51 gets home under adopt-a-child project

VIRAC, Catanduanes, June 22 (PIA) -- Fifty-one children from selected barangays of Virac benefited from the Adopt-a-Child project of the Rotaract Club of Virac.

The activity, held last June 17, aims to provide support to less fortunate kids from selected barangays of the town by giving school supplies, toys, and treating them in a fast food chain.

It is also part of the club's community service being conducted monthly, which also includes gift-giving projects and feeding programs.

Rotaract Club of Virac is a youth organization chartered under the Rotaract Program of the Rotary International (RI).

The organization also aims to promote better relations between people of varying backgrounds within and outside their community through a framework of friendship and service.

Meanwhile, the parents of the children who were recipients of the program expressed gratitude to the club, which according to them, shall inspire and encourage their kids to study harder.(EAB-PIA 5)