UPDATE as of 9/29/09: Here is the  additional list of relief centers, ways to donate online, calls for specific goods/items, calls for volunteers and fund-raising drives being organized. These are information aggregated mainly from Twitter and Facebook. Since there are countless information being exchanged at these social networks it’s hard to track whether this information is reaching the proper channels/targeted people or if it’s simply floating around being shared and retweeted. I am deluged with data so I figured I would have to consolidate and compile it to make sense and structure out of it.

I am continuously updating this post (hopefully for the entire day) so please hit on refresh every once in a while to update the list. I try my best to verify every link, but as for the phone numbers, please do the verification on your end. I am also sending this to the Google spreadsheet directory for documentation and reference. If you find errors, please call my attention through my Twitter or Facebook.  Thank you.

RELEVANT NEWS/UPDATES:

• NDCC list of impassable roads as of Sept 29, 2009

FREE SERVICES OFFERED TO VICTIMS:

• HONDA & NISSAN OFFERS FREE TOWING! 09228504452 -09224452242 -09228997959
• Calamity loans available for those affected by Ondoy. Hotlines SSS 9206446 GSIS 4793645 PAG-IBIG 724 4244

REQUESTS/HELP NEEDED:

• Cainta, Tanay appeal for more relief aid
• Carlos Celdran calling out for volunteer cooks to man soup kitchen in San Mateo later this afternoon. Text 0917 8861080.
• ADMU needs food.
• LSGH needs cars to transport goods.
• Xavier needs donations.
• Red Cross Shaw & MegaTent need volunteers
• Call for donations to San Mateo Rizal Municipal Hall; look for Romina Alfonso. They need medicines, water, rice, sardines, noodles.
• Red Cross needs volunteer divers who are experienced in rescue, search and recovery. Please call Gio Bacareza 09175777602
• Surfers w/ or w/o boards who want to help in the rescue operations,contact 09178441981/09278947232. This is in coordination w/ AlohaBoardSports.

SOS Rescue ASAP:

• Residents of FELIX, CAINTA still have not been rescued. Still flooded and no help for 72 hours.

FUNDRAISERS BEING ORGANIZED NATIONWIDE:

• Fundraiser at Escoto Store fronting Belyca Badminton Store, Brgy 2, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Sep 30 3-10pm

RELIEF OPERATIONS / DROP OFF POINTS FOR DONATIONS:

***LOCAL***

• SLU (Saint Louis University) Baguio (in cash or in kind) — priority relief items: clothes, clean water , food, kitchenware, medicines, hygience kits, towels
• Ateneo de Naga University  “Agap Luzon” now accepting donations led by the Center for Community Dev’t.
• Victory Sta. Rosa is also accepting donations. Please coordinate with
  Mr. Gene Battung at 09228424403.
• Tulong Tomasino: Donation Drive for ONDOY Victims
• CCF St. Francis Square is open to all volunteers who would like to help from
  September 28 –October 04, 2009 (Monday to Sunday) at Room 402 from 9AM to 5PM
• Tropang Villar —  If you want to join our effort in helping Ondoy victims, welcome aboard! Call 0917-8122802 or 0917-4226800. We are also accepting relief goods at all entrances of Star Mall on Edsa corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City.
• St. Scholastica’s College-Manila is accepting donations today.
• Parish Center Lily St. Tahanan Village — still accepting donations tomorrow 9am-12nn
• Akbayan Party List relief operations (donations and volunteers) pls call or txt: 925-58-43/ 09175381816 (Bayantel lines down so use these numbers). Akbayan office #36 b Madasalin St., Sikatuna Village, Quezon City

RED CROSS — For those who are donating goods for the families by Typhoon Ondoy, you can send your donations from September 29 to October 2 to the BLUELEAF EVENTS PAVILLION, 100 Park Avenue, McKinley Hill Village, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, directions are as follows:From McKinley Road, enter Fort Bonifacio and go straight, then turn right on 5th Avenue, going towards Essensa. Go past Essensa and the American Battle Monument. Turn left on upper McKinley Road.Turn right on Park Avenue and then the BLUELEAF EVENTS PAVILLION will be on your right.

