The Home for Girls (HFG) celebrated its 28-year anniversary.

Regional Director Shalaine Marie S. Lucero joins the Home for Girls staff in celebrating its 28th anniversary.

HFG is a haven for young girls who have experienced abuse or exploitation. It extends its care and nurturing not only to its residents but also to the surrounding area.

This year’s celebration has the theme “Care for the Earth Means Care for the Children,” which promotes love for the children as well as nature.

One of the highlights of the celebration was the use of recycled materials such as plastic bottles and caps, old newspapers and magazines, egg trays, empty old jars, and straws in making their backdrops, decorations, invitations, tokens, plaques, and giveaways. Armed with imagination and lots of creativity, the staff, together with the residents, was able to come up with the cheapest yet most meaningful celebration for the center. HFG contributes to making this world a better place to live. It instills the value of saving the environment, especially for the residents, by turning garbage into works of art.

Even before the celebration began, the HFG has been practicing “no plastic day” every Wednesday as their environment-saving activity.

Aside from ingenuity, staff and residents also showed their talents during the aerobic dance contest. The three groups that danced gracefully donned colorful costumes that were still made from recycled materials. The unique plaques of appreciation delighted the partner agencies that graced the event.

Regional Director Shalaine Marie S. Lucero congratulated HFG on reaching 28 years. RD Lucero also thanked partner agencies for their expertise, resources, time, and effort. “Our collaboration can greatly contribute to the rehabilitation goals of the center,” Lucero said. She also hoped that the residents would be happy and content and learn a lot during their stay in the center. “Unta helpful among paningkamot (our endeavors will be helpful to you) to help us build a better nation.” ###

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