Young Scouts participate in the Mt. Banoy tree-planting activity in Batangas City.
Photo courtesy of PIO Batangas City
A-Blades join Mt. Banoy tree-planting activity
BATANGAS CITY – More than 100 guyabano trees on Tuesday were planted by the Alliance of Batangan Leaders and Devoted Scouts (A-Blades) at Mt. Banoy in Barangay Talumpok East, here.
The tree-planting activity was a part of their hiking with the theme “One in Scouting, One in Saving Mother Nature.”
The Scouts partnered with the Sangguniang Barangay of Talumpok East, led by village chieftain Franklin Lontoc.
Also participating in the project were 367 Senior and Rover Scouts, 55 Outfit Advisors, 36 A-Blades officers led by its chairman, SCA Arvin Valencia, and organization President ES Leira Dianne Perlada, A-Blades staff and volunteers from 18 schools in the city.
The crops were gifts from the Office of the City Veterinarian and Agricultural Services (OCVAS), and the safety of the participants was handled by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC).
