Did Enchong Dee break a world record for doing charity work?
, the title of the world’s largest swimming lesson in a single venue was achieved by 1,308 people of the World Waterpark Association on June 20, 2014, at Sun-N-Fun Lagoon in Florida, United States.Such event was part of the Kapamilya star’s“Handog Palangoy ni Enchong” wherein he aims to teach indigent Filipino children how to swim.
Dee started this project in May 2016 with only 50 children. The participants of the swimming lessons eventually grew over time. Dee said before that he launched this initiative as a way to pay tribute to his late swimming instructor whom he calls Coach Caloy.Dee’s penchant for swimming goes way back when he was a student-athlete at the De La Salle University. He earned a gold medal at a men’s swimming competition.
He said in a speech that he once dreamed of representing the country at the Olympics, but the dream was set aside for show business.While not as prestigious as competing at the Olympics, Dee was still able to compete at national sports events in his spare time.
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