sitio Tuli that reduces health risks and encourages responsible segregation, disposal, and recycling. Here, the program credits PE Rosalie Laz as Chairman, with Sitio Tuli, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija as the beneficiary community. In narrative terms, this is RCCC treating environmental protection as something built through repeated community habits, not one-time cleanups.

That same logic continues in “Punla Para sa Pag-asa: Greening Sitio Tuli,” where the focus becomes restoration and resilience. Iit is a community-driven tree planting and greening initiative meant to restore green spaces, prevent soil erosion, improve air quality, and promote ecological awareness. It names PP Marie Capitle as Chairman, again with Sitio Tuli as the beneficiary community. The phrasing matters: RCCC is not planting trees merely as a symbolic act, but as a way to make the community more resilient over time—environmental care translated into future-oriented protection.

The club adds one more concrete layer to that story. Beyond the program language, it records a separate “Tree Planting Activity: Plant a Tree, Breathe Easier” in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija on December 12, 2025, with 35 seedlings listed. That entry helps complete the year-end picture: RCCC’s environmental chapter was not only planned in principle, but also carried forward through additional field actions as the term progressed.

Taken together, this section shows RCCC’s environmental philosophy clearly. The club is not approaching stewardship as a single advocacy theme. It is approaching it as a chain of practical responsibilities: support sustainable livelihoods, keep communities cleaner and healthier, and restore the natural spaces that make long-term community life more secure. In that sense, “environment and community care” are not two separate ideas in RCCC’s year—they are the same work, seen from different angles.

Young Leaders and a Wider Rotary World

One of the clearest signs that RCCC’s Rotary Year 2025–2026 is thinking beyond immediate project delivery is the way it invests in both future leaders and global Rotary connection. These two ideas sit side by side—not by accident, but because RCCC appears to see them as part of the same long-term task: helping members and communities think bigger than the present moment.

That future-facing spirit is most direct in “Kalinangan ng mga Kabataan: A Journey of Growth Through District RYLA.” The project is described as a leadership development effort that gives young people opportunities to build confidence, discipline, and stronger character through the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). The wording is notable: the goals are not only skill-building and competitiveness, but also good sportsmanship and values formation. RCCC names PE Rosalie Laz as Chairman, with youth participants from Cabuyao as beneficiaries, making this section’s first point clear—leadership development is itself a form of service.

RCCC then widens the circle beyond local youth by building bridges to the international Rotary community. Through “Friends Connection,” the club sets out to establish or strengthen twin/sister club relationships, with explicit reference to partner clubs in Japan and Korea. The project is chaired by PP Carmela Faye Gruezo, and its stated aim is not merely networking—it is friendship, collaboration, and stronger international ties that can open the door to future service partnerships. In a year where global grant work and cross-border cooperation already matter elsewhere in the club’s plans, this section shows that RCCC understands international relationships as something that must be intentionally cultivated, not passively awaited.

That global orientation becomes even more concrete in “All Aboard for Taipei City,” RCCC’s encouragement for members to participate in the Rotary International Convention. It as a way to expose members to Rotary’s wider global fellowship, ideas, and culture, and identifies PP Carmela Faye Gruezo as Chairman. It sits alongside a listed International Convention Subcommittee, suggesting that this is not treated as a casual travel interest, but as an organized club priority within the year.

Taken together, this section reveals an important layer of RCCC’s year under President Maricar Suarez. The club is not only focused on what can be distributed, donated, or completed within a project timeline. It is also investing in what will shape the next cycle of Rotary life: younger leaders with stronger formation, and a club with a wider, more connected sense of the Rotary world. That makes this chapter less about events and more about horizon-building—preparing RCCC to keep growing in perspective, capacity, and reach.

Making Service Visible: Public Image with Purpose

RCCC’s Plans and Programs for Rotary Year 2025–2026 makes a clear argument—without saying it outright: service that isn’t seen is harder to sustain. Not because Rotary needs applause, but because visibility builds trust, and trust is what opens doors to partners, volunteers, donors, and new members. In RCCC’s year under President Maricar Suarez, public image is treated as accountability and connection, not vanity.

The first kind of visibility RCCC prioritizes is values made physical. “The Four-Way Test Marker at Sitio Tuli” (July 1, 2025) is an accomplished public-image project, chaired by PP May Punongbayan—a signal that RCCC wanted its community presence anchored not only on projects, but on principles that outlive any one activity day. 

