This year’s Alay Lakad will be held Sunday, with Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon, Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, and Rep. Anthony Golez leading other government officials, teachers, students and civic organizations, a Bacolod City Hall press release said.
The walk for a cause will take off from four points and converge at the public plaza where a short program will be held, and prizes raffled off to participants. Special prizes will be awarded groups with the most number, most colorful, oldest and youngest walk participants, and the longest staying group. Leonardia encouraged the organizers and media to rally the people to join this year’s Alay Lakad because it is good for their health and also to persuade participants to contribute even just small amounts to the Alay Lakad fund which is dedicated for the education of out of school youth. Group I will assemble at Bacolod City National High School, Group II at Goldenfield, Araneta, Group III at West Negros University, and Group IV at Provincial lagoon. Assembly time is 5 a.m. and kick off between 6 and 6:15 a.m., the press release said. Group I will be led by Leonardia, councilors Em Ang and Caesar Distrito with police personnel from stations 6, 7 and 10. They will leave BCNHS at 6 a.m. Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, councilors Archie Baribar, Al Victor Espino, Bobby Rojas and Police Station 2 representatives will be the core group for Group II taking off from Goldenfields at 6:10 a.m., the press release said. Golez, councilors Dindo Ramos, Homer Bais and Elmer Sy, and Station 4 personnel will form part of Group III. They will leave WNU at 6:15 a.m. Marañon joined by councilors Catalino Alisbo, El Cid Familiaran, and Sonya Verdeflor, and Station 1 representatives will lead Group IV leaving the Capitol Lagoon at 6:15 a.m., the press release said. This year’s Alay Lakad group chair is Kiwanis Club of Metro Bacolod Alladino Agbones who revealed that the 2011 targeted funds for the annual walk, which is especially dedicated to the out-of-school youth, is P300,000, and that, the club has already raised P44,000, the press release added.*
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