Angel, Gretchen join Bernadette in TV Patrol caravan

FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano star Angel Aquino, Umagang Kay Ganda anchor Gretchen Ho and TV Patrol anchor Bernadette Sembrano recently joined the nationwide community caravan of TV Patrol and helped deliver various services to Kapamilya in Antique.

They took part in the caravan’s job fair, livelihood seminar, citizen journalism workshop, food distribution, and restroom and library repairs for the people in the province, which was hit hard by Typhoon Frank years ago.

Angel, Gretchen and Bernadette first showed support to more than 1,000 job seekers in the job fair organized with the help of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Public Employment Services Office (PESO)-Antique at the Robinsons Place-Antique mall. Twenty-two Kapamilya were hired on the spot.

They also met 30 former OFW mothers who were taught how to make jam and got one food cart each from TV Patrol and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Antique. They also saw the newly-repaired restrooms at the San Jose public terminal, a project initiated by TV Patrol with the local government for drivers and commuters.

After dropping by the citizen journalism workshop of Bayan Mo, iPatrol Mo, the team went to Barangay Durog, which is still recovering from the damage done by Typhoon Frank. Angel and Gretchen had a storytelling session with the children, who also received new school bags from ABS-CBN’s Operation Sagip, slippers from Rated K and vitamins from Bantay Bata. They also unveiled the repaired library at the Durog Elementary School and distributed vegetable seeds for the school’s nutrition program.

“Just by visiting them, we’ve already made them very happy... The experience took us back to who we really are serving,” Gretchen said.

Angel added, “It’s like food for the heart and soul, to my spirit. Even if we lacked rest and sleep when we got there, we couldn’t help but smile because of the energy the kids give off.”