NNC 3 invites gov’t offices to join office food garden contest
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO--- The National Nutrition Council Region III (NNC-3) invites regional government agencies to join its first-ever office food garden contest.
“The primary objective of this contest dubbed ‘Gulayan sa Aming Tanggapan’ is to develop food gardens at the workplaces,” NNC Nutrition Officer III Angelita Pasos said.
It is one of the highlights of the region’s launching of the 44th Nutrition Month celebration with the theme “Ugaliing magtanim , Sapat na Nutrisyon Aanihin”.
Said contest is open to all member-agencies of the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC), as well as other agencies within the regional government center.
“A group of 6-10 staff per office/agency shall establish the office’s food garden, with their names included in the entry form and with endorsement of the Head of Office and/or Division Chief,” Pasos said.
She added that a photo of the specific space with a floor area of 2x10 square meters shall be submitted along with the entry form.
The group should also like and share NNC’s Facebook fan page and invite 10 of their co-employees to do the same to qualify.
“Entries that will qualify will be given a set of planting materials including grab hoe and shovel, vegetable seeds and seedlings. However, the participating agency may also plant ‘pinakbet’, ‘sinigang’ and ‘tinola’ combination of crops,” she said.
Entries shall be judged based on the following criteria: climate smart – 25 percent; crop combination and/ or variety—50 percent; landscape design –10 percent; and overall impact – 15 percent.
The grand winner will take home P10,000; second prize – P7,000 and ; third prize – P5,000.
Entry forms may be downloaded in the NNC-3 website or through Facebook page www.nnc.gov.ph/ CAPAS, Tarlac -- Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV emphasized Wednesday that the focus of government services is the welfare of the people particularly the Filipino family.
In a message during the awarding of land titles to about 465 families currently living at the O’Donnell Resettlement Area, Aquino said that efforts of government officials should lessen the burden of the Filipino family and uplift their lives.
“For us public servants, one of our basis in our service is that people is the center of our services,” he stressed.
“All our efforts and programs should be focused on uplifting and providing opportunities that will lead to a better life for all the Filipinos,” he added.
As the government values the importance of education, Aquino emphasized that this Academic Year 2018-2019 will be the first year of the implementation of free tuition and miscellaneous fees for state and local universities and colleges.
“I hope all of you will benefit from this educational services because this is one of the dreams of many Filipino, to finish college,” the Senator said.