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| ==[[Southern Leyte News]]== | | ==[[Southern Leyte News]]== |
| '''One thousand runners join Red Cross - So. Leyte 3K run''' | | '''Maasin City to receive 5 special awards in Tacloban City today''' |
| *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=66744 | | *Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=66876 |
| *Monday, December 05, 2011 | | *Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| :by Bong Pedalino | | :by R.G. Cadavos |
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| MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec. 5 (PIA) -- More than a thousand enthusiastic runners actively participated in the nationwide “One Million Volunteer Run” yesterday organized by the Philippine Red Cross, according to a staff of the local Red Cross chapter. | | MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec. 6 (PIA) -- Maasin City officials led by City Mayor Maloney Samaco is set to receive five special awards in the implementation of health and nutrition programs today, December 6 in Tacloban City. |
| The runners were mostly teachers from the city schools division, police personnel, city and provincial government employees, and some private individuals.
| | In an interview over radio station DyDM, Samaco disclosed that the Department of Health (DOH) Regional Office 8 will give five different awards to Maasin City: the Red Orchid Award, the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN), the best implementers of Anti-Tuberculosis Campaign, and the Health Lifestyle, while the Most Outstanding in the implementation of smoke-free college is accorded to Maasin City College. |
| City Mayor Maloney Samaco, a running advocate, together with his family, also joined the race, which started in front of the city hall and back, at past three in the afternoon yesterday. | | Hataw exercises, fun run, zumba classes, to name a few, also contribute to the healthy lifestyle of the residents in Maasin City, not to mention the strict implementation of the no smoking campaign. “The health and nutrition program benefits 85,000 populace in Maasin City, the city mayor said." |
| The day started with a heavy rain starting early Sunday morning, and organizers worried if the race would push through if the rains went on, said Noli Casas, Chapter administrator of the local Red Cross, during the brief program shortly before the start of the run.
| | Mayor Samaco is grateful for the support of the health implementers in Maasin City, saying that “CHU personnel led by the health physicians to include nurses, barangay health workers, and barangay nutrition scholars contribute to the success in the implementation of the health and nutrition programs of the city government.” |
| Luckily, the rains stopped minutes before three o’clock, the skies were clear even with overcast clouds, and the fun run event can continue, Casas said, adding that the Red Cross, as a disaster agency, also uses the activity to raise awareness on climate change adaptation.
| | (RGC/PIA-SoLeyte) |
| For his part, Samaco said the nationwide run was scheduled to be held by five in the morning as what other places did, but if that time was followed for the Maasin City run everyone would have bathed in the rain.
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| Also attending the program were Genis Murallos, City Schools Division Superintendent, P/Supt. Allan Cuevillas, Provincial PNP Director, Gloria Reyes, President of Southern Leyte State University (SLSU), and Nikko Mercado, President of the provincial federation of village leaders.
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| Samaco later pulled the trigger of the improvised pistol to start the three- kilometer run around the city proper. | |
| A raffle draw was held immediately after the run.
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| Participants paid P 125.00 as registration fee to join the run in exchange for the singlet or uniform, while a P 200.00 registration included a ticket for the raffle draw.
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| A staff from the Red Cross said the proceeds generated, which are intended to fund their programs and projects, were still being accounted.
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| The million volunteer run was also simultaneous held in seven other towns of the province yesterday participated by elements of the local police force. These municipalities were Liloan, Libagon, Sogod, Padre Burgos, Macrohon, Tomas Oppus, and Bontoc, the Red Cross source told PIA. (PIA-Southern Leyte/bong)
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| ==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines== | | ==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines== |