OPM artists unite, call for heroes to help send kids to school
by Leony Garcia
We can be all HEROES, be a powerful agent of change with just Php10. Yes, the cost of your merienda, your fare, a bottle of soft drink, and a wide variety we usually spend or sometimes gets lost yet we just let it go easily,” musician Mike Chan said during a free concert at SM North Edsa to jumpstart the Heroes Project.
Chan, along with his OPM friends brought together an advocacy that brings their passion and the mission to provide education to deserving students. Chan said they started with 20 scholarships, then 40 in 2015, hopefully with everybody’s help, they can send 80 kids to school by 2016, 160 scholars in 2017 and so on. “Eventually, when we have enough Filipinos donating 10 pesos yearly, we will be able to send to school every Filipino who wants an education.
Joining the cause, according to Chan, is very easy — by just texting HEROES to 3456. The proceeds go directly to the partner schools of Heroes Project and will be divided equally among all the scholars of Heroes.
To raise the awareness of the cause, Chan and his friends conduct free concerts in various locations which brings the best OPM artists to the stage to show support for Heroes Project. Bands like Hale, Mayonaise, Mojofly, Paraluman, MYMP, Mike Chan and the Anthems are some of the growing list of artists performing for Heroes Project.
Started in 2010 as a charity drive for children with cleft palates and calamity programs, Chan decided to revive the project in 2015, this time focusing on education.
“Education should be a right of every Filipino child and should not be denied just because their families lack funds. We do not need to wait for other countries or our government to help our youth. We can all do ourselves and all it takes 
is just P10 from each of us a year. Remember, if only 2% of the Filipino people will donate, we will already have succeeded for this year and can look forward to sending more and more kids to school every year!” Chan said.
Donate now, share your experience, and join in the conversation with the hashtags #WeAreAllHeroes and #PayItForward.
