How dancesport grassroots program saved SEA Games gold medallist Aunzo’s life

  • 📰 cebudailynews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 42 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 20%
  • Publisher: 71%

Philippines Headlines News

Philippines Latest News,Philippines Headlines

CLARK CITY, Philippines — Dancesport grassroots saved Wilbert Aunzo’s life twice. The triple gold medal haul of Cebu’s dancesport pair of Aunzo and Pearl Marie Cañeda in the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) is a result of a 21-year-old dancesport grassroots program. Back in 2006, a 13-year-old Aunzo trooped with his friends to the […]

If he hadn’t become a dancesport athlete, perhaps Aunzo would also have fallen into the same drug addiction trap that his older brothers had fallen into. Back then, he was an out-of-school youth and scavenged for food. Rice and salt were often his meals.

The DTCC grassroots program fueled by volunteerism was started by dancesport directors, Eleonor Hayco and Edward Hayco, because they wanted to give meaning to social dancing.We evolved into competitive dancing in 1998, and started sharing our skills to kids who were interested through DepEd ,” said Hayco.

“We continued to evolve in 2001 and started working with barangays and the Department of Education. Dancesport Team Cebu City hosted and organized the first Dancesport in Seagames in 2005. From that experience of hosting,With the success of the dancesport grassroots volunteerism program, Hayco applied the same formula when he became chairman of the Cebu City Sports Commission in 2010 giving birth to the CCSC summer grassroots program, the last edition of which gathered about 10,000 participants.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 8. in PH

Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

SEA Games: Cebuano dancesport pair Aunzo, Cañeda, bags 3 gold medalsCLARK CITY, Philippines — The Cebuano dancesport pair of Wilbert Aunzo and Pearl Marie Cañeda handed the Philippines three more gold medals after topping their respective event Sunday, December
Source: cebudailynews - 🏆 8. / 71 Read more »

SEA Games: Philippine dance athletes add to Day 1 gold rush
Source: ANCALERTS - 🏆 26. / 50 Read more »

'Di nakinig: Pinay dance athlete na pinigilang sumayaw noon, SEA Games gold medalist na
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Philippine sports luminaries open 30th SEA GamesAno magbalita pa kayo ng fake news! Mga tolongges!
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

PANOORIN: Carlos Yulo nagpakitang-gilas sa SEA Games gymnastics
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Netball arena na gagamitin sa SEA Games hinangaan
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »