TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 1 (PIA) -- To mark the Philippine Veterans Week on April 5-11, PVAO Bohol Field Office is organizing a Charity Run for the Veterans to raise funds for indigent veterans who are victims of the recent calamity.

According to PVAO Bohol Field Service Extension Office Head Mario Blasabas, as an opener for the commemoration, they are offering three Charity Run categories. 

Open are three-kilometer run and walk for men and women, five-kilometer run for men and women, and 10 kilometer run for men and women, all runners starting off at the Plaza Rizal fronting the St Joseph Cathedral.

Race participants need to register P250 for the three-kilometer run, P350 for the five-kilometer run, and P500 for the 10-kilometer run Blasabas said. 

All participants have to pre-register on or before April 7 to be considered in the race.

Runners, however ,need to be at the race start venue from 4:00 a.m. of the same day for the distribution of race numbers and meal stubs.

First to be let off in the mass start race are the 10-kilometer runners at 5:00 a.m.

Thirty minutes later, the 5K runners are sent off and at 5:50 a.m., the 3K run or walk participants would break out of the starting line.

"Even if this is a charity run, we deemed it proper to also give prizes to top three winners of each category," Blasabas said.

Up for grabs are P700, P400, and P250 as well as a medal each for the 3K winners; P1000, P700, and P500 as well as medals for the 5K winners; and P2,000, P1,500, and P1,000 with medals for the 10K run winners.

All first place winners for each category would also receive P100 Globe cell card as additional prize.

The Charity Run for the Veterans is one of the activities lined up for the nationwide commemoration of the Philippine Veterans Week.

In Bohol, the week opens with the Sunrise and PVet Week Opening Ceremonies at the Panglopa Veterans Marker at 7:00 a.m. in Panglao Plaza on April 5.

On April 6, PVAO Bohol is organizing a tree planting activity with the PVAO scholars and the Philippine Army reservists.

On April 9 which also marks the country’s Day of Valor (Araw ng Kagitingan), PVAO Bohol opens it with the Charity run, followed by a Flag Raising and Wreath Laying Ceremony at the New capitol Grounds at 8:00 a.m and a gala activity for the Veterans Night at 4:00 p.m. at the Metro Center Hotel.

On April 11, the commemorative week ends with Sunset and Closing Ceremonies at the Batuan Town plaza at 5:00 p.m. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)