By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES LOS ANGELES, California – Filipino-American Sarah Tayag Elaebrak, a 14-year-old Girl Scout cadette, will be spending the early weeks of her summer break volunteering for the Special Olympics Host Town Program of Santa Clarita. She and 13 fellow scouts from her troop are going to make 150 welcome cards and will
Text and photos by ARTHA KIRA PAREDES LOS ANGELES, California—Before participating in the nine-day 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games, the 52-member Filipino delegation will be welcomed and celebrated in Santa Clarita City. Santa Clarita is among the 100 host towns where Special Olympic athletes will be staying from July 21 to 24. It will
By JAKE SORIANO THEY make the country proud but pay a high price, literally. The 36 athletes from the Philippines who will compete at the Special Olympics in July will each have to fork around $1,500 (P66,000) for a round trip ticket to Los Angeles. “We need help,” said Special Olympics Philippines Executive Director Kaye