Despite the rain, more than a thousand students, City Hall employees, and school officials participated last Sunday in the Nutri-Fit Walk around the City’s main streets to highlight Nutrition Month.
This year’s Nutrition Month theme: Kalamidad Paghandaan: Gutom at Malnutrisyon Agapan.
The City Nutrition Council awarded barangay Banilad as the Biggest Contingent; barangay Tinago, the City ENRO, Foundation University, Noreco 2, and the MAPE Club of NORSU as Most Creative; barangay Bagcay, the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers-NORSU, DCCCO, and the Philippine Society of Marine Engineers-Negros Maritime College Foundation for having the Best Slogan.
Other highlights this month: Inter-High School Oratorical Contest on July 24; and a Well-Baby Contest on July 25.
Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, in his message, thanked the participants for joining the yearly nutri-fit walk headed by the City Nutrition Council, saying that his administration is supportive of the nutrition programs in the City.