***ESTABLISHMENTS***

• LBC is now accepting donations nationwide for the victims of typhoon “Ondoy”
• SM Malls are also accepting donations.
• Star Mall (at any entrance) — Tulong Villar is accepting donations and supplies

***INTERNATIONAL***

• Typhoon Relief  “Balikbayan Box Drive” Whittier Law School in Orange County CA

• World Food Programme — Help the Philippines weather the storm – just $18 helps a family with essential food. Donate online.
• Habitat for Humanity will be constructing pre-fab toilets & transitional shelter for Ondoy victims. Donate online.
• Australia: Pinoy-Aussies, LISTEN tomorrow &Thursday @ 97.7 FM SBS Radio-Filipino Program, CALL & DONATE! SBS Radiothon for Ondoy Victims.

UPDATE ON VARIOUS WAYS/MEANS FOR ONLINE DONATIONS:

• Philippine National Red Cross Online Donations: You can now select Typhoon Ondoy from the drop down menu when donating online.
• Some people got emails from Xoom.com which says, “Send a Fee-Free Money Transfer to Help the Typhoon Ondoy Relief Efforts”, if you got that, ask friends to check their emails, they may want to use that in sending donations.

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UPDATE as of 9/28/09: According to MLQ3, relief centers are running out of goods. Please help.

I’m posting this email from Fight Poverty and Corruption for a Better Philippines by 2028, a Facebook group I am a member of. Facebook friends used to ask back then, what’s the relevance of joining groups on Facebook when you don’t really get to do anything but sign-in for a cause and then that’s it. Well, here’s the answer. This is where that group is put to use. So let’s pull all our resources together. There is no better time than this.

I find this information highly important and it is urgent that it reaches as many online eyes as possible, hence the decision to repost. I’m quite sure you’ve seen this in the dailies or somewhere else online, but I’d like to boost keyword prominence and easy searching for this information hopefully upped by this blog’s page rank.

The information contained herein do not belong to me, I did not compile this. Please give credit where it is due (check names at the end of the post). I hope this information gets pushed at Google and other search engines.

Again, below is a list of verified relief centers / drop off centers for donations for Typhoon Ondoy victims, our kababayans who need all the help we can give.

Alternatively, you can also refer to this online spreadsheet of relief/drop off/volunteer centers, edited real-time by concerned citizens. Check for drop off centers near your area.

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09/27/2009 | 09:09 PM

This is the list of verified relief centers where people can drop off their donations for the victims of “Ondoy:”

QUEZON CITY

UP College of Arts and Letters

Go to: College of Arts and Letters (CAL)
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

Hotline: 09296454102 (Prof. Roselle Pineda)

Look for: Guard on Duty (in UP CAL)

Operations: 24 hours until Wednesday tentatively

You can:

# Donate medicines, clothes, blankets, food to be distributed by Citizens’ Disaster Response Center.

Erica Paredes

Go to: Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City
(Call or text contact number for complete address) Contact #: 09174741930

Look for: Erica Paredes

Operations: Throughout the week tentatively, from 10 am to 6 pm

You can:

# Donate ready-to-eat foods like hard-boiled egg, bread, packed juice, sandwich filling

# Volunteer to prepare sandwiches and distribute goods

NoyMar Relief Operations – QC

Go to: Balay Expo Center, Farmers Market, Cubao or in White Space, Pasong Tamo Ext., Near BMW, Makati

Look for: Clare Amador or Jana Vicente

Hotlines: 09285205508, 09285205499, 0908-6579998, 0939-3633436, 9137122

Operations: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. throughout the week until further notice.

Website: www.marroxas.com

You can:

# Donate drinking water, old medicines, clothing, blankets, canned goods, noodles

# Volunteer to man stations and repack food.

Miriam Quiambao and World Vision Development Foundation

Go to: One Orchard Road Building in Eastwood or at the World Vision office at 389 Quezon Avenue, corner West 6th St., Quezon City

Hotline: 0917-8623209

Look for: The guard in the lobby (on One Orchard Road)

Website: http://www.twitter.com/miriamq, www.worldvision.org.ph

Operations: Until Sept. 28, 2009 (Monday), 24-hour operation

You can:

# Donate goods like clothes, blankets, canned goods, crackers, mattress, hygiene kits, noodles, bottled water, oatmeal, instant coffee, sugar (for relief pack to be distributed by World Vision)

# Volunteer to help repack relief goods for World Vision starting today at 7pm

# Deposit cash donations to World Vision Development Foundation, BPI savings account number 4251002415 and BDO savings account number 270043411

