Pilar to hold Nutrition Congress

PILAR, Bataan – In line with the Nutrition Month celebration, the municipality of Pilar will hold a Nutrition Congress.

Pilar Mayor Alice Pizarro said the activities lined up for the congress are nutri poster-making contest, nutri slogan contest, nutri cookfest, nutri quiz, and nutri jingle contest. The venues of the congress are Panilao Elementary School, Pilar Elemenatry School, and Bataan Christian School.

According to the lady mayor, the congress is supposed to be held on July 29 but will have to be rescheduled due to an advice from the Department of Health (DOH) that the date coincides with the nationwide deworming activity of the department.

Pizarro also announced that they will be fielding Barangay Diwa in the provincial level competition for the most functional Barangay Council for the Protection of Children. She also said that they are conducting a weekly outreach program to sitios of this town.