My boss’s wife asks us if we want to volunteer to help to
sort out all the clothes, toiletries, blankets, and canned goods her college
friends collected and organized to be delivered to the victims of Typhoon
Yolanda in Coron, Panay, and Negros. Since the concentration of the relief is
in Tacloban they decided to send those to other provinces.
The place we went to was in Xavierville Quezon City in Ms.
Clarisse house, the one who organize the charity. We almost got lost since we
can’t see the street names because it’s been blocked by Meralco post. Good thing we had a car because I really don’t
want to commute. When we arrived at 1:30PM her house is in full swing with the
other volunteers. There’s lot of boxes, paper bags, sacks from donations. We have
to sort everything out from; female adult top, female adult bottom, male adult
top, male adult bottom, female/male top/bottom teens, female/male top/bottom
pre-school, infant, undergarments (all new!) toiletries, blankets, pillows,
slippers, shoes, medicine, toys, canned goods, biscuits, and noodles. Whew! It was
so amazing how fast we worked on a lot of things in just two hours and at 5pm
everything was already boxed, labeled and ready to go. Though there are some left
to be pack since we ran out of balikbayan box and have to get a few more. So then
we bid our goodbyes at around 5:30PM.
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We also bring pot luck for meryenda; some breads, brownies,
juice and soda. I love the brownies from Purple Oven. I also love the cassava
from Alvarez it’s so soft! I’m happy volunteering but I’m so much happy to eat
free food! LOL
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We also have pot luck for the food, yay! |
I was so tired and my back is in pain due to frequently
bending forward but I know it’s just a small pain compared to the typhoon
victims, they didn’t just lost their house and things, they also lost their wife,
their husband, their kids, parents, relatives, friends. And in the smallest
help I could possibly give, I just wish that this small help could bring at
least a small smile on their face.
