DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) - - The Ten Moves! Run for 10 project with the
aim of raising funds to build 10,000 classrooms in public schools nationwide was successfully held last
January 13 at Dipolog City Boulevard Commercial Complex as starting point going
to P’gsalabuk Circle and back to the boulevard.
Pursuant to DepEd
Memorandum No. 217, s. 2012, the Ten
Moves! Run for 10 project was inspired with the theme “The More You Run,
The More Classrooms You Build.”
The said run for a cause
was launched in October 2011 as a project of the Bayanihang Pampaaralan,
developed by the 57-75 Education Reform Movement in response to DepEd’s appeal
to the private sector to help address the classroom backlog which is estimated
at 66, 800.
It has 2.5 km, 5 km and 10
km categories joined by hundreds of individuals coming from the different
offices of the local government, DepEd, PNP and from private sectors.
It was held simultaneously
with the cities of Makati, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dumaguete, Legaspi,
Pampanga, Tarlac, Zamboanga and Zamboanga Sibugay in partnership with the Ayala
Foundation Inc., Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, Globe and other
organizations.
The project enjoins the combined support of corporations,
organizations and individuals toward the attainment of a common goal for the
benefit of thousands of Filipino pupils and students. It calls for at least two
million Filipinos to donate ten pesos a day for ten months. (a total of P3,
000.00 per individual)
Because
of this great cause, Dipolog City Mayor Evelyn T. Uy was very thankful for all
the participants in the recently concluded fun run. She reasoned out that this
will be a big contribution to the programs of the government for the
construction of additional buildings in all parts of the country. (ALT/MAA/PIA-Zambo Norte)