Rotary Club of Tayabas Central donates school supplies and hygiene package

By Loveday Alyssa Oabel August 9, 2020 The Rotary Club of Tayabas Central. TAYABAS CITY - As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads uncertai...

By Loveday Alyssa Oabel
August 9, 2020

The Rotary Club of Tayabas Central.

TAYABAS CITY - As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads uncertainty and hardship around the world and reaches in our community. The Rotary Club of Tayabas Central really epitomizes the “Service Above Self” mantra by showing that even at a distance, there are ways to help.

Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?





As people of action, those “principles have been developed over the years to provide Rotarians with a strong, common purpose and direction” and to serve as a foundation for relationships with each other, as well as the action they take in the world. Those fundamental maxims, which are put to work daily by all Rotarians, have taken on new significance with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recently, the Rotary Club of Tayabas Central convened to raise funds for school supplies and hygiene package to provide support on the development and reproduction of learning materials for blended learning such as self-learning kits and activity sheets and to ensure health safety of the learners and teachers of the Division of Tayabas City.





Rotary Club of Tayabas Central under Adopt A School Program of the City School Division of the City of Tayabas, ensure full support on the implementation of the Learning Continuity Plan (LCP) of the Department of Education amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) worth of Bond Papers for development and reproduction of Self-Learning Kits and Activity Sheets for blinded learning materials are donated by Rotary Club of Tayabas Central including hygiene package: Alcohol, Hand-free Alcohol dispenser, footbath with disinfectant and Face mask.





School supplies and hygiene packages are distributed to Elementary and Secondary school of Tayabas City. Among them are Lakawan Elementary School, Potol Elementary School, Domoit Elementary School, Rosario Quesada Memorial National High School, and Luis Palad Integrated National High School. And the following second batch of recipients is South Palale Elementary School, Kalumpang Elementary School, Wakas Elementary School, Tayabas City Division Stand Alone Senior High School, and Alternative Learning School Teachers.

Rotary Club president said, “the Rotary Club wanted to show support for the community during the uncertain times we are all experiencing especially the youth and educators.”

“Not being as a young Rotarian president, Rotarians must be more vigilant about our community, and we want to show our support especially to our youth…our learners and educators, and the club are working to replenish the school supplies that were donated and extend it to more schools,” said Rotary Club of Tayabas Central president.

“The Rotary Club of Tayabas Central has been a long-standing supporter and encourager of the efforts of education not only in this time of what we called New Normal,” she added.

Principal Andaya said, “We are grateful for the support of our partner Rotary Club of Tayabas Central and we thank them for heeding the call of the department to be of service to our schools by providing school supplies that we needed most for the reproduction of self-learning kits, activity sheets, and hygiene package in preparation for August 24, 2020 opening of classes.”

PDG Darwin V. Igualada said, “I am glad that our club was given a chance to assist the DepEd- Tayabas City through Adopt A School Program/ Brigada Eskwela. Rest assured that this partnership will go a long way.”

Further, AG Ramir T. Racelis of the Rotary Club said, “Guided by our 2020 Rotary theme…Rotary Opens Opportunities… I believe that this pandemic will not stop us to continue our education, education which will lead us eventually to bigger and brighter opportunities.”