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Ion gives away shoes to young basketball players in his hometown 

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Mary Ann Bardinas

Christmas came quite early for the 16 kids in the hometown of <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/itsshowtime" target="_blank">It&#x27;s Showtime</a> host Ion Perez as each of them received a pair of rubber shoes from him as a reward for joining the one-day basketball league that he organized recently in Concepcion, Tarlac. Prior to that, he shared on his latest vlog the funny thing that he and his team went through before they got to purchase those pairs of kicks. As he was too excited for the gift-giving that night, they mistakenly went to the wrong mall. Well, this is something that many people could probably relate to since the similarities in the names of the two malls are truly confusing. <div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cSc5ghGOlvs" title="MAAGANG PAMASKO PARA SA MGA BATA | Ion Perez" width="853"></iframe></div>However, instead of immediately going back to the mall they were supposed to go, Ion decided to just go on and finish his business where they already were since some of the shoe sizes they needed were not available in the former. While the staff were preparing his orders, he decided to swing by the yogurt shop to satisfy his cravings. As soon as they were done with their business in BGC, he and his team drove straight to Quezon City to pick up the remaining portion of their orders that were only available there.Before the gift-giving the following day, two basketball games for the kids and the adults took place, in which Ion participated. It was Ion who personally handed the shoes to the young players, who were all thrilled and elated upon the sight of the presents they just received. In the opening part of this vlog, Ion imparted that the kids had been asking him every time he was in Tarlac about the rubber shoes that he promised them as a prize for winning his one-day league. He wasn’t able to give it to them immediately since it’s quite difficult to look for kids’ sizes. He then expressed that he had nothing but excitement in his heart. “Ang maganda diyan, matagal magagamit ng mga bata. Sobrang deserve nila kasi ‘yong mga bata may mga future naman sa paglalaro. Magagaling naman ‘yong mga batang nag-champion. Sana maging masaya ang Pasko nila,” he conveyed.

Ion Perez made several young ballers from his hometown happy after fulfilling his promise of giving them rubber shoes.