From there, the club treats digital storytelling as a service tool. Under “RC Cabuyao Circle’s Facebook,” RCCC explicitly defines the platform’s purpose: update projects, news, and activities; connect with other Rotarians and friends; and stay current on Rotary matters. The plan even documents measurable progress—48 postings from July to September 2025, contributing to a 69.2% increase in audience engagement, +110 followers, and 6.0K reach (up 98.7%)—with PP May Punongbayan and Rtn. Ging Briones credited as chairs. 

Public image then becomes a content strategy, not just “posting.” RCCC includes “IGNITE: Inspiring Minds, Empowering Communities,” chaired by PP Mary May Punongbayan, designed to share inspirational and informative campaigns that uplift communities and promote awareness.

In the same chapter, RCCC lists “Outdoor Media Coverage” for the kick-off project (Chairman: PP May Punongbayan)—a reminder that visibility also includes traditional coverage, especially when the goal is to reach audiences beyond Rotary’s immediate circles.

But RCCC doesn’t stop at digital posts and coverage. It also invests in permanent markers of presence. Through “Legacy in Motion: Installation of the Rotary Club of Cabuyao Circle Landmark Marker,” the plan describes installing a Rotary marker as a lasting symbol of commitment and a tool for public recognition of Rotary’s impact. This project is chaired by PP Lzl Ampatuan, underscoring that public image, for RCCC, includes “planting” identity in a way the community can return to visually—long after an event ends.

The chapter then becomes even more tactical: meet people where they already pass every day. “Tarpaulin to Visible Areas” involves the design, printing, and installation of a jumbo tarpaulin near Sala Foot Bridge (high foot traffic), intended to raise public awareness of programs, campaigns, and announcements—chaired by PP Carter Espayos.

From there, the plan shifts into modern amplification: “Vlog for a Cause: Tapping Social Influencers,” chaired by Rtn. Ging Briones, aims to partner with vloggers/content creators to produce authentic, shareable content that drives awareness and community action. 

Finally, RCCC adds a community-cultural layer with “Rotary in Festival Colors: Building Image, Bridging Communities,” chaired by PP Lzl Ampatuan—an initiative that uses inclusive festivals and local culture to improve public perception, boost participation, and foster unity. 

Seen as a whole, RCCC’s public image strategy is consistent with the year’s broader theme: service in full circle means doing the work and keeping the work legible—so communities recognize Rotary, partners know where to connect, and members see their collective impact taking shape in real time. And when the club posts major activities—like the Jobs Fair runs it describes publicly as a day of opportunities for Lagunenses—those posts become part of the service itself: an invitation for participation, a record of delivery, and a bridge to the next project.

Traditions That Endure: Flagship Care for Seniors

Every Rotary year has its new projects—programs built to answer the needs of the moment. But a club’s deeper identity is often revealed by the traditions it refuses to abandon. For RCCC, Rotary Year 2025–2026 under President Maricar Suarez carries forward one of its most enduring signatures: “Pasko at Puso para kina Lolo at Lola” — Year 28.

This flagship project is described with unusual clarity and tenderness: it is dedicated to the indigent elderly of Cabuyao City, and it exists because many senior citizens—especially those without strong support systems—experience loneliness, isolation, and the quiet emotional weight of being left behind. RCCC frames the project not only as a distribution activity, but as an intentional act of companionship and honor. It explicitly talks about “showing love and care” so seniors feel they are still part of the community’s story.

The project is chaired by PE Rosalie Laz, and the plan anchors its purpose in dignity: the goal is to bring joy, comfort, and support to elderly Cabuyeños who need both material assistance and human attention. RCCC’s phrasing recognizes a truth that many communities know but rarely name directly—aging is not only a physical challenge; it is also an emotional one. And when Rotary shows up, it should show up in a way that restores belonging.

Placed within the year-end story, “Pasko at Puso” becomes more than one event on a calendar. It becomes RCCC’s continuity marker: proof that while the club expands into Sitio Tuli, WASH infrastructure, jobs fairs, and new advocacy, it still keeps faith with long-running local commitments at home. In a Rotary year defined by movement, this tradition is the club’s steady return—a reminder that service is not only about reaching farther, but also about staying faithful to the people who have long needed care.

