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Besides their quarterly outreach program, the members and officers of Bad Circle Runners are also planning to hold a series of Medical-Dental Mission in the different barangays in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Abra.  (Photo courtesy of Bad Circle Runners)

Takbo Para Sa Pasko has become a tradition in the north every December. The holidays seem incomplete in Ilocos without the shouts, cheers and laughter of runners—beginners and veterans alike—rushing toward the finish line of the said fun run.

It was in 2011 when the Bad Circle Runners hosted the first edition of Takbo Para Sa Pasko. The registered runners then were less than 300. But the number of participants rapidly increased in the following years. Runners from Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La Union, Metro Manila and other places flock yearly at the starting line of this run for a cause.

The latest edition of Takbo Para Sa Pasko was held last December 6 in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur—the compound of GMA Ilocos served as the start/finish line. More than 600 runners from different places and ages supported the event. The route included Vigan which is recently declared as one of the Seven Wonders Cities of the World.

In this year’s edition, the staff of 24 Oras Ilokano actively joined in the planning and implementation. Thus, the proceeds of the running event will go the outreach projects and scholarship program of the said news program. At present, the Bad Circle Runners and 24 Oras Ilokano are supporting scholars in high school and college. One of their scholars is taking up BS Information Technology in AMA Laoag.

According to some runners, they are consistently supporting Takbo Para Sa Pasko because it is giving them not only a chance to run but also a chance to share their blessings to the less fortunate. For them, it is their instrument of sharing—an event to lift the spirits of others.

Besides the yearly Takbo Para Sa Pasko, the Bad Circle Runners are also active in different projects for the poor. This coming December 27, in cooperation with GMA Ilocos, they will be holding an outreach program in Laoag City. Rice, groceries and others gifts will be distributed to the indigent families. Feeding and parlor games for kids will also be held in the said program.

At present, the officers and committees of the Bad Circle Runners are again busy planning and deliberating for their projects for 2015. Among their possible projects for next year is a series of medical and dental missions in the different barangays in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Abra.

Truly, the sweetest reason to unite is for us to be one in the spirit of sharing.
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BARD NOTES: Happy bard-reading to Governor Imee Marcos, Laoag City Mayor Chevylle Farinas, Laoag City Vice Mayor Michael Farinas, Provincial Treasurer Josephine P. Calajate, Dr. Castor Bumanglag, Dr. Miramar Bumanglag and PNB Laoag Manager Metty Guerrero.


Happy reading also to the members of the Bad Circle Runners and to the employees of AMA Laoag, PNB Laoag, DEPED Laoag and Vertext. 
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