The municipality of Mabinay celebrated its first year anniversary of being a smokefree community lastOctober 13, 2011. The whole day celebration was participated by the different sectors of the municipality LGU officials, students and Mabinayanons. The theme of the said celebration was “Strengthening our Commitment for a Smokefree Community.”
The event started with the Pukaw, a smokefree Reveille, 4:00am of October 13. This was followed by the HIBANAY (HImamat sa mga BAnay sa MabiNAY), a convergence parade which started at the Mabinay Spring and ended at the municipality landmark where a program was held. For tarpaulins with 10,000 signatures of Mabinayanons supporting a smokefree community was uncovered . A series of congratulatory messages were delivered during the program. Another activity was the PASUNDING (PASUNg PaduDING), a creative drill. Different elementary and secondary school bands of the municipality participated in the competition. These were Lumbangan Elementary School, Abis Elementary School, Inapoy Elementary School, Mabinay Central School, Inapoy High School, Paniabonan High School, Tara Provincial Community High School, Bagtic National High School, Santo Niño High School, and Mabinay National High School. After the presentation of different contingents, Mabinay Central School band emerged as the best band presenter in the elementary level while Tara Provincial Community High School was declared the champion in the fancy drill contest, secondary level. The winners received band instruments which was sponsored by the LGU.