The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced that a simultaneous national fun run is set to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal where instead of the participants shelling out a registration fee, they will be given a chance to donate school materials and volunteer their time for education-related activities.
With theme, "Every Runner, a Finisher; Every Finisher, a Winner," Education Secretary Armin Luistro said that the national fun run for education will be conducted simultaneously on June 19 throughout the country with the participants’ choice of 1-kilometer or 2-kilometer walk or run.
"This activity will provide an opportunity for education stakeholders in the community to unite and manifest love for country," Luistro said. "By directly giving resources and time for education we are actually honoring our national hero and helping our country."
The participants to the fun run were asked to accomplish a pledge form to signify support to schools. "The completed forms will be submitted to the local registration committee one week prior to the activity," Luistro explained.
The DepEd chief added that the pledges or actual donations will be accounted for and turned over to the schools. Manila Bullletin—04.21.11
"A nation is born into freedom on the day when such a people, moulded into a nation by a process of cultural evolution and sense of oneness born of common struggle and suffering, announces to the world that it asserts its natural right to liberty and is ready to defend it with blood, life, and honor," said Diosdado Macapagal Former President of the Philippines.
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