“Shoot for a cause” event is today! We hope to see you there!
100% of the proceeds will be going to the Philippine National Red Cross.
11 am to 6:30 pm
Health Kick
5640 Dempster St
Morton Grove, IL 60053-3041
(847) 965-4070
Get directions
11am to 4:00pm: Get your photos taken with our backdrop.
11am to 6:30pm: Fun and goofy photos at the Photobooth!
4:30pm to 6:30pm: “New Photographer Seminar” $50 per participant hosted by Michele and Andy of Misha Media
UPDATE III: I have just been informed that a digital photo frame has been donated by Oliveairé Artisan Events and Meetings towards the raffle! Check out their website here!
I also want to re-iterate that when you choose to have your photos taken with our backdrop for $5.00 per person or $10.00 per family, you will get the high resolution image(s) from our website, free to download, and free to print on your own! This is a great opportunity to get your photos taken for your Christmas Cards!
Also, there are only a few seats remaining for our “New Photographers Seminar” so please email us at typhoonrelief@mishamedia.com if you’d like to join us!
See you all tomorrow!
Michele and Andy
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UPDATE II: I have just been informed that there is an organization out in Glenview called NAFCON Midwest who is sending ‘balikbayan boxes’ containing dry goods such as clothing, towels, blankets, dry food (rice and ramen noodles), and medical supplies. Dennis Martinez will be at our event to pick up any dry good donations that you may want to bring. Please bring anything and everything that you can, every little bit helps. If you cannot make it to our event, please see details on their website on how to go about dropping off goods at their location. Here is their contact information:
Fellowship for Filipino Migrants-FFM
PO Box 901 Glenview, IL 60025-9998
ffm4outreach@gmail.com Nerissa (224)3816888
Also, please scroll down at the bottom of this post for other drop-off locations across the U.S.
Also, they are expecting yet another typhoon (Typhoon Parma) to come this weekend. Let’s all hope and pray that she decides to take a different path, away from land. Also please pray for those who were affected by the recent earthquake in Indonesia and Tsunami in Samoa. God bless…
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UPDATE I: A comment I received from someone who is a blog reader in the Philippines… “we have one more typhoon coming this friday or saturday. we’re hoping an praying it will not be another landfall. Sad though there are still hundreds of people at the east part of Manila,stranded on top of their roofs (at the time of this writing) Amazing, kanye west got more media publicity compared to whats happening here. just this afternoon, a cab driver told me that his colleague has gone insane after loosing all his property and all his love ones from the flood. im speechless this is just one of titanic-like stories you can hear from your colleagues and good strangers Ondoy humbled everyone… for now we’re gearing up for another typhoon..”
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Misha Media x Health Kick is hosting a fundraiser this Saturday, October 3rd from 11:00 am to 6:30 pm to help the people that were affected by Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) in the Philippines. There will be a mini photo studio to take portraits with a suggested minimum donation of $5, the Misha Media Photobooth will be there with a minimum donation of $1.00 (you will receive a 4×6 print of your photobooth picture on the spot), and also a gift bag with awesome health products donated by Orlando Cecilio from Health Kick! There will also be floral arrangements (by Gina Alcantara of GnG designs) and music (by Mark Del Rosario of dj delro).
We will also have a raffle for a photo session (lifestyle session or Bride and Groom session or Engagement session) with Misha Media
AND
Makeup for the photo shoot by the talented Traci Fein of Fine MakeUp Art!! (each raffle ticket will be $1.00).
We are also offering a “New Photographer Seminar” from 4pm to 6pm for $50 per participant. You will learn about the basics of photography and also learn how to “read” light, composition, etc… All you new SLR camera owners, come join us! You will learn a lot and it’s for a great cause! If you are interested in becoming a participant for the “New Photographer Seminar” please email us at typhoonrelief@mishamedia.com to reserve your spot! Limited number of availability, so reserve your spot now!
100% of the proceeds will be going to the Philippine National Red Cross.
11 am to 6:30 pm
Health Kick
5640 Dempster St
Morton Grove, IL 60053-3041
(847) 965-4070
Get directions
11am to 4:00pm: Get your photos taken with our backdrop.
11am to 6:30pm: Fun and goofy photos at the Photobooth!
4:30pm to 6:30pm: “New Photographer Seminar” $50 per participant hosted by Michele and Andy of Misha Media
Please help us spread the word via Facebook and Twitter!
Typhoon Ondoy took the capital of the Philippines by surpirse… A month’s worth of rain fell over Northern Luzon, Philippines on September 25, 2009, leaving much of the country’s capital and surrounding regions submerged in water, some areas reaching up to nine feet! The current death toll is at 240 people, with 340,000 affected by the Typhoon. This rainfall has been the highest recorded since 1967 and exceeds the rainfall level of Hurricane Katrina. They are predicting two more potential tropical depressions coming in the midst of Ondoy’s wake…. Let’s hope and pray no more rain comes…
Filipinos call it the “Bayanihan Spirit” which means the spirit of communal unity and cooperation. Stand up Chicago! They need our help… This is a great way to pay it forward…
I realize this is an urgent post and this event was planned over a period of 4 hours and counting. If you have other pre-arranged engagements, but would still like to donate to those affected by the Typhoon, Please click below to donate. Please don’t forget to include your name and a link for recognition. We will be doing a blog post on all the participants who will make this event a success.
a Picture is worth a thousand words…
Photos courtesy of http://www.typhoonondoy.org/
The following photo is courtesy of Xinhua / Reuters Photo
View more photos at NowPublic.com
Photos below courtesy of Friends from Facebook
It’s time to show our Bayanihan spirit for those who need it most…
NAFCON Drop Off Centers:
OFFICIAL DROP OFF SITES and CONTACT INFORMATION:
NAFCON (Nat’l Alliance for Filipino Concerns)/SANDIWA Nat’l Alliance of Fil-Am Youth are now receiving relief donations (clothes, blankets, medical supplies, monetary). For general questions please call Anne Beryl (516)9011832.
