PAGCOR, the countries leading gaming institution, give its support to PUP as its chairman, Efraim C. Genuino, went to PUP to cater the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Community much-needed assistance centered on its students' total well-being.
Various projects, such as PGMA Meal Assistance Program and Sagip Musmos Feeding Program, will be conducted by the said institution to provide aid to the 16 PUP campuses.
The "PGMA Meal Assistance Program" is an undertaking coursed through a memorandum of agreement between PAGCOR and the University where 300 freshman student-beneficiaries avail of a meal free of charge.
This food assistance which started in January 2008 helps nourish and support student-beneficiaries' physical well-being.
The University Canteen takes care of the qualified beneficiaries by ensuring a balanced diet meal daily.
As quoted from Chairman Genuino's speech during the 2007 Mid-Year Commencement Exercises, "Students will learn better if their stomachs are filled with the nutrients that their body needs." Hence, the said meal assistance program provided the University an education working in progress.
As an outgrowth of the one of the many assistance granted to PUP, the "Sagip Musmos Feeding Program" which will be officially launched on January 5, 2009, aids PUP Community's nearby barangays and day care centers.
This project's mission is to improve and promote children's nourishment. The recipients of the program are selected on the basis of their age, physical health and economic status.
Through the Community Relations Office of the university, neighboring barangays' children will be given not just free meal but also proper nourishment with weight and health monitoring.
This project offered to the University by PAGCOR is a linkage of PUP to its community as it provides assistance to its nearby barangays in its 10-point agenda of a Total University.
PAGCOR also sees the need for medical and dental care for the student thus, a team of experts in the medical and dental field will visit PUP and all its 16 campuses nationwide to perform medical and dental mission.
These mentioned grants of PAGCOR to PUP do not end yet or better if it won't as Chairman Genuino bigheartedly provided PUP Maragondon campus in Cavite 50 computer sets.
In his visit in Maragondon during the founding celebration of the province, he met PUP Maragondon Director Pacifico A. Hintay when he accompanied PUP Maragondon students to perform in the celebration.
Genuinely, the University is full of gratitude to Chair Genuino for never losing sight of all possibilities he may extend to PUP in providing and empowering quality education.
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