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19-JUN-2012

Caritas Manila, One Meralco and LGU team-up for Basket boys and girls

June 18, 2012- One Meralco Foundation, Inc. and the Meralco Bolts in partnership with Caritas Manila, Inc. will be holding a basketball clinic for the boys and girls from pre-identified areas by the leaders of Caritas Manila’s Youth Servant Leadership Program.

The event will be held at the Basketball Court of Epifanio delos Santos Elementary School in Pasay City on Saturday, June 23, 2012.

Although it is not new for One Meralco Foundation to conduct such activity, this will be the first time that they will engage in a program in collaboration with the Church and Local Government Units.

Basketball clinics initiated by One Meralco Foundation with Caritas Manila aim to provide young people, especially those who are disadvantaged, an avenue to improve their basketball skills and gain values such as leadership, teamwork, excellence and develop winning attitude.

The clinic will start by 8:00AM up to 12NN.Officials from Meralco, Caritas Manila and the host barangay will give their opening messages before the clinic proper. Meralco Bolts team will lead the instructions and demonstrations for the entire session.

One hundred kids and youth are expected to benefit from the said program. Organizers will also give away jersey shirts and basketballs for the participants.The clinic was designed to teach fundamental basketball skills, sportsmanship and values of teamwork.