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‘Save the Dates:’ a fundraising calendar
Too many of them, all fundraisers to benefit the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. One’s calendar must be filling up fast with benefit dinners, concerts, fashion shows, silent auctions, comedy hours, sorting and packing parties and other forms of community gatherings whose proceeds are meant to benefit people from the Visayas. We have […]
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Jersey boys on a mission: To collect old clothes and cash donations for the PHL
By Cristina DC Pastor The morning after Typhoon Haiyan mauled the Philippines’ Visayan islands with unmatched fury, three well-scrubbed suburban boys from Cranford, New Jersey sprang into action. “I asked Ryan if he wants to help. He’s my best friend, he lives on my street,” said Josh Furer, 12, a seventh-grader at Hillside Avenue School. […]
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Voice of America features ‘The FilAm:’ ‘Website supports Philippines relief efforts’
Click here to listen to the VOA report. By Bernard Shusman Web surfers around the world have an authoritative source for information about Filipino expatriates in the New York area – and their efforts to come to the aid of typhoon victims in the Philippines. In the wake of super typhoon Haiyan, the death toll […]
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OFF THE WALL: Would you put money on The Happiest Place on Earth?
By Rene Pastor The Walt Disney Company has come a long way. I grew up watching Mickey Mouse and Goofy. They put up Disneyland theme parks in Florida and California. I remember taking my wife and daughter to Orlando and we had the time of our lives despite the showers. We even managed to watch […]
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Lone Waray* raising funds for his village
By Cristina DC Pastor Alfonso Alao, 31, is a cashier at Phil-Am Restaurant and Grocery in Colonia, New Jersey. When he learned Typhoon Yolanda – international name: Haiyan – was about to descend on his province of Leyte, he quickly called his family in Albuera town, urging them to take care and prepare canned food […]
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NYC Mayor’s Fund, Doctors Without Borders announce assistance to PHL
The NYC Mayor’s Fund and Doctors Without Borders are now accepting donations for relief efforts to the Philippines trying to recover from the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. The NYC Mayor’s Fund announced that contributions will support on-the-ground relief efforts and will be turned over to community organizations in New York assisting in the grassroots recovery […]
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Amidst a Super Typhoon, young Pinay contemplates: ‘Am I Filipino enough?’
By Jessica Abejar When news of Super Typhoon Haiyan — PHL name: Yolanda — hit the Philippines this past weekend, I was completely devastated. But instead of being wrapped up in the sadness at the fact that the strongest storm in recorded history just hit the place my parents called home, I was faced with […]
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Amid mind-numbing devastation, FilAms relearn the essence of trust, turn to laughter
By Cristina DC Pastor If there is one thing Typhoon Haiyan has taught Filipino Americans, it is relearning the meaning and essence of trust. Trusting where to send help and who to send it to. Filipino Americans normally rush to help their compatriots when disaster strikes, and it seems to happen a lot of times. […]
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Randy Gener’s tribute to his mother wins Plaridel Award’s outstanding essay
Editor, writer and artist Randy Gener, whose essay about his recently departed mother was published in TheFilAm magazine on what would have been her 67th birthday, garnered the Philippine American Press Club’s 2013 Plaridel Award for Outstanding Editorial Essay/Commentary at a gala dinner in Colma, California, on October 19th. In addition, the Asian American Arts […]