Buruun folks bag Northern Mindanao’s model Filipino family award

Buruun folks bag Northern Mindanao’s model Filipino family award

by Charmaine P. Tadlas

Cagayan de Oro City (25 September) — A family from Buruun, Iligan City was recognized yesterday, September 24, as the Regional Model Filipino Family for Northern Mindanao level.

Mr. Glenn and D’Vincet Quihoy and sons GJ’ Joash, Clint John, Chris Angelico and Jacks Zechariah topped the rates in the search for “Huwarang Pamilyang Pilipino” which was facilitated and judged by the Regional Inter-Agency Committee on the Filipino Family.

The Quihoy family stood out in the criteria in which the husband and wife demonstrate love and respect for each other, the parents demonstrate love and respect for their children and the children demonstrate love and respect for one another.

The family also scored high in their involvement in community affairs.

“We are not a perfect family but still we thank everybody for their recognition towards us,” D’Vincet Quihoy, said.

“What probably made us become the model family is our devotion towards each other and towards God.”

Glenn, Barangay Captain of Buruun and D’Vincet, the dean of College of Arts and Sciences in Iligan City Medical Center, shared that their family went through a lot just like other families but said that they always believed that the end of it all was God.

“My husband and I always make sure that we set ourselves as an example to our children. So we always pray and put God in the center of our marriage and family.”

As the Huwarang Pamilyang Pilipino, the Quihoy family will be reaching out to the communities in Northern Mindanao by endorsing barangay action plans on family interventions and activities and serve as advocates on family values.

The second and first runners up were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Narabe, Jr. of Gingoog City and Mr. and Mrs. Zoilo Erigbuagas of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

The Regional Inter-Agency Committee on the Filipino Family was represented from the Departments of Social Welfare and Development, Agriculture, Interior and Local Governance, Environment and Natural Resources, and Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office of Misamis Oriental.

The search was also conducted by the Department of Social welfare and Development (DSWD), region 10, in celebration to the National Filipino Family Week of which the theme is “Si Nanay: Matatag sa Lahat ng Bagay.” (DSWD-10)

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