 In Los Baños, a town cradled between Mount Makiling and Laguna Lake, an organization champions the costs of science and technology. The Los Baños Science Community Foundation Incorporated, or LBSCFI. The LBSCFI aims to uplift the community by catalyzing cooperation and sharing of science and technology resources among its member agencies. LBSCFI envisions itself as an organization that contributes to making Los Baños, a designated science and nature city, a model community in the Philippines. In short, the LBSCFI aims to uplift lives through science and technology. The LBSCFI started out as the Los Baños Science Community. The Los Baños Science Community is one of three science communities established in 1982 by Executive Order Number 784, Section 20, for promoting and encouraging the sharing between and among academic and scientific institutions. In 1984, public and private institutions based in Los Baños organized themselves and agreed to share their library resources with one another. This marked the beginning of the collaborative sharing of S&T resources among organizations in the area. In 1988, the first memorandum of agreement among member agencies was signed. This strengthened inter-agency collaboration and established a system of sharing and use of resources among members in support of their research and development programs and activities. Interest in the Los Baños Science Community grew. In July 1996, another memorandum of agreement was drafted and signed by 17 agencies. Five years later, in March 2001, the Los Baños Science Community was registered with the Securities Exchange Commission as a foundation which granted juridical personality to the foundation. The organization, thereafter known by its current name, is unique in that its membership is made up of public and private sector development institutions that have diverse yet complementary strengths in the sciences, arts, business, social services. Over the years and through its S&T programs, the LBSCFI has made a positive impact on the Los Baños community. Some of these programs and projects are the Adopt a School Program, Public Library Project in Tubarangays, a training course for teachers on integrating environmental education in the elementary school curriculum, enhancement of science and math teaching, publication of the National Achievement Test Reviewer for Grade 6 students, production of compost from biodegradable solid waste, information, education and communication campaign on waste management and use, formulation of the Strategic Waste Management Plan and projects that supported the production of Tilapia and Aster. In 1990, the LBSCFI started formal recognition of excellent work in S&T through the Outstanding Research and Development Awards. These awards include the Parfee Research and Development Awards, the FS Polisco Research and Development Award, the MS Swaminathan Outstanding Research Award and the F.O. Tesoro Technology Transfer Award. In 2008, the foundation started holding the annual S&SEA, a celebration showcasing science and technology achievements of member agencies. Shensaya has become the banner program of LBSCFI in observance of National Science and Technology Week of the Department of Science and Technology every July. Shensaya features TechnoForum, a venue for tackling pressing issues with S&T implications and Wanderama, the centerpiece of the week-long event. Wanderama is an interactive science learning exhibit aimed at students, teachers, farmers and other interested groups with a goal of enhancing awareness about science and how it works to improve quality of life. LBSCFI also produced Makimakiling, a series of shows on local cable TV that features various S&T topics and issues to increase awareness and appreciation of science and to facilitate transfer and adoption of research products of LBSCFI member agencies, among those who need it. LBSCFI will continue to work toward uplifting the Los Baños community and its vicinity by working together as an organization using the best of what science and technology can offer.