{"id":13091,"date":"2026-09-04T10:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nstar.com.ph\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=13091"},"modified":"2026-10-13T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T11:17:07","slug":"sparking-young-minds-one-story-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/nstar.com.ph\/?portfolio=sparking-young-minds-one-story-at-a-time","title":{"rendered":"SPARKING YOUNG MINDS, ONE STORY AT A TIME"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13091\" class=\"elementor elementor-13091\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-afb9fc2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"afb9fc2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e80214d\" data-id=\"e80214d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b87ef8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b87ef8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.6 - 28-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span>A book can take a child farther than where their feet would carry them.<\/span><\/p><p><span>This is what Northern Star Facilities Solutions Inc. (NSF) helped make possible through #SparkDay, its community initiative under the NStar Sikap, Tulong, Sulong! (STS) Program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>On September 2, 2026, NSF donated 254 reading materials to Malaya Elementary School in Pililla, adding to the school\u2019s resources for its young learners. Fifty students also had the chance to listen, participate, and enhance their imagination in a storytelling session led by a professional storyteller from Adarna House.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>NSF volunteers from Pililla were joined by Northern Star head office employees. The day became more than simply an act of volunteering: they sat among the children, shared laughter, and saw firsthand what a story can mean when it is experienced together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>For NSF, #SparkDay is one of the simple ways it can contribute to make learning resources and experiences more accessible to children in the communities it serves, one community at a time.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f548b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0f548b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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