The shelter’s request for a Peace Corps Response had been granted in the person of Miss Rebecca Timm. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER: Rebbeca Timm is of German descent. Over 6 feet tall, and she will be helping with organizational management of the shelter and sustainability development for 6 months. She stays at the shelter and just came from a 2-year Peace Corps work in Togo, Africa.

The shelter’s request for a pre-school teacher from KOICA was also granted in the person of Miss Sung Hee Kim. KOICA volunteer – Miss Kim, Sung Hee from Seoul Korea is the KOICA volunteer that responded to the shelter’s request for a volunteer. She is a pre-school teacher and is currently working with the toddlers. She will be working at the shelter for two years, from September 2008 to September 2010.

STA. BARBARA -- Police Regional Director Luizo Ticman has given recognition to some community leaders and policemen here for their contribution to the community.

At the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between officials of the Sta. Barbara police and the Eagles' Nest Christian Academy, Ticman said the honorees were cited for their "active involvement in anti-illegal drug campaign, prevention of juvenile delinquency, and promotion of righteous leaderships

STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan – The police here arrested 16 minors who were caught in the act of hazing in a house fronting the Daniel Maramba National High School in the Poblacion here Wednesday around 5 p.m.
Superintendent Eric Noble, the town police chief, told The STAR that the police barged inside the house after an informant told them there would be a hazing activity involving high school students. Two of the victims were girls while the rest were all boys.
Wooden paddle, about three feet long, was also confiscated from the group who belonged to the Alpha Kappa Rho

THE SHELTER has Saturday and Sunday morning classes for special children were conducted from July to September through the Masters’ Degree program of Metro Dagupan Colleges. Over 50 children (shelter children and community children) are in the Child Care Center program at the Dagupan shelter. About 100 children are enrolled at the Eagles’ Nest Christian Academy in Sta. Barbara. The shelter children are scholars. Two children passed the Equivalency Test on February 2008: Kristina Charisse Santiago- Elementary level and Christian Campos- High School Level.

A total of 37 volunteers had been actively involved in the programs and services of the shelter from July-September 2008

Six Care giver Students are currently doing volunteer work at the shelter until March 2009 as they have been granted scholarship for their studies.

• Every morning before classes, the teachers gather to pray over the school, the children, and themselves before the flag ceremony, and testimonies of children improving and parents seeking the Lord are seen.
• One major breakthrough was when the Department of Education people said that they will be endorsing our school Eagles’ Nest Christian Academy and Foundational Learning Center for Grades 4-6 next school year! This is despite the lack of facilities and unfinished building. This is God’s Divine Favor and Grace, nothing else and we give Him all the glory and honor!
• We have a hundred enrollees at Sta. Barbara and over 50 at Dagupan City – and as of now, there are still parents who are transferring their children to our school.
• The shelter children in Sta. Barbara are doing very well in school and some are even excelling.
• The building construction is slowly progressing in spite of the very unexpected skyrocket of construction materials.