Roi Anthoni
B. Lomotan
DUMAGUETE CITY,
Sept. 15 (PIA) – The Dumaguete City Social Welfare Office (CSWDO), in
cooperation with the Family Steering Committee, is inviting families to
join the Family Week Fun Run on September 27, Sunday.
The event is part of the
activities in observance of the National Filipino Family Week from September 20
to 27 with the theme “Gender Equality and Children’s Rights in
Contemporary Families."
According to City
Information Officer Syril Repe, there are two categories in the fun
run: 5K run for families with children aged 12 years old and above;
and 3K run for families with children aged 12 years old and below.
Starting point of the
fun run will be at the Kiwanis Bldg. at Sta. Catalina Street to start
at 5:45 a.m. while the start of the 3K run is at 6:00 a.m.
Registration period
begun last Sept. 5 and will end on Sept . 25. The event is free of
registration.
Contestants should fill
up registration forms and submit it to the Family Week Steering Committee at
the City Social Welfare and Development Office, Flores Ave., Brgy. 1, this
city.
Contestants can claim
their race sash during the check-in time on Sept. 27. Contestants should
wear their race sash in the duration of the race.
One important rule in
the fun run is that families should finish the race together.
On the other hand, contestants
will be provided with drinking water at designated water stations while medical
aid will be available at certain points along the way and at the finish line.
For more inquiries,
interested participants may contact Ike Villaflores, head of the City
Sports and Youth Development Office through 422-8109 or the Family Week
Steering Committee through the CSWDO at 225-0637 or 422-8117.
(rmn/ral/PIA7-Negros Oriental/with reports from Syril Repe, City PIO)