ABS-CBN telethon raises over P20M for ‘Ondoy’ victims

ABS-CBN telethon has raised at least P20 million in cash pledges and P25-million worth of goods for the victims of tropical storm Ondoy (international code name Ketsana).

Forty companies have already heeded the calls for help as donations continue to pour in for the thousands of storm victims.

“Nakiki-coordinate na ang ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya para makarating na itong [mga relief supplies],” said program head Tina Monzon-Palma. “[These are] ready for pick up and distribution directly to the affected areas, together with the donors or sponsors of Sagip Kapamilya.”

Monzon-Palma said 250 volunteers are packing the goods at Sagip Kapamilya’s warehouse at No. 13 Examiner St., West Triangle, Quezon City.

She said: “So many goods to give and we don’t have the space. We would like to give an appeal to keep it (goods)  in your warehouse. As soon as we get our teams organized and our logistics organized, we will call you or you call us. And we can schedule the release of all of these goods

“If you have big warehouse, keep your goods there and we will schedule an itinerary of where you could go. As soon as we get all of their donations, within this evening, we will sit down together with the team and then plot and create itinerary.”

Given the foundation’s limited number of trucks to transport the goods, she said: “If the donors already got the vehicles, we will really appreciate it if we can just go to your company and you can have your employees accompany us to the site. So, both of us can distribute the relief personally to all of our Kapamilyas.”

Monzon-Palma said ABS-CBN telethon is still ongoing. “We’re going to be in and out of Channel 2 the whole day today.”

Some celebrities have been taking phone calls from the donors since Sunday morning.

For more donations and pledges, please call Sagip Kapamilya 413-2667 and 416-0387.

via abs-cbnNEWS.com