The Rotary Foundation, Polio, and the Funding of Continuity

RCCC treats The Rotary Foundation (TRF) not as a separate “Foundation chapter,” but as the financial and moral spine that allows service to repeat—year after year—without burning out the club or relying purely on one-time goodwill. That mindset shows up first in a concrete, grant-backed health outcome: the Mobile Dental Clinic under Global Grant GG2571440, marked “accomplished” on July 21, 2025, chaired by PP Barbs Arenas, for the community of the Province of Laguna. 

From there, the story to Rotary’s longest-running global promise: ending polio. Through Polio Plus Society, RCCC calls on like-minded members to contribute US$100 or more every year to PolioPlus “until the world has been declared free of the wild polio,” explicitly linking it to Rotary’s 1985 promise to immunize children worldwide. The Polio Plus subcommittee is listed under the same leadership thread—PP Barbs Arenas as Chairman—with beneficiaries identified as TRF program recipients.

That commitment is not kept only in internal documents. The is club publicly framing polio work as a shared mission—posting “Together, We End Polio Now” and documenting a community action entry dated October 24, 2025 (the uploaded project also records 30 participants for that activity, aligning the public post with the internal tracking).

TRF culture, however, is not only about one cause—it’s about a discipline of giving. The Paul Harris Angel initiative is written as a long-term strengthening program: building member commitment to support TRF by becoming Paul Harris Sustaining Members, Paul Harris Fellows, Multiple PHFs, Paul Harris Society Members, and Major Donors, with a clear objective of lending monetary support annually and becoming an EREY club (Every Rotarian, Every Year). This, too, is chaired by PP Barbs Arenas, reinforcing the theme of continuity: the same leadership that champions TRF also structures the pathway for members to grow into stewardship.

Finally, RCCC pairs global stewardship with a local, habit-forming funding mechanism. Under Ways and Means introduces the Rotary Box—a fundraising initiative designed to gather voluntary contributions to support upcoming service projects, with the explicit goal of sustaining resources for programs that uplift communities. It is chaired by President Maricar Suarez, and its beneficiaries are listed plainly: all projects of RCCC.

The Rotary Box is a public “donation drive” invitation—positioning giving not as a private obligation, but as a partner pathway into service.

Put together, Section 15 explains why RCCC’s Rotary year can feel “full circle.” The club isn’t only delivering projects; it is also reinforcing the systems that make delivery repeatable: grant capacity, polio commitments, TRF stewardship pathways, and simple, culture-based fundraising that keeps service from becoming a one-season effort.

Closing: What This Rotary Year Says About RCCC

Taken as a whole, Rotary Year 2025–2026 says something very clear about the Rotary Club of Cabuyao Circle: this is a club that does not treat service as a collection of isolated events. It treats service as a system. The Hamaka, regular meeting culture, RCCC Connect, fellowship, recruitment, and retention goals show why that foundation matters—because a club that communicates well, gathers consistently, and grows intentionally is far better positioned to serve with range and reliability.

Just as telling is the year’s recurring geography. Again and again, Sitio Tuli appears—not only as the site of the kick-off through Brigada Eskwela, but also as the setting for Light for Peace, Bridges of Harmony, anti-bullying advocacy, medical and dental outreach, hygiene work, and the long-view water project “Spring of Hope.” That repetition is meaningful. It shows that under President Maricar Suarez, RCCC’s service model was not built around one-time visibility, but around returning to a community with different forms of support until the work begins to feel connected rather than episodic.

That, in many ways, is the deeper signature of the year: RCCC balances immediate help with long-term continuity. It can run a jobs fair and still invest in livelihood skills. It can care for seniors through a long-running flagship tradition and still build public image tools that widen trust. It can support present-day hygiene while also pursuing grant-backed infrastructure. Even its funding logic reflects that same mindset—from TRF stewardship and Polio Plus Society to Paul Harris Angel and the simple, culture-based fundraising model of the Rotary Box. The club is not only delivering projects; it is reinforcing the conditions that allow projects to keep happening.

What this Rotary year ultimately says about RCCC is that its strongest asset is not any single project title. It is the club’s ability to connect leadership, named project ownership, community presence, and funding discipline into one coherent rhythm. In that sense, the year under President Maricar Suarez earns the phrase “service in full circle”: a Rotary year where the planning, the people, the public trust, and the projects all reinforce one another—and where the next chapter begins not from scratch, but from momentum already built.