A “Stand” for Honesty

A “Stand” for Honesty

“Ang taong honest may patutunguhan, ang Tomasinong honest, may matutulungan.”  This is the tagline of the BUTIL Honesty Kiosk which it continually live up to until now.

 

Bonded University Towards Imbued Learning (BUTIL) is a scholarship program that extends financial assistance to underprivileged but deserving high school students from the four partner communities of the University. It is participated by different university-wide and college-based organizations, student councils and individuals that are willing enough to be sponsors of these beneficiaries. BUTIL is composed of sub-projects that aspire to develop the holistic growth of the scholars, and raise funds for the unending necessities of the project.

Started in December 2013, the BUTIL Honesty Kiosk, a sub-project of the BUTIL Scholarship Program, has gone a long way, being in operation for another academic year and which other organizations take as an inspiration for their fund-raising projects.

It is strategically located in one of the most student-flocked buildings in the University of Santo Tomas, the Tan Yan Kee (TYK) Student Center which may be the reason for its success in terms of earnings.

Of course every project an organization in the University undertakes has its objectives that will be beneficial to the Thomasians specifically, and to its partner communities in general. The BUTIL Honesty Kiosk, more than its aim of offering tasty snacks for growling stomachs and gaining profit, endeavors to instill the values of honesty and integrity to Thomasians by starting out with something as small as placing the right amount of payment for whatever goods bought in the coin slot. Since the honesty kiosk’s profit’s main purpose is to aid in the different expenses incurred in the BUTIL Scholarship Program, its objectives also include inculcating the importance of education to each student of the University, which also explains its tagline.

Seeing that it has become a hit to the Thomasian community, the Becarios de Santo Tomas, with the guidance of the Office for Student Affairs, continuously seek more ways to improve the BUTIL Honesty Kiosk so as to cater to the different needs of students. As of now, the available items in the honesty kiosk are snacks and school supplies.