MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Some 3,063 day care students will receive school supplies from Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr., as he leads the 5-day distribution of his personal donation of school supplies to 61 Day Care Centers in Mabalacat City, which began on September 11, 2024.
Each day care student will receive a tote bag with a set of school supplies, including crayons, notebooks, pencil, eraser, sharpener, and writing pad.
Lazatin will also give 5 kilos of rice to the parents of each day care student.
The rice and school supplies are personal donations of Lazatin to the day care students of Mabalacat City, which he promised to personally distribute back in June 28, when he officially declared his candicacy for Pampanga First District Representative.
Lazatin was joined in the distribution by Rey Pineda, President of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) of Mabalacat; Barangay Chairmen Derrick Dee of Dau, Rene Liwanag and Council of Duquit, Elmer Mendiola and Council of Poblacion, and Rustico Garbo and Council of Cacutud; Barangay Councils of Mamatitang and Mangalit; Chief Adviser IC Calaguas, Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel, and long-time Lazatin aide, Mina Cabiles.
Lazatin is also scheduled to distribute school supplies in Magalang town in the coming weeks.
It can be recalled that on July 23 and 24, Lazatin also took part in the nationwide Brigada Eskwela 2024 in Mabalacat and Magalang.
A total of 60 schools in Mabalacat City and 27 schools in Magalang Town received 40 liters of paint and 10 sacks of cement each, personally donated by Lazatin out of his own pocket.
Participating and donating in the Brigada Eskwela has been a yearly tradition for Lazatin ever since he first became a Councilor in Angeles City back in 2013.
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