MAGSAYSAY, Davao del Sur, May 19 (PIA) – More than 500 summer job employees from various schools in the province recently took time out for a tree planting activity held at Central Elementary School of Magsaysay, this province.
The students planted about 500 mahogany seedlings provided by the Provincial Environment Natural Resources Office, to a nearby riverbank in said area last May 12.
Magsaysay Mayor Art Davin expressed thanks to Governor Claude Bautista for spearheading the activity in the municipality through the provincial scholarship program office headed by its coordinator Genaro Dumayas.
Davin said that the municipal local government has collaborated with the provincial government in the preparation of the area for planting and providing lunch for the tree planters as part of their contribution.
"I am so happy that this activity was conducted here. Taking care of the environment is one of my priority concerns as this will be a good preparation for the next generation,” the mayor said during a short program held in the municipal gym where students were joined in by teachers and local officials.
In Bansalan, Davao del Sur, same group of students conducted a clean-up drive in coordination with Mayor Edwin Reyes and other local officials.
Reyes thanked Gov. Bautista for extending the provincial community service program in his municipality, saying that the preservation of the environment is also one of his advocacies.
It is hoped that other localities in the province would adopt this much-needed activity to plant, nourish and grow trees.
This is where the environment is being taken care of and preserved for today's generation and the many generations to come. (LGU-Davao del Sur/ Nilda S. Aniñon)
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