09 September 2005
SM Foundation donates 9T textbooks to LU, Pangasinan
TWENTY primary schools and 64 secondary schools in La Union and Pangasinan benefited from the 9,100 textbooks donated by the Shoemart (SM) Foundation.
The selected belonged to the municipality covered by the Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS) Program, which is now devolved to the local government units.
In La Union, 20 primary schools and 14 secondary schools were identified from the municipalities of Santol, San Gabriel, and Tubao. Each school was allotted books worth some P8,000.
In Pangasinan, 5,000 pieces textbooks that cost some P400,000 were turned over to the provincial government for the 50 secondary schools.
National high schools in the following municipalities of Pangasinan benefited from the SM program: Alcala, Bautista, Laoac, Mapandan, Natividad, Sta. Maria, Sto. Tomas, Agno, Balungao, Aguilar, Basista, Dasol, Urbiztondo, Infanta, Burgos, Anda, Bugallon, Labrador, Mabini, Dagupan City, Alaminos, Asingan, Bani, Bayambang, Binmaley, Bolinao, Calasiao, Lingayen, Malasiqui Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mangatarem, Rosales, San Fabian, Sison, and Villasis.
Regional Director Porfiria M. Bernardez expressed hope the generosity of SM Foundation will go a long way in helping the students improve their intellectual faculties in addition to the learning they acquire in their regular classes.
For the past few years, SM Foundation has been providing thru the Department of Social Welfare and Development food commodities, used clothing and other basic needs to families affected by disasters or typhoons. (Iryn Q. de los Reyes, Info Officer)
The selected belonged to the municipality covered by the Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS) Program, which is now devolved to the local government units.
In La Union, 20 primary schools and 14 secondary schools were identified from the municipalities of Santol, San Gabriel, and Tubao. Each school was allotted books worth some P8,000.
In Pangasinan, 5,000 pieces textbooks that cost some P400,000 were turned over to the provincial government for the 50 secondary schools.
National high schools in the following municipalities of Pangasinan benefited from the SM program: Alcala, Bautista, Laoac, Mapandan, Natividad, Sta. Maria, Sto. Tomas, Agno, Balungao, Aguilar, Basista, Dasol, Urbiztondo, Infanta, Burgos, Anda, Bugallon, Labrador, Mabini, Dagupan City, Alaminos, Asingan, Bani, Bayambang, Binmaley, Bolinao, Calasiao, Lingayen, Malasiqui Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mangatarem, Rosales, San Fabian, Sison, and Villasis.
Regional Director Porfiria M. Bernardez expressed hope the generosity of SM Foundation will go a long way in helping the students improve their intellectual faculties in addition to the learning they acquire in their regular classes.
For the past few years, SM Foundation has been providing thru the Department of Social Welfare and Development food commodities, used clothing and other basic needs to families affected by disasters or typhoons. (Iryn Q. de los Reyes, Info Officer)
