By Waylon Galvez
True to her words, Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz provided additional food packages to people in her hometown of Zamboanga City.
Diaz has so far received more than P40,000 donations from participants in her weightlifting clinic scheduled tomorrow to augment personal financial assistance.
In her own little way, Hidilyn Diaz is doing her part in providing food for people in need. (MB File Photo)
In her Instagram post, Diaz announced that members of her family and several friends have joined forces to purchase the goods for repackaging and distribution to 33 families.
Family members and friends of Hidilyn Diaz work together in repackaging the food. (From the Instagram account of Hidilyn Diaz)
Led by her parents, Eduardo and Emelita, Diaz was able to help even if she is in a lockdown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where she had been training since February.
Diaz said that repackaging was done at the gym she put up in 2017 from various cash incentives she received after her silver medal win in the Rio Olympics in Brazil.
“Nandun po yung mga family members ko, mga kapatid ko, mga asawa nila nagtulong-tulong. Parents ko tumulong din sa pagbili din ng food,” said Diaz in a message to Manila Bulletin.
Diaz posted photos, from the repackaging of food and distributions.
Some of the families in need receive food packages from Hidilyn Diaz. (From the Instagram account of Hidilyn Daiz)
“Today, we distributed the food package to 33 affected families in Mampang, Zamboanga City,” said Diaz through her IG account @hidilyndiaz posted Thursday night.
“I want to thank all who donated and signed up for the weightlifting seminar.”
The ‘online’ seminar, Diaz said, will be in two separate batches for her to accommodate participants, which so far has attracted 36.
Diaz said that in the online seminar, she would be showing her own lifting techniques, and share as well her experiences and knowledge with the sport where she won gold medals in the last Roma World Cup in Italy, the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games here last year, and the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
Aside from Zamboanga City, Diaz said that she intends to give food packages in Metro Manila and in Bulacan, and possibly provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to health workers.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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