Barangay Community Linkage Program

Initiation of the Fan Club Project, Project Design:
To expand the BTS-ARMY Fan Club, Gracie O. Ching initiated the physical site of a Mini-library with the Fan Cafe Lounge in Barangay Liwayway, Mauban, Quezon, named Gracie's BTS-ARMY Fan Club with a website and facebook fan page. The placing of a Fan Cafe Lounge was to motivate students/youth during the pandemic period to make use of the Mini-library where they can relax while studying in the lounge, free use of the wifi and listening to BTS music at the same. There are foods available for them to order and purchase if ever they will need to eat and stay a little longer in doing their learning tasks from the Self-learning materials/modules their schools has instructed them to do. We give priorities to individuals whose purpose of utilizing the physical site is to do their learning tasks from the modules, but we can also accept individuals, group who are ARMYs themselves or ARMY-to-be to gather around and interact with each other personally. We do not allow individuals to utilize the area to gather around with alcoholic drinks or smoking or to use playing cards to gamble (like Tong-its), these practices are prohibited and if individuals are caught doing it they will be reported to the barangay and will be banned/blocked from accessing/utilizing the site (physical or online).

A.R.M.Y. Obligation and Responsibilities in operating the Fan Club (#Graciebuttercard):
As an A.R.M.Y. operating a Fan Club, it is our obligation to cultivate a healthful environment for the community through proper assistance to education, instillation, and motivation combined with community outreach efforts and an advocacy to Loving Myself. The putting up of the Fan Club has a purpose of establishing the necessary resources for Co-ARMYs or for students to adopt healthier lifestyles with BTS.The framework underlying the adoption of the Fan Club by the Barangay community is an appreciative inquiry representing the value (appreciative) of a musical and educational entity, leveraging exchange of positive ideas and feedback (inquiry) between ARMY, the community and BTS.

Permission on the Operation of the Fan Club by other Barangays as a Branch of Gracie's BTS-ARMY Fan Club (#CommunityARMYbuttercard):
It is hoped that each barangay in the Philippines or any parts of the world could imitate the framework, design of the Fan Club Project, initiated and was supported by Barangay Chairman Leonardo P. Agudo of Brgy. Liwayway, Mauban, Quezon to begin with. Other Barangay Chairman in the Philippines may put up a branch of the Fan Club provided that an A.R.M.Y. living in that community will be the sole operator of the Fan Club and may name the Fan Club using her first name or the name she used when she created the Butter Card from the BTS Official Website. Example, if she used the name Teacher Grace in creating the Butter Card she can name the Fan Club: Teacher Grace's BTS-ARMY Fan Club and follow this Barangay Community Linkage Program design and framework on how the Fan Club can be operated. For more information on the requirements in applying for the permission you can contact Gracie O. Ching on her facebook account.

Official Date of operation of the First BTS-ARMY Fan Club in the Philippines (#SpreadthebutterPH):
The Project was initiated and will begin its operation officially on June 13, 2021 and will follow the criteria stipulated from the Monitoring and Evaluation tool for Exemplary Community-based literacy programs and engagement in the Philippines released by  DepEd (Department of Education) in collaboration with Public Affairs Service.