Karen Artuz Palomar

07/10/2026

𝑨 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑭𝑬𝑳𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑲 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝒀 𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑺 𝑭𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑺 ❤️🙏🏻

To all my dear friends from both the 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 and 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨, who generously shared their blessings and donated prizes for our 𝑻𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒛 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓’𝒔 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 22, 2026, 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑲 𝒀𝑶𝑼 from the bottom of my heart! ❤️

What touched me most was how readily you responded whenever I reached out. No solicitation letters, no formal requests, 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍,, 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈 𝑽𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, and your response was almost always:

“𝑶𝑲𝑨𝒀 𝑲𝑨𝑹𝑬𝑵.” 😊❤️

Those two words may sound simple, but they meant so much to me. They showed your generosity, trust, and genuine appreciation for our teachers.

Because of your kindness, our dear educators of Tapaz, our 961 unsung heroes were made extra happy that evening. Seeing their smiles, excitement, and joy made every call and message absolutely worth it. 🥹❤️

To each and every one of you who helped make our Educators’ Night more memorable, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆.

Your generosity may have come in the form of prizes, but what you truly gave our teachers was a 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝑬𝑬𝑵, 𝑽𝑨𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑫 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝑷𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑫. ❤️

𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒅! 🙏🏻
From me, and most especially from our educators of Tapaz, 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑲 𝒀𝑶𝑼! ❤️

06/10/2026

Salamat Brenda sa imo pag parapit kag pag pakilala kanakon nga isa ka sa big fan and supporter ko from Cuartero pag Board Member ko. So happy to have met you and taken a photo with you.. 🥰

Again, thank you gid Brenda sa love and support mo, sa pamilya kag friends mo. 🙏🏻 ❤️

05/10/2026

Salamat kasimanwa Cyril Grate sa pag tawag kanakon kag pakilala nga Tapaznon ka 😊 happy to see you and took a photo with you Cy.🤗❤️

30/09/2026

25/09/2026

25/09/2026

𝑻𝑯𝑬𝒀 𝑾𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑩𝑼𝑺𝒀. 𝑩𝑼𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝒀 𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑴𝑨𝑫𝑬 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬 ❤️❤️❤️

Behind these video greetings are people with equally demanding schedules, yet they chose to pause, even for a few minutes, to remind 961 𝑻𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒛 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 that their dedication matters. 🌟

From 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝑬𝒅 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑵𝒀 𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑨𝑹𝑨,
who was so busy that he recorded his message 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒆-𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓, to my dear friends 𝙎𝙀𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍 𝙅𝙑 𝙀𝙅𝙀𝙍𝘾𝙄𝙏𝙊, 𝙎𝙀𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍 𝘽𝙊𝙉𝙂 𝙂𝙊, 𝙎𝙀𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍 𝘾𝙃𝙄𝙕 𝙀𝙎𝘾𝙐𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙊, 𝙎𝙀𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍 𝘽𝘼𝙈 𝘼𝙌𝙐𝙄𝙉𝙊 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝙎𝙀𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍 𝙆𝙄𝙆𝙊 𝙋𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙄𝙇𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙉, who took time to send their greetings despite the 𝑩𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, my heart is truly grateful. 🙏🏻❤️

You may have simply recorded a video, but to our teachers, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒅. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍. 🥹✨

961 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙯: 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝒀𝑶𝑼! ❤️

Because the people who spend their lives shaping our children deserve to know that the 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏻‍🏫🍎


Thank you for making our Educators’ Night a night they will remember. ❤️

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24/09/2026

🎁✨ LITTLE PRIZES, BIG SMILES! ✨🎁

Not everyone went home with a major prize… but everyone deserved a little something! 🥰❤️

Our Consolation Prizes at the Tapaz Educators’ Night were made extra special because of the generosity of my dear friends who willingly shared their blessings to put smiles on the faces of our teachers. 🎉🎁

To all my friends and generous sponsors who answered my calls, replied to my messages, and said “Sige, Karen!” when I asked for help,THANK YOU! 🙏🏻❤️

You may think they were just simple prizes, but seeing our teachers’ excitement, laughter, and smiles made every effort worth it. 🥹🥰

Because sometimes, it’s not really about the size or value of the prize…
It’s the thought, the generosity, and the happiness it brings. ❤️

And yes… I may have made a lot of “pangungulit” to my friends! 😂😂😂

But for our teachers? WORTH IT! 🫡❤️

To everyone who helped make our Tapaz Educators’ Night 2026 more joyful and memorable, thank you for helping me spread a little extra love and appreciation to our educators. 🙏🏻🍎📚

961 educators. Countless smiles. One unforgettable night. ❤️✨






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23/09/2026

🎁 𝑬𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑻𝑬𝑨𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑺. 𝑬𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑩𝑰𝑮 𝑺𝑴𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑺. 𝑶𝑵𝑬 𝑽𝑬𝑹𝒀 𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑷𝒀 𝑬𝑫𝑼𝑪𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙎 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑰𝑹𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵 😁👍🏻

These 8 lucky educators took home our Major Prizes during Tapaz Educators’ Night! 🎉👏🏻

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 8 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒛 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 🎉👏🏻👏🏻

Ist Prize - 55’ TV from SECRETARY SONNY ANGARA- Department of Education
⭐️ won by Maam Florebel G. Gabayaran(Roxas Farm School)

2nd Prize-43’ TV from HON. BENJIE ABALOS (PRESIDENT of PCL (Philippine Councilors League)
⭐️ won by Maam Hyaly Gapi(San Nicolas Elem. School)

3rd Prize- 40’ TV from VICE GOVERNOR ALEX CASTRO of Bulacan
⭐️ won by Maam Sonel Majadora (Tapaz NHS)

4th - Refrigerator from MAYOR KIRK ASIS of Bayugan City
⭐️ won by Sir Ralph Roscales(Col. Patrocinio Artuz Nhs)

5th - 43’ TV from GOVERNOR JOEN MIRAFLORES of Aklan Province
⭐️ wok by sir Marche Gallenero(Candelaria NHS)

6th- 43’ TV MAYOR NIÑO FERNANDEZ of San Enrique Iloilo
⭐️ won by Maam Lourdes Giner(TAPAZ CES)

7th- WASHING MACHINE from MAYOR KIRK ASIS of Bayugan City
⭐️ won by Maam Charme Kate Grate (Rev. Tomas Conejar NHS)

8th- 32’ TV from CONGRESSMAN HOWARD GUINTO of the 1st District of Capiz
⭐️won by Sir REY castillon (CAPSU)
Ara na sis, kulang 7th place

What made me even happier? Knowing that the prizes I personally 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 brought so much joy to our teachers. 🥰

Every call, every message, and every favor asked was worth it when I saw those 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨! ❤️

Because sometimes, public service is not only about legislation and programs.

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙨, 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡. 🫶🏻

To our generous friends and partners who helped make these prizes possible, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨. 🙏🏻❤️

And to our 8 lucky winners:

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐦𝐚'𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐫! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨! 😂🎉

𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙔 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙍'𝙎 𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙃!!! 🍎 📚❤️🫡

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