by MEGS S. LUNN
Mr. Quintin Jose "Quineto" V. Pastrana and Ms. Ching Jorge in the symbolic books turn-over to IJA represented by Mrs. Karina G. Mallonga.
Pastrana Foundation, Inc. donated to Infant Jesus Academy (IJA), Kalibo 50 boxes of brand new local and international books. During the formal turn-over, Ms. Ching Jorge, Executive Director of Batu Balani, Makati City, and Mr. Quintin Jose "Quineto" V. Pastrana, the grandson of the late Gregorio Pastrana who chairs the Pastrana Foundation, Inc., came to turn-over the books to IJA, Kalibo Campus. Mrs. Karina G. Mallonga happily received the bulk of volumes of books.
During the present-ation, the Memorandum of Agreement was also signed between IJA and Pastrana Foundation, Inc. naming the IJA Library as the Gregorio I. Pastrana Community Library. Present in the signing of MOA are Hon. Mark V. Quimpo, SB member, Kalibo, the contact person of the Foundation and Hon. Soviet Dela Cruz, SB member, Kalibo, as president of the IJA Kalibo Family Council graced the occasion. The IJA and the Foundation aim to share the library to their adopted community project, like the Mangyan adopted by the IJA Antipolo and Marikina, respectively. Gregorio I. Pastrana was a former Mayor of Kalibo who hailed from the town of Malinao. Pastrana Park was named in his honor being a philanthropist and great advocate of literacy. /MP
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