(CHILD-FRIENDLY CITY. Mayor Edwin “EdSa” Santiago and 7-Eleven Philippines CEO Jose Victor Paterno inaugurate ‘Every Day! Play’ Community Playground located at Brgy. Sindalan. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Mayor Edwin Santiago and 7-Eleven Philippines chief executive officer Jose Victor Paterno inaugurated last Sept. 28 the so-called “Every Day Play Community Playground” in Barangay Sindalan here.
Santiago said this city is the first beneficiary of the project in Pampanga. He said the project “is dedicated to the children and community of Sindalan and nearby villages, through the joint efforts of 7-Eleven and its corporate social responsibility arm, PhilSeven Foundation, Inc., and City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO).”
For his part, Paterno said that preserving “public space is vital, especially to those children longing for a time to play and interact.”
“Our vision in building playgrounds is to preserve public space and provide an outdoor space for the community to gather, children to play, and parents to get to know one another,” said Paterno.
PhilSeven has built at least 10 playgrounds in the country over the past three years. It said, however, that the playground built here was “one of its kind.”
“We have collaborated with the City of San Fernando because we believe in the city government and after meeting them, we believed in them even more now,” added Paterno.
Aileen Villanueva, CSWD Officer, described the playground as “a gateway for the city to promote its Child Development Centers as play-based ones.”
“Sa pamamagitan nito, lalong mapo-promote yung pagka play-based ng ating Child Development Centers. Yung playground system na nakatayo ngayon dito sa Sindalan, makakatulong sa mga bata para sa kanilang outdoor activities,” said Villanueva.
