GASFI-Bataan has celebrated its 1st founding anniversary at the academy last September 4, 2010.
146 children ages 2 – 12 year old, with their parents and guardians enjoyed listening to stories and learned the value of spending quality time with their family through reading.
Yishay Flores, a 2-year old girl from Mariveles, Bataan, enjoyed listening to the stories read by MAAP cadets while eating her ice cream.
Ms. Susan Murillo, GASFI-Bataan unit coordinator, presented how GASFI-Bataan was formed, what activities they have done and how it changed their lives. She proudly announced they had accomplished many extension services thru book reading and book giving to few day care centers, primary school and few communities in Bataan and even to Pampanga.
She added that they have now 569 members (MAAP employees and cadets,; principals and teachers; seafarers and their families; and other members) since it was founded last year.
Ms. Marissa Oca-Robles, president and founder of GASFI, said that she was very happy and thankful that Bataan had accomplished many things through spreading of the reading virus. She informed that they have successfully published ten (10) GASFI books this year and the “Lost at Sea”, one of the GASFI books, was chosen to put on film and produced as a movie entitled “Laot” which was also shown in the said activity.
Ms. Oca has also provided ice creams (dirty ice cream with Mamang Sorbetero) as a treat to the children after the GASFI activity.
Apart from movie preview and Read Aloud program, distribution of books was also performed. The activity which starts at 9:00 o’clock in the morning lasted until 12:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
Aside from the children, more than 200 people (MAAP employees, MAAP cadets and other guests) had attended the said event and also fall in line and enjoyed their ice creams. (sef)
