Sunday, December 21, 2008 Indigents receive Christmas goodies from cops
CAMP OLIVAS -- Poor families in three villages around this camp were the beneficiaries of the "Pamaskong Handog" program of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Central Luzon Friday wherein they received bags of goodies.
PRO3 Director Leon Nilo Dela Cruz led the distribution, which aims to spread "little Christmas cheer" to the civilian communities in the vicinity of this camp.
Baltazar Mamaril Jr., chief of the Regional Public Information Office, said the Pamaskong Handog was part of PRO3's way of sharing and giving in the spirit of Christmas.
The indigent families, numbering around 350 received bags of goods, which included five kilos of rice, noodles, assorted canned goods and used clothes.
They came from Barangays San Nicolas, located right in front of PRO3 headquarters; Barangay Moras dela Paz, located on the eastern side of the City of San Fernando and Barangay Sta. Lucia along the northern part of the city.
The distribution of the goods was supervised by Dela Cruz, along with other police officers of PRO3.
"This is our way of saying Merry Christmas and we are very happy that we could share to our less fortunate brethren a little something that they could share also to their families and loved ones and part of these pamaskong handog were given by some of our police personnel and we hope what we have given will help them in one way or two," Dela Cruz said.
Meanwhile, 100 policemen donated blood during a bloodletting activity here as part of the "Pamaskong Handog" program.
The bloodletting was conducted through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Jose B Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital (JBLMRH) and the PRO3.
There were about 17,750 cubic centimeter of different blood types that were extracted from the donors. The bloodletting was conducted under the supervision of Dra. Monseratt Chichioco who led the team from the JBLMRH.
"Instead of us asking for Christmas gifts this coming Christmas, we will be the one to give precious Christmas gifts to the needy," Dela Cruz added. (IOF)