Official Webpage: www.bayanihan4ondoy.wordpress.com
New York
NY drop-off @ BAYANIHAN Filipino Community Center, 40-21 69th St. Woodside, NY 11377. Open Hours: Monday –Friday 11 AM – 8 PM and Saturday & Sunday 12-6 PM. Please Contact; Yancy Mark (347)8670330 or Jonna (646)5787390 or email filipinocenter@gmail.com if you would like to help.
Stony Brook University, please contact Jun Rose (646)7503489.
FIND District III college organizations: Please Contact Patricia Dayleg (patricia.dayleg@gmail.com) and Isabel Marie Gomez (isabelmariegomez@gmail.com).
BKPNewYork are also specifically collecting children’s books to the Philippines: Please contact Frederick (646)6417183 or email Frederick@bkpny.org
New Jersey
For donations in New Jersey please contact: (201)621-3156-Yves Nibungco or (917)476-7855- Nick Cordero
Sinugba Cafe: 561 Westside Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07304
Casa Victoria: 691 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07306-2803.
Kalusugan Coalition: Call 2016534600 for office hours. 591 Summit Avenue Suite 412 Jersey City, 07306. Corner Summit & Newark Ave.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles BALSA Relief Coordinators:
E-mail: sc@bayanusa.org
Phone: Fernando Fernando 323-854-4478 (Central LA)
Kuusela Hilo 818-395-9207 (LA)
Daya Mortel 206-355-0256 (West LA)
Victor Romero 424-225-0322 (South Bay)
Checks can be made out to Tulong Sa Bayan. (Tax-deductible) Online donations via paypal can be made at http://www.bayanusa.org.
Money, clothes, blankets, non-perishable food, medicines, toiletries and other basic necessities can be dropped off at designated BALSA locations in Southern California.
Drop-Off Location: 519 S. Spring (between 5th and 6th) LA, CA 90013. (323-854-4478, Fernando Fernando)
More drop-off locations will be volunteered in the coming days.
San Diego
BALSA efforts in SD – Eugene Gambol – egambol@gmail.com
General information on typhoon relief efforts in SD: Patricia Guevarra: 858 692 0785, patricia.guevarra@gmail.com
San Francisco/Bay Area
For donations in San Francisco/Bay Area, Please contact Ryan Leano (626)534-4971. Monetary donations can also be dropped off at these sites. Checks can be made out to “Lakasdiwa,” a non-profit organization that will send the funds directly to MIGRANTE International in the Philippines, a workers’ organization directly helping the victims in the disaster relief efforts. Please put “Typhoon Ondoy Relief” on the check’s note.
Filipino Community Center
4681 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94112
Liwanag Kultural Center
Hillside Park Clubhouse
222 Lausanne Ave. Daly City, CA 94014
Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30-6:00 and Wednesdays 3:30-8:00
Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy & Leadership
Attn: Armael Malinis, AnakBayan-East Bay
310 8th Street, Suite 215
Oakland, CA 94710
Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm
Stanford’s Pilipino American Student Union (PASU) is also collecting donations to be sent to the Philippines to help victims of Typhoon Ondoy (international name Ketsana). If you would like to make a donation, please contact AV David at avhdavid@stanford.edu or (650) 491-4561.
San Jose/South Bay
For donations in San Jose/South Bay, please contact Melissa Nievera of Filipino Community Support (FOCUS) at focus.balita@gmail.com.
Filipino Youth Coalition (FYC) & Filipino Community Support (FOCUS) drop-off sites:
Welch Park Community Building
Located at corner of Kenesta Way and Clarice Dr
San Jose, CA 95122
(open everyday from 2pm to 5pm to receive donations)
Valley Faith United Methodist Church
1251 Sandia Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94089
Portland, Oregon
Contact Portland Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines through Claire Oliveros portlandchrp@gmail.com. You can send CASH through Metro Bank acct. 3 189 14540 1 For BAYAN’s “BALSA” (Bayanihan Alay sa Sambayanan).
Please contact Consuelo Rivera at welorivera@yahoo.com or call at (503)7299449.
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:: Thank you! Ondoy fundraiser was a success! :: - [...] need in the Philippines. So as of Monday, September 28th, we decided to host a fundraiser… “Shoot for a cause : Relief for Typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines” It was no easy task getting a location to host and hold our event for October 3rd. Due to the [...]
Kenny Nakai - I was in Thailand this past summer and got to see where the Tsunami hit a couple years ago- It’s so hard to imagine all that is going on in the Philippines right now- Thanks for sharing and putting this event on-
Daniel Sheehan - This is a really wonderful thing that you are doing! A lot of these 3rd world countries do it hard – especially in south east asia. The last thing they need is a typhoon. And….great photos too!
reg - we have one more typhoon coming this friday or saturday.
we’re hoping an praying it will not be another landfall. Sad though there are still hundreds of people at the east part of Manila,stranded on top of their roofs (at the time of this writing)
Amazing, kanye west got more media publicity compared to whats happening here.
just this afternoon, a cab driver told me that his colleague has gone insane after loosing all his property and all his love ones from the flood. im speechless
this is just one of titanic-like stories you can hear from your colleagues and good strangers
Ondoy humbled everyone…
for now we’re gearing up for another typhoon..
Mark - Great idea. I hope you get lots of support! Good on you for donating your time.
Ondoy Update - Let’s continue to help the victims of Ketsana..
Let us change, let’s rebuild this nation. No one can do everything, but everyone can do something..