CAMP AGUINALDO, QUEZON CITY – The UP Diliman Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (UPDROTC) Corps of Cadets and Corps of Sponsors, in partnership with the Cadet Alumni Organization (UPCAO) and UP Vanguard Incorporated – Makati Chapter (UPVI-Makati), has successfully turned over the Care Package Donations for the soldiers and school children in the West Philippine Sea, Basilan, Samar, and Leyte, yesterday, 05 June.
The donations included canned goods, biscuits, soap, tools, and other basic necessities that will be distributed among the soldiers and school children of said localities. These were gathered through the Care Package Initiative (CPI).
CPI donations were transported to Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo (CGEA) yesterday morning. In a commendable display of dedication, MGen Gabriel C Viray III PA, the AFP Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations (CMO), personally received the donations at his office on the same day.
On behalf of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), MGen Viray expressed the gratitude of the armed forces for the endeavor done by the UP Diliman ROTC Unit and the UPCAO. He commended the project for its value and importance in safeguarding peace in the country.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ,โ the general expressed.
The Corps Commander of UPD ROTC Unit, CCol Fergie John O Frange 1Cl, added that maintaining the countryโs sovereignty comes with a cost, and the CPI was an opportunity to contribute to our soldiers and communities.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ 12. ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ-๐ง๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ตโฆ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด,โ the Corps Commander added.
CCol Frange also thanked every donor and stakeholder for their solidarity. He added as well that this yearโs donation drive exceeded the scale of past CPIs.
The Care Package Initiative was first a product of cooperation between UPD ROTC, UPCAO, and the AFP in 2015. Ever since 2022, the ROTC unit, UPCAO, and the AFP come hand-in-hand for this endeavor.
