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Volume 2 | No. 95 | Cagayan de Oro City | July 4-10, 2015
MOFCCCI renovates kids’ shelter kitchen
Story and Photos by MARK FRANCISCO,Lifestyle Editor
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HE Misamis Oriental FilipinoChinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MOFCCCI) broke ground last Saturday the refurbishment of
the kitchen and dining hall of Mother Theresa Foundation, Inc. located at Upper Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City. With 76 kids under its care, the Mother Theresa
Foundation, Inc. home for the homeless kids has been around since 1997 under the inception of Norma Noble. Mirroring that of the organization founded
by Mother Theresa, the foundation provides street children in Cagayan de Oro with a safe sanctuary, resocializing them such that they acquire positive spiritual, moral and
Cagayanon is overall female champ in Challenge Camsur 2015 Story by MARK FRANCISCO, Lifestyle Editor
IT’s hard to tell that this ace triathlete is a mere government employee who has never been a sports star in her high school college days. But as Challenge Camsur 2015 Women Elite Category champion Lezette Albarote would put it, excelling in triathlons comes with age. Triathlon is a multiple stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential
endurance disciplines – swimming, cycling and running. And nowhere in the Philippines does triathlon comes close to prestige except any of the Challenge Philippines series, which is part of the Challenge Family worldwide. Challenge Family is changing the face of long distance racing around the world, featuring spectacular courses in iconic destinations, delivering the race of a lifetime to athletes of all ages
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and abilities and creating a memorable spectator experience that captures all the excitement and emotion of this inspirational sport. This year, one of the toughest legs of Challenge Philippines was Challenge Camsur 2015 which happened last June 14 in Naga City. With a total of 113 kilometers to be tackled, Challenge CAgayanon/PAGE 7
personal values and attitudes in an atmosphere of love, respect, fairness, discipline and hardwork, to be a facilitator of education and learning for the streetchildren’s acquisition of economically productive skills and to provide opportunities for the transformation of such category of children into useful and self reliant citizens. Along this line, Noble said they are hoping that all the kids under their care from seven to 17 will graduate through college. They are also appealing
to the public for kind assistance in the form of clothing, shoes, toiletries, beddings, pillows, blankets, floor wax, door jambs, rice, paint, maintenance tools, tables, chairs, plates, cutlery, stove and gas. They are also calling for kind donors to pledge and sponsor the education of one child at Mother Theresa Foundation. Meanwhile, MOFCCCI under the able leadership of president Greg Marten Lao and incoming president Adelfa Sia has slated more charitable activities for the year.
Mayor Oscar Moreno poses with the Miss Cagayan de Oro 2015 candidates who paid a courtesy call on him Monday. CITY INFORMATION OFFICE
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