This holiday season Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Talisay City are coming together again to bring hope and joy through the “Wish Upon A Tree” campaign.
Now in its third year, “Wish Upon A Tree” aims to brighten the lives and spread the spirit of giving to 187 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), Jail Warden CInsp Kevin Bonilla said.
The holiday tree adorned with the wishlist ornaments prepared by the PDLs at BJMP Talisay will be on display at the CHMSU Talisay Campus starting November 14 until December 10, a press release from CHMSU said Wednesday, Nov. 13.
“We encourage CHMSU students, employees, and alumni to take part in sharing the gift of love and light to our PDLs,” said Rhoderick Samonte, Director for Internationalization and External Relations at CHMSU.
Gift givers can adopt a PDL as an individual or as a group.
The CHMSU community plans to hold a turnover activity at BJMP Talisay to personally deliver the gifts, Samonte said.
Aside from the wishlist, the “Santa Clauses” may also add more gifts, said Bonilla adding that the most common gifts the PDLs ask for are hygiene kits, yellow shirts, and slippers.
Sharp objects, cigarettes, and other contraband not allowed inside the jail will not be accepted, added Bonilla.*