I would like to thank all Cebuanos who dropped by the Ondoy Donation Drop-off booth in Fuente. I’m so happy to know that despite all the financial difficulties that we’ve all been experiencing, people are still willing help and give. I would also like to thank all the volunteers who made the packing, shipping, and distribution easier. God bless us all!
The drop-off booth will remain open until 9 pm tonight. If you have some old clothes or a few extra packs of noodles, please donate them. I (together with my group – SSC-Cebu) will be at the booth tonight to help accept donations. Let’s all beat Ondoy! See you there, guys! 
Our uniformed brothers and sisters assisting at the drop-off booth in Fuente.
I would also like to thank the people at my office for their donations. In just two days, we were able to gather more than 6 sacks of used clothing and a couple of boxes of medicine, canned goods, and noodles. Thanks a lot guys!
Preparing to pull out our donations. Thanks to everyone who helped.
Thanks to Mike for allowing us to use his truck. Hehehe.
According to the CEBU Facebook page, an American dweller in the Philippines said: “I wish you all could see the amazing community spirit, charity and compassion in the Philippines. What I see happening here totally blows away the response to hurricane Katrina. People here have less to give, yet they are giving ABUNDANTLY. There is such a greater story than just the ‘death toll’ that the American media fails to capture.”
Those young guys in black are all members of Skyscraper City-Cebu. Big thanks, guys!
Big thanks to this big manufacturing company for donating more than three thousand pairs of shoes.
Due to the overwhelming support from Cebuanos, the drop-off center had to request for more buses to accommodate all donations.
Unloading donations from an ‘anonymous’ Cebuano.
An SSC-Cebu member taking the name of a donor.
Posing at the end of the second day.
SSC-Cebu with the team from DSWS posing at the end of the three-day donation drive.
photos by line and slerz
Wow! I’m so proud of you Ley. God bless to you & to all who helped. Truly, a job well done!
That is so nice! God bless all of you… It actually bring tears to my eyes that people are being unselfish & showing their community spirit. Makes me PROUDER to be Cebuano. And that comment from an American living in Cebu is absolutely true & amazing to hear! Abante Bisaya!
This is a concrete proof that there exist in us the drive to be one in times of need. Together we can overcome adversities with a smile.
Another comment I’ve read (probably sent by a non-Filipino) while watching video clips of the flood : “What? No looting, no shooting?”
*sniff sniff*
last night, while accepting donations, a balut vendor stopped in front of the booth and said that he wanted to donate. we told him that it would be very great. he then pulled out from his belt bag five twenty-peso bills and said ‘hinay baya ang kita karon. okay ra ba bisag 100 lang?’
we couldn’t help but be teary-eyed sa iyang gesture.
Ley, your balut-vendor story is quite moving.
By the way, what does SSC stand for?
SSC means Skyscraper City – Cebu. It started out as a small group of forumers focused mainly on developments and updates in Cebu. It has evolved into an NGO-like group of people who love Cebu.
ana gyud cebu!!!! daghang salamat gyud sa tanan. may God’s blessings be to all of you….
i really can’t hold my tears to fall seeing and hearing stories and news about how Cebu people and the rest of our neighboring provinces had contributed in spirit, in flesh (volunteers), money and in kind to able to help our needy victims up north. .there’s no day that i don’t shed tear when i read news items here and in PI and the live streaming of DYAB-Abante Bisaya through stickam. . it really touches me. .way to go CEBU. and especially the VOLUNTEEERS-without you this would not be possible.
thanks to sa tanan. I know dghan ang naabtan sa calamidad pero dghan man pud ang ningtabang.
what an awesome job you had done, Ley. . .to thank everyone who was/is part of this exercise through this most visited blogsite of yours, with few snap shots of the event to validate.
I was looking for an organization to send my money to. I looked at RedCross first but they do not have a facility online to donate specifically to the Pinas disaster. Anyway, I found you can with UNICEF and there’s even an anonymous donor who will match all donations going to the Pinas relief up to $500K. So that’s where I sent my money. The link is https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=5960&5960.donation=form1. I also posted this link in the Undernet #Cebu IRC channel topic to spread the word there.
George
ley, thanks, i did not know your into humanitarian stuff as well… we as KG (kawad galinga) here in the US are providing mostly financial suppot to pinas since we are not there to physically help the victims….. kudos to you ley, your friends and the SCC….
God bless
correction! big time, i must have been very sleepy or just dyslexic
its GK (gawad kalinga)
sorry guys
Katong Balut vendor I think mas dako pa ug nahatag kay one-fourth na gud siguro to sa kitaon niya nianang adlawa,,,unya iyang gihatag aron makatabang sa mga kaigsoonan natong nagkalisodlisod tungod sa bagyong Ondoy… salamat sa mga tawong sama niya….
God bless to all those who help and volunteered for this noble cause……nagkadako ug nagkalambo na dyud ang SSC……
The response of our fellowmen in helping the victims of typhoon Ondoy is overwhelming. This proves that Bayanihan still exist.
na touched jud ko sa gesture sa balut vendor ay promise….i even told my officemates about his gesture….even them salute to the balut vendor……..good job sir ley…..kudos to your SSC team….
grabe man jud no atong bagyong ondoy. i never expect nga maingon ato.. ma rich or ma poor wa jud gibili..
thanks to the donors…..
at least ma ease sad gamay ilang pain by donations….
To: Leyland , the SSC Team & to all the people who donate,
Thank you for the effort/help you contributed to the victims of the flood, may GOD shower you more blessings.
My brother in Rizal is badly affected.
how is your brother and his family mam inday? are they okay na?
wow…kudos sir ley and to your ssc team…..and to all the volunteers……..
Very Proud of you Ley and your team and all other volunteers! Great job Cebuanos and may God go on blessing our beloved Cebu. We have to count our blessing because it could have been us.
Hello Ley, as what my brother told me, maybe the water will subside by December if no more rains coming. They are living with her sister inlaw at the moment until they can rebuild another bahay kubo.
Thanks for your concern Ley.
Cebu rocks! God Bless Cebu
lei! asa ako bahin??? lol