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 YEAR 12, No. 7 JANUARY 2009 Home Paper of the 1999 Canadian Ethnic Journalists’ and Writers’ Club Winner for Best Editorial Toronto, Ontario
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MAMA CHING’S HANDS-ON MANAGEMENT STANDS OUT
MAMA CHING’S HANDS-ON MANAGEMENT STANDS OUT
It’s a freezing Saturday night and almost 8 p.m. Most seniors inCanada would have been tucked in their warm beds by then.At the Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre (KCCC) in Missis-sauga, however, the night has just begun. Through the laughter, musicand glitter in a hall and rooms nearby, an 84-year old lady stays alert,up and about in her office, ready to directly attend to the needs of thecenter’s guests having a memorable time of their life.That night, birthday parties and a debut. On Sunday night, morefunfare. On Monday until Friday, seminars and boardroom talk, sprin-kled with feel-good and healthy community activities.
The week never stops short of events at the center. And so, it is, toowith KCCC’s perennial occupant and president Consolacion “MamaChing” Quejas, whose desire to be of service to a growing Filipinobase in Mississauga and metro Toronto is tireless. Just in case though,Mama Ching has a folding bed nicely tucked in a corner of her office.
Hands-on management
The KCCC has a mandated mission, and the only way to achieve this mission is by being true to it 24/7, Mama Ching impresses on
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managing editor Ace Alvarez and editor Butch Galicia in an interview. Never running out of business keeps the KCCC fit; as never running out of pro-activeand productive things to do keeps Mama Ching healthy, lively and lovely.
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Mama Ching has to ap- ply daily “person-to-person”management to meet the de-mands of KCCC officers,staffmembers, volunteers,donors and clients.Hands-on administrationand human relations are notnew to Mama Ching, whohas to her name years of ex- perience as a schoolteacher,law practitioner, entrepre-neur and community work-er. She understands that her work as KCCC president, a post she has held since 2004,entails her presence most of the time.Though she will be 85come May, she shrugs off age nuisances to enjoy “sim- ple little things” -- to includesmiling at and greeting peo- ple -- “that go a long way tohelp” in making the KCCCa lean but mean communityservice outfit that can run atany time.Joyce, Mama Ching’sreliable aide, nods in agree-ment. Joyce knows theKCCC is alive when peoplein the center do the mosttrivial of tasks without be-ing asked, when they sharework and laugh as they cor-rect mistakes, when they seethe community enjoy beingin and with the center.“More people are com-ing in and knowing aboutKCCC,” she mused.
Biggest challenge
But it is not all smilesat the KCCC. Mama Chingknows she has her hands full,as she recalls the challengesthat came the KCCC’s wayin the past year.“So far, the KCCC isabove water,” Mama Chingsays, adding that “we arehoping 2009 will be better.”She avers that “money”is still the biggest challengethe center has to meet head-on this new year.The KCCC’s monthlymortgage and maintenanceexpense has gone up to some$11,000, from the $10,000the KCCC had when
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firstinterviewed Mama Chingtwo years ago.It has been delinquent inits property tax payments, but “we are managing” withthe help of the Mississaugacity government, she adds.
Aggressive fundraising
 Unfazed by the bitingimpact of a recession, MamaChing is confident that there“are still many kind soulswho will let go of their ex-tra cash to make the center deliver.”The KCCC will embark on an aggressive fundraisingdrive this year, she says.A program to receivecash donations through a
As York South-Weston MPP Laura Albanese
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cheers on, Premier McGuinty
(left)
recognizes Ben Viccari as Dean of Ethnic Media during areception given to members of the media from various communities by theOntario Liberal Caucus at Queens Park on Dec. 15. Viccari, whose columnappears regularly in
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, is the immediate past presidentof the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA), and is the predecessor tothe CEMA presidency of 
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Managing Editor Ace Alvarez.
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Viccari cited as Dean of Ethnic Media
direct debit Electronic FundTransfer scheme is in theoffing and Mama Ching issure “this will work.”Jokingly, she says thatsome of the dollar-laden shemeets see the glitter in her eye as a quick peek and pick into fat billfolds and purses.“We don’t really makemoney out of our membersor those who use our facili-ties,” Mama Ching said.“We look for other sources of funds; and everylittle source of donation ismost welcome,” she added.
Benevolent donors
Recently, Mama Ch-ing received for the KCCCa $13,000 cheque from theKalayaan Filipino CulturalOrganization (KFCO).KFCO officers WillieCantos and Bennie Dicion presented the check duringthe KCCC Christmas get-together for volunteers anddonors on Dec. 13, 2008.On the same night, thePhilippine Choral Society of Mississauga under the batonof Imelda Papa staged their 
  Pamasko
concert to raisefunds for the KCCC and for a five-year old girl sufferingfrom leukemia.Mama Ching also relatesthe goodness of heart of theLions Club of Cookesville,which donated $25,000 tothe KCCC. One of the cen-
Kalayaan CCC aims for best in ‘09
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ter’s rooms was named after the club, the center’s onlyway to show gratitude.
KCCC programs
The cash donations nur-ture the center’s social andcultural programs.Mama Ching said theKCCC is opening a regular  program to help overseasFilipino workers, mostlywomen, get past social andwork-related concerns dur-ing their stay in Canada.The KCCC is also sup- porting a full rondalla, whichinstruments were bought outof donations.There are a lot more pro-grams at the KCCC prompt-ing Mama Ching to appealto volunteers to help themaccomplish the job.“If there is one thing wewant the KCCC to be, it isto be known as a communitycenter the grassroots built,”Mama Ching concluded,asking to be excused to takeher late dinner.
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