Philippine Army

Go to: Philippine Army Gym inside Fort Bonifacio, Makati or General Head Quarter’s Gym in Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, EDSA, Quezon City

Hotline: 892-3417 (direct line), 845-9555 (trunkline) local. 6464 and 6466

Look for: Any personnel on duty

Operations: Ongoing everyday for 24 hours until further notice

You can:

# Donate relief goods (no cash)

# Call hotline for rescue, evacuation or relief assistance.

# Call to report missing persons

Papemelroti Gifts and Decorative Accessories

Go to: 91 Roces Ave., Corner Scout Tobias, Quezon City or mall branches in Ali Mall Cubao, SM City North EDSA, SM Fairview, SM Megamall, Glorietta 3 in Makati, SM Centerpoint, SM Southmall

Hotline: refer to website for individual branch numbers

Website: www.papemelroti.com

Operations: Mall hours (10am-9pm), ongoing everyday until further notice

You can:

# Donate goods like canned goods, clothings, blanket, cooking utensils and other relief goods EXCEPT cash.

Ateneo de Manila University Disaster Response Group

Go to: Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights , Quezon City, Manuel V. Pangilinan Building Center for Student Leadership Lobby, University Dorm Cervini Hall

Hotlines: 09089977166, 09178952792, 4266001 local 5050

Look for: Gio Tiongson, President, Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral

Website: www.ateneosanggu.com

Operations: 24-hour operations for the entire week

You can:

# Donate goods like bottled water, sardines, canned goods, candles, cup noodles.

# Volunteer to help repack relief goods, administer basic first aid.

# Report missing persons.

# Seek evacuation/temporary shelter at University Dorm Cervini Hall.

Citizens Disaster Response Center (CDRC)

Go To: 72-A Times St., West Triangle Homes, Quezon City.

Hotlines: 9299820, 9299822

Operations: 8 a.m. onwards.

You can:

# Donate money, old clothes, blanket, bigas, munggo.

# Volunteer to help distribute goods.

Radio Veritas

Go To: Veritas Tower , West Ave. corner EDSA

Look For: Karla Turingan

Hotlines: 9257931 to 39, 0918VERITAS

Operations: 24-hours, tentatively until Tuesday.

You can:

# Donate old clothes, food, assorted goods, bottled water, cash.

Our Lady of Pentecost Parish

Go to: 12 F. dela Rosa cor. C. Salvador Streets, Loyola Heights , Quezon City

Hotlines: 632 4342397, 63 2 9290665

Operations: 7 a.m. till 10 p.m. Sunday, until further notice.

You Can:

# Donate packed meals, bottled water.

MAKATI/TAGUIG/MUNTINLUPA

Victory Fellowship – Fort Bonifacio

Go to: Victory Fellowship, Every Nation Building , across Market-Market, Fort Bonifacio

Look for: Pastor Bernard Marquez

Hotlines: 813-FORT, 8171212

Operations: Tentatively until 5pm, may may extend hours. Entire week until Friday.

Website: www.twitter.com/VictoryFort

You can:

# Donate canned goods, milk, bottled water, clothes, cash.

# Volunteer to help pack relief goods

Sacred Heart of Jesus Chaplaincy

Go to: Hillsborough Village, Cupang, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila

Hotline: 8428148, 8079847

Look for: Genelyn Sembrano, Meanne Cuneta

Website: www.sacredheartofjesus-alabang.org

Operations: Tuesday-Sunday (Sept. 29-Oct 4). 8 am to 12 noon, 2 to 6 pm

You can:

# Donate water, blankets, shoes, clothes and other goods

# Donate in cash

PASIG CITY

LUZON RELIEF: Volunteer / Donate / Pray

Go to: Renaissance Fitness Center, 2nd Floor, Bramante Building, Renaissance Towers, Ortigas, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City

Hotline: 0929-8713488

Look for: Warren Habaluyas, co-founder

E-mail: luzonrelief@gmail.com

Operations: Monday to Saturday (Sept. 28-Oct. 3), 9am-7pm

You can:

# Donate non-perishable food items, beddings, pillows, blankets, clothes

# You can donate cash but it is not encouraged

– Compiled by Annalyn Ardoña and Patricia Faustino, GMA NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

—
Dennis de Guzman
Cause Admin

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