The 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 joins together with other academic, private, and governmental institutions in Mindanao in the attempt of setting a 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 for "𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘰 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 (𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴)" on October 18, 2024 at Barangay Kapoc, Matanao, Davao del Sur.

The Guinness World Record Attempt for Most People Planting Bamboo Simultaneously is brought by the theme, "𝘒𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯: 𝘈 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵," which is an initiative to raise awareness on the potential of bamboo to promote Circular Economy, Climate Resilience, and Sustainability.

Preparations for the event started as early as 4 o'clock in the morning, multiple vehicles waited in the LYR Marketing, Digos City, to transport participants, particularly the selected 160 students from the ROTC unit of DSSC.

Upon the arrival at the venue was a registration and the conduct of a preliminary orientation regarding the criteria for the Guinness World Records Attempt, by which they have outlined the expected flow of the bamboo planting attempt and as well as the restrictions by which students and participants must comply in order to avoid an invalid attempt.

Leading to set the record from the Matanao Group was the DSSC College President, 𝘿𝙧. 𝘼𝙪𝙜𝙞𝙚 𝙀. 𝙁𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙨, delivering a warm opening remarks to all attendees of the Guinness attempt, acknowledging and welcoming notable guest from the local government units, government offices, private sectors, and as well as the participants for planting of the bamboo seedlings.

At exactly 8 o' clock in the morning was the start of the scanning of QR codes attached to each registered participant in the bamboo planting. The official start of the bamboo planting was exactly at 9 o'clock in the morning by which the countdown was led by the College President, 𝘿𝙧. 𝘼𝙪𝙜𝙞𝙚 𝙀. 𝙁𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙨, signifying the start of the planting of bamboos by which the participants are only given 30 minutes to plant in order to coincide with the planting timeframe of the other venues.

After the planting session was another hour of waiting for the participants inside the venue and upon exiting was another queue for the scanning of their QR codes, double-checking the headcount of participants inside the venue to increase the validity and reliability of the Guinness attempt results.

The attendees of the Guinness attempt then proceeded to the awarding of participants and as well as the giving of certificates towards notable guests from different governmental and private organizations, as they participate and bear witness on the attempt in making history.

The attempt is supported by both public governmental and privately-owned organizations such as 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 (𝘿𝙊𝙎𝙏), 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 (𝘿𝙎𝙒𝘿), 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 (𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙍), 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙮 (𝘿𝙏𝙄), 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 (𝘿𝙄𝘾𝙏), 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 (𝙋𝙄𝘼), 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙪𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘽𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡, 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙖-𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙖, 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙨, 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙪𝙧, 𝙈𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙤, 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚 (𝙋𝙉𝙋), 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙄𝙣𝙘., 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩 (𝘿𝙒𝘿), 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝙍𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙗, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 39𝙩𝙝 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 (𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙝’𝙀𝙈) 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝘿𝘼𝙑𝙎𝙐𝙍 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚, 𝙄𝙣𝙘., 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙪𝙧, and 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙪 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.

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