The TYKFI team of Evelyn Abao and Emelda Mateo reached 232 pupils of Macdu ES while the group of Philip Sing, Jonathan Anuma, and Hoira Dominguez distributed school supplies to 134 pupils of Tan Yan Kee ES. Both teams converged at Saint Teresita’s Academy for the distribution of 160 sets of school supplies to the TYKFI-STA Scholars.
Pupils from Macdu Elementary School and Tan Yan Kee Elementary School each received a school bag, pad paper, pencils, pens, notebooks, slippers, raincoat, underwear and uniform T-shirts. Each of the TYKFI-STA scholars received a pair of school shoes, a pair of rubber shoes, notebooks, pens and pad paper.
The annual distribution of school supplies at each school was conducted in cooperation with the local Barangay Captain and Sanggunian members and their respective Parents and Teachers Associations. On behalf of each community, the Barangay Captain and representative PTA officer welcomed and gave words of appreciation for the continued generosity of Dr. Lucio C. Tan and the Foundation’s board of trustees, officers and staff. The activity also included intermission numbers by the schoolchildren and partaking of light snacks among the school body, the barangay officials, parents and guests.