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From 2003 to 2006, I traveled back and forth between Austin and Manila a few times a year for work – often staying for months at a time.

While I was there, I had the privilege of  meeting hundreds of Filipinos who have left a pretty strong impression on me. Since I was away from my American friends and family for so long, my Filipino friends and coworkers became like a second family to me.

With some of my Filipino buds in Manila, Philippines

Right now, my Filipino friends — and tens of thousands of Filipinos like them — need help.

I personally know people in Manila who have just lost their homes, vehicles, furniture… and are even having a hard time finding food.

It’s tough enough to save money in this economy — imagine if you had to start over right now with nothing.

It would be nice if we could just donate canned goods, clothes, and furniture — but that would take too long and cost too much to ship.

A much more effective way to help is to send money. No amount is too small — every quarter counts.

If you would like to donate to the typhoon victims you can do it through the American Red Cross at 1-800-435-7669, or you can do it through a fund I’m starting at SocialDonating.org by using the form below.

Where’s your donation going?

• $1,000 – These funds went to Ortigas Center, Manila relief ops at Telus call center. Our contribution went into a pool of money being used to help out those in most need.
• $1,600 – These funds were going to go to relief ops in Makati at eTelecare but a life-threatening situation came up in Central Luzon. We sent the funds there to help fund a life-saving operation for a typhoon victim there. The man’s wife thought she had lost him in the mud slides that resulted from typhoon rain. She found him but his leg was infected and if he didn’t have an operation to remove it soon he would die. The family took out a loan for the operation. He had the operation and our funds are going to pay for the hospital bill and hopefully help get the family back on their feet. There’s a compelling personal story involved that I can’t post on this site for privacy reasons. If you made a donation, you received the email from me telling you about this.  We’ll send more funds to this family as we raise them.
• $1,000 - These funds went toward another individual emergency, similar to the story above, but in the Manila area. Click here to view the details.
• I will keep you updated with where future funds go.

Just so you know, 100% of the money you donate makes it to Manila. I am paying the PayPal fees and the Wells Fargo wiring fees myself.  So everything you donate goes to work for the cause!

Thank you for any help you can offer!!

-Greg