Benefit for Victims of Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) October 9, 2009

BENEFIT FOR VICTIMS OF TYPHOON KETSANA (ONDOY)
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 6:00pm
Lot 46, 46 Geary St., San Francisco
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142505726486

BUY ADVANCE ADMISSION TO SPEED ENTRY INTO THE EVENT!

Due to limited space at Lot 46, we are encouraging attendees to purchase advance admissions online for $20 per person, plus a nominal processing fee. Advance admission will be on a VIP list and will be able to avoid the general admission entry line.

Purchase here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/85148

You don’t have to donate in advance to attend. We’ll be accepting donations of $20, or any amount, at the door. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the flood victims through ABS-CBN Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

We regret that we are unable to accept in-kind donations at this event.

Honorary Co-Hosts:

Honorary Co-Hosts:
Hon. Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
Hon. Jackie Speier, Congresswoman 12th District of California
Hon. Betty Yee, Chair of the California State Board of Equalization
Hon. Leland Yee, California State Senate
Hon. Fiona Ma, Majority Whip 12th Assembly District
Hon. Jerry Hill, Assemblymember 19th Assembly District
Hon. Marciano Paynor, Jr., Philippine Consul General to San Francisco
Hon. Gavin Newsom, Mayor City of San Francisco
Hon. Kamala D. Harris, SF District Attorney
Hon. Phil Ting, San Francisco Assessor-Recorder
Hon. David Chiu, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Hon. Jane Kim, Vice President of San Francisco Board of Education
Hon. Hydra Mendoza, Mayor’s Education Advisor City and County of San Francisco
Hon. Steve Ngo, San Francisco Community College Board Trustee
Hon. Joel Young, AC Transit Board Director-At-Large

Host Committee: Keesa Ocampo (Chair), Audie Vergara, Eric Casher, Erin Haney, Fred Calindas, Gen Jopanda, Glenn Fajardo, Keith Kamisugi, Kyle Wong, London Breed, Masood Ordikhani, Matt Haney, Meena Harris, Rene Astudillo, Rhean Fajardo, Terrine Baluyut and Vidhya Prabhakaran

Community Partners: ABS-CBN Foundation-USA, Philippine Consulate General - San Francisco, San Francisco-Manila Sister City Committee, Asian American Journalists Association - SF Chapter, Bay Area Asian Pacific American Legislative Staffers, Young Filipino Professionals Association, Filipino Bar Association of Northern California, Citizen Hope, hapihour.org, Philippine American Press Club USA, Kaya:Filipino Americans for Progress, Filipino American Arts Exposition, Asian American Bar Association, Filipina Women’s Network, Clubworks, National Federation of Filipino-American Associations, DineForChange, Soulciety.org, San Francisco Fil-Am Jazz Festival Community, Asian Business League, Fil-Am Chamber of Commerce Santa Clara, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and Bliss Entertainment

Featured DJs:
DJ Big Rich
DJ Romeo
Chief Xcel

Performance by:
Kristine Sinajon

The massive flooding in Metropolitan Manila in the Philippines has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced over 700,000 people – in what is considered the worst such calamity in the region’s history. The impact of this unfortunate event will be felt for many months ahead and the country will need a lot of help from the global community in rehabilitation efforts as well as in dealing with resulting food & basic supply shortages and the spread of disease.

Individual community members and groups in the San Francisco Bay Area have organized this fundraising event to benefit the victims of typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy), and are very encouraged by the overwhelming show of support.

The organizers of this benefit also stand in solidarity with the typhoon victims in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, as well as those who were most recently affected by the tsunami and earthquake in American Samoa, Samoa and Indonesia. “We encourage all those who can to equally support the various relief efforts