Pandesal Boy stakes hair for barangay

As a member of the intrepid national water polo team, he’s learned to deal with a bad hair day or two.

Now as a barangay captain, Dale Evangelista is willing to shave it all off—for 100 cavans of rice, that is.

Evangelista reported on Sunday that he only has to collect 15 more cavans (50-kilogram sack) before he goes for a daring bald look.

“I might even put in on FB (Facebook) Live,” said Evangelista, the designated enforcer for the national team before he was promoted as assistant coach.

He said the rice will be distributed to 1,800 families in Barangay 56 in Tondo district in Manila.

“It’s hard work but it can be very rewarding at the end the day when you know you managed to help people,” Evangelista added.

He has been on the streets since the lockdown was imposed all over Luzon middle of last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Evangelista started his rice drive only last week and has since been updating the progress through his Facebook page.

“It’s still not enough, but the 100 target is achievable at this point,” he told the Inquirer.

He has been doing the rounds—somedays aboard a wooden makeshift cart when he has a gout attack—giving away food packs from the local government as well as other donors.

Last December, Evangelista helped the Philippine men’s team, fondly called the “Pandesal Boys,” to silver-medal finish in the Southeast Asian Games. INQ