In celebration of our National Hero's 150th birth there will be a simultaneous nationwide fun run that would be initiated by the Department of Education on June 19, 2011. As we all celebrate Dr Jose Rizal's birth who also gave emphasized on the importance of education, we can do our part by joining the fun run on Sunday with the theme " Every Runner A Finisher.Every Finisher A Winner. No One Left Behind". Here in NCR we can all join the fun run at Luneta on June 19 5AM. Participants are encouraged to donate educational materials in lieu of registration fee or sign a pledge form stating what you can contribute to upgrade the standard of education or volunteer time for education-related activities. Participants have a choice of 1, 2 or 3 kilometer run or walk in a designated area in Luneta (for NCR).
DepEd's Adopt-A-School Program (ASP) will set up a booth for the acceptance of donations like school supplies, equipments, toys for kinder garden drive and even electronic equipment like computers, fax machine, electric fun etc. While DepEd gets budget increase every year, still, it cannot keep pace with the increasing students population which grows by at least a million new entrants each .
Lat us all help and join for the betterment of education in our country even in a small way it means and can make a huge impact to Filipinos and other country as well. Im sure all of you will be at Luneta that day, I might as well go there as early as 5-6AM and start the celebration through running.
