Pagbasa Tungo Sa Pag-Asa

For the second straight year, the Rotary Club of Marikina North undertook its annual basic education and literacy project for the benefit of the kindergarten pupils of SSS Village Elementary School in the morning of 22 October 2025. This entailed conducting story telling sessions to promote the habit of and love for reading by club members and spouses, as well as providing free snacks and distributing gift packs to the pupils, under the direction of project chair PP Bong Ubaldo. 

But this year’s edition, under the leadership of Pres. Mark Macallan, turned out to be an even bigger event, as funds from The Rotary Foundation through a District Grant enabled the club to scale it up and expand the scope to cover all the kindergarten pupils of the school. 

Here, then, is Year 2 of the “Pagbasa Tungo sa Pag-Asa” service project, BY THE NUMBERS: 

470 kindergarten pupils. 470 Chickenjoy meal sets. 470 gift packs (each containing assorted toiletries and a whistle for earthquake drills). 16 Rotarians, spouses, and family members. 15 other volunteers. 10 Adarna big books. 8 story tellers. 2 hours. 1 public elementary school. 1 District Grant. 1 Rotary Club United For Good! 

Written by: PDG Tonipi Parungao