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.
NAFCON Midwest
Fellowship for Filipino Migrants-FFM
PO Box 901 Glenview, IL 60025-9998
ffm4outreach@gmail.com Nerissa (224)3816888
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.
Vallejo
Contact: 707 342 7352 (for both)
10am-5:30pm
Creative Events
1111 Maple Avenue
Vallejo, CA 94591
Andrea’s Restaurant
1109 Maple Avenue
Vallejo, CA 94591
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
De Anza College
Beginning October 8, 2009, ISANG PUSO will have donation bins set up on campus for donations drop off.
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd
Cupertino, CA 95014
San Jose State University
Akbayan Filipino Student Club Table – In front of Student Union
1 Washington Sq
San Jose, CA 95192
Hours are: M-Th 11-3:30pm
Seattle
Please contact Jeff Rice at 2062918078 or email edjop82@gmail.com to donate to BAYAN’s “BALSA†(Bayanihan Alay sa Sambayanan).
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.