The Armed Forces of the Philippines Educational Benefit System Office (AFPEBSO) will hold a fun run dubbed as "RACE with the General's Daughter" in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on August 4.
Assembly time is between 4:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. while the event will officially start at 6 a.m.
Expected attendees to the fun run are AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr., and the cast of ABS-CBN's drama series "The General's Daughter".
In an interview Tuesday, Capt. Joy Dave T. Gabuelo, AFPEBSO general manager, said the event is part of their resource generation program and is in partnership with the television series and Aldenver Marketing.
He said the television show was selected because it mirrors the life and struggles of a military family and soldier's love for duty.
Apart from raising funds to support AFPEBSO grantees, the fun run also aims to renew the sense of nationalism and solidify family relationship.
"RACE with the General's Daughter" running categories are subdivided into the "10KM Warrior" for seasoned runners at PHP800, "5KM Trooper" for beginners for PHP700, "5KM Flight" to be accomplished by group for PHP500 per individual, "3KM Candidate Soldier" designed for young runners 15 years old and below for PHP450 and "800 Buddies" which are for kids eight years old and below for PHP400.
Interested runners can register online at https://myrunti.me/register#/race-with-the-generals-daughter.
While participants who want to register on-site can do so at the AFPEBSO Office at Gate 6 of Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City while those interested to register in malls can do so at Garmin branches in SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, SM North Edsa, Glorietta 5 and SM Aura, BGC, Taguig City.
All proceeds from the registration fee will go to the education of AFPEBSO beneficiaries.
AFPEBSO is the morale and welfare unit of the military mandated to provide educational assistance to dependents of military personnel especially those who were killed-in-action (KIA).
AFPEBSO was founded in the year 2000 and has produced around 4,000 graduates and professionals.
The main source of funding of the office comes from the Republic Act 6963 or the Firearms and Licensing Fees, in which 30 percent is allotted for the education of soldiers’ orphans.
To sustain the different programs offered, the AFPEBSO partners with different schools, organizations, and institutions nationwide. To date, the office has 292 stakeholders from different sectors.
As of May 2019, the office is serving a total of 3,447 grantees nationwide, 2,490 of whom are dependents of KIA troopers. The AFPEBSO’s mantra is “Leaving No Soldier’s Orphan Behind”.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1075871
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