The
Play Advocacy Week 2018 is here!
In celebration
of the National Children’s Month this November, Play It Forward and their
partners – play champions – came up with different ways of participating in
this week-long celebration.
Happening from
November 18 to 24, 2018, Play Advocacy Week is a campaign led by Play It
Forward, Unilab Foundation’s therapeutic play program for children in
vulnerable areas. The program is founded on the belief that every child has the
right to play, and that play is essential in the mental health and holistic
development of children.
With more than
30 partners from the government, corporate companies, the academe, and the
healthcare sector, Play It Forward wants to reach as many people as possible in
order to make play happen.
You too can be
part of the Play Advocacy Week! Here are some of the activities organized by
our Play Champions:
PLAY
with colors at the Color Run Hero Tour.
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What’s happening: Join this colorful fun
run organized by YesPinoy Foundation, an advocacy founded by actor Dingdong
Dantes. Find out why it’s dubbed the “Happiest 5k on the Planet!”
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When is this: November 18, 2018 in
McKinley West, Taguig City
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This is best for: Everyone! Bring your
friends or family in support of the youth of our country.
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I’m interested! How can I join? Visit www.runrio.com/race/the-color-run-hero-tour-2018
for details!
Watch
a local theater PLAY with your kids at PETA.
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What’s happening: Watch the Philippine
Educational Theater Association (PETA)’s show, “Tagu-Taguan, Nasaan ang Buwan?” It is a children’s musical filled
with quirky and imaginative sets and characters.
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When is this: The show will run from
November 18 to 29, 2018
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This is best for: The whole family!
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I’m interested! How can I join? Visit
their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PETATHEATER for details on where
you can purchase tickets. PETA
Theater Center is located at #5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, Quezon City.
PLAY
with your imagination and make dolls with scraps, at Museo Pambata’s Doll
Making Workshop.
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What’s happening: Museo Pambata is
conducting a Doll-Making Workshop!
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When is this: November 24 and 25, 2018,
9:00AM to 4:00PM
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This is best for: Kids, and adults too!
If you are a mom, a teacher, a nurse, or if you simply want to learn another
bonding activity with kids, then this is the place to go!
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More fun: A photo exhibit called
“Through the Eyes of a Child”, as well as an art sale by kids, will also run in
Museo Pambata from November 18 to 24.
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I’m interested! How can I join? Email info@museopambata.org or visit www.facebook.com/MuseoPambata
Unleash
the power of Role-PLAY at KidZania.
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What’s happening: KidZania supports the
National Children’s Month, and believes in the children’s right to play, right
to learn and right to be. Let your child have fun while learning through
KidZania’s role-play activities!
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When is this: Throughout the Play
Advocacy Week, from November 18 to 24!
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This is best for: Children aged 7 to 17
years old, who want to learn how to be a doctor, a fireman, a reporter, and so
much more!
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I’m interested! How can I join? Visit manila.kidzania.com/en-ph
for tickets! KidZania is located at Park Triangle, North 11th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.
PLAY
in costume with Star Wars characters.
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What’s happening: Kythe Foundation,
University of Santo Tomas 4C3 Eco, together with the 501st Legion Philippine
Garrison, is bringing the Star Wars universe to life for the pediatric patients
in the Philippine Orthopedic Center.
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This is exclusively for: Pediatric
patients and their families at the Philippine Orthopedic Center, 78-A Maria Clara St,
Santa Mesa Heights, Quezon City.
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I want to
meet them too! Where can I find them? Check out their
other events on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pinoy501st.
Join
the PLAY Sessions at Ronald McDonald’s Bahay Bulilit.
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What’s happening: Do you remember
playing in a McDonald’s play place as a kid? The Ronald McDonald House of
Charities will be conducting play sessions in Bahay Bulilit play areas!
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When is this: November 18 to 24, 2018
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I’m interested! How can I join? If you
want to volunteer, please contact Danika Madulid at danica.madulid@ph.mcd.com.
Play champions from the Philippine Heart
Center, WWF-Philippines, Bantay Bata 163 and Vico’s Artism will also be holding
their own play activities during the week. Our friends from Philippine
Pediatrics Society and A
Child's D.R.E.A.M. Foundation will be championing play through social media
campaigns.
Ayala Malls-Solenad will have giant art
installations that feature traditional Filipino games. This is in line with
Tukod Foundation’s Awit at Laro campaign, which celebrates the spirit of play.
For a
full list of activities during the Play Advocacy Week, follow www.facebook.com/PlayItForwardPH!
But wait, there’s more!
Play It Forward has invited renowned
artists to paint murals in the foundation’s key partner areas. 3D artist Archie
Blanco will go to Play It Forward’s first ever play space in Cagayan De Oro,
while Ged Alangui of the STOBOSA artwork in Baguio will visit the National
Children’s Hospital in Quezon City. Together with volunteers from Gawad Kalinga
and Play It Forward, these artists will bring a bit more color to the lives of
the children in these communities.
Play It Forward
invites more Play Champions to help promote the children’s right to play. Since
2012, the program has been able to conduct over 3,000 play sessions, and has
reached over 7,000 pediatric patients and children from vulnerable areas.
The Play
Advocacy Week is endorsed by the Council for the Welfare of Children.
For partnerships
and more information about the Play Advocacy Week, please contact the
secretariat at (+632) 858-1000 local 8163 or email partnerships@unilabfoundation.org.
You may also visit www.facebook.com/PlayItForwardPH and www.unilabfoundation.org.
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Play Advocacy Week 2018 would not have been possible
without our partners and play champions:
Council for the Welfare of Children, Department of
Education, World Vision, Philippine Pediatric Society, Bantay Bata 163, The
Mind Museum, Tukod Foundation, PhilAm Foundation, World Wide Fund for Nature-
Philippines, Yes Pinoy, A Child’s Dream, Museo Pambata, Philippine Educational
Theater Association, Operation Blessing, Ayala Malls Solenad, Kidzania, ComCo
SouthEast Asia, Metrobank Purple Hearts Club, Ceelin Chewables, Enervon Syrup
for Kids, Ferlin, Nutroplex, and Trisopure Baby Wash.
We would also like to thank:
Cherubs Pediatric Massage Therapy Advocates, Fundlife
International, Gawad Kalinga, Kythe, My Brave Little Warrior, MLAC, City Government
of Cagayan de Oro, City Government of
Malabon, City Government of Tacloban, City Government of Valenzuela, City
Government of Valenzuela, Municipal Government of Del Carmen, Siargao, Brgy.
Caridad Ibaba, Atimonan, Quezon, Lung Center of the Philippines, National Children’s Hospital, National Kidney
and Transplant Institute, Philippine Heart Center, Capitol University Medical
Center, Fe del Mundo Medical Center, Dr. Arturo Pingoy Medical Center,
HealthServ Medical Center, Lariosa Clinic and Hospital, Metro Davao Medical
& Research Center, Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Rizal Medical Center, Southern Philippines Medical Center, Tagaytay
Medical Center, Tebow Cure Hospital, DepEd Bicol, DepEd Albay, DepEd Ilagan,
DepEd Surigao, Ateneo Bulatao Center for Psychology Services, Far Eastern
University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Miriam College, Philippine
School for Interior Design, UP College of Human Kinetics, Dalandanan Elementary
School, Mañosa & Co, OMF Literature, Vico’s Artism, the Philippine Garrison
of the 501st Legion, and Rotary International.
