“We Share” is the club’s motto.

On February 6, 1919, the five original members of Quota signed the papers of incorporation that signaled the birth of Quota Club International, Incorporated. The founders were looking for a name that was short and instantly memorable. They did not want a name that would suggest any existing organization, but something completely new. They had already decided that the motto of the new club would be “we share”.

One of the women started paging through a dictionary at random and came upon the latin word “Quota” meaning “a share”. The founders knew immediately that this was the perfect name for their new organization. As Wanda Frey Joiner explained in the first issue of the Quotarian, July 1919, “And how more appropriately could we have named a club to express our ideas and aims. Share and share alike. Cooperate and extend the hand of friendship and good fellowship to all its members. Band yourself together by links of unselfishness, loyalty, generosity, fairness and comradeship, all five as many letters as constitute the name and you have the true definition of Quota.”

The latin word refers to the proportional share of one part to a whole and the founders of Quota knew that they wanted to share their talents with the world’s less fortunate.

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January 27, 1996 saw the birth of Quota International of Las Piñas. It was organize by Ms. Rose Sobrepeña and Ms. Malou Stoddard. 21 charter members took their oath of office at 310 Restaurant on Aguirre Avenue, BF Homes, Parañaque City. Senator Manny Villar, who was then the Speaker of the House at that time, included and installed the charter members. Its Charter President is Bess Masangkay, who remains to be an active member to this day.

The club has done a lot of service projects, like its medical mission held every October and “Adopt a Library” Program, wherein Quotarians donate books to the public schools every November.

The club has had two Club-to-Club projects funded by Quota International. These are the Little Angels Home in Tagaytay and Bahay San Rafael, which are homes for special children afflicted with Cerebral Palsy. Medicines, food, clothing and other needs were purchased and donated from the funds received form QI International and from QI Las Piñas.

QI Las Piñas has provided Barangay CAA residents two livelihood projects. The first of which is holding training workshops for the women in baking and meat proccessing. The other, is the Tri-Sikap Project, wherein the club gave out tricycles to homeowners to help them earn a living.

Other Projects undertaken by the club:

1. Supported several deaf students at the Bible Institute for the Deaf.
2. Gift giving during Christmas to people in the depressed areas.
3. Supporting deaf students from the SPED Central School, Las Piñas.
4. Donated goods to the typhoon victims of Infanta, Quezon.

Fund Raisers the club has done:

1. Annual Garage Sale
2. Ballroom Dancing
3. Golf tournament
4. Bingo
5. Cell phone Raffle for A Cause

Award received by the club:

1. Excellence in membership Retention- Calgary, Canada, July 2000.
2. Excellence Award for Service to Disadvantaged women and Children- New Orleans, July 2003.
3. Excellence Award for Service to the Hearing Impaired: “Building Bridge for the Deaf”- Gold Coast, Australia, 2006.

Quota International of Las Piñas is responsible for chartering two other clubs:

1. Quota International of Davao
2. Quota International of Parañaque

The club celebrated it 10th Anniversary with a dinner at Casino Filipino last January 27, 2006.
Indeed, Quota International of Las Piñas has made a “niche” for itself in the Quota World and would go on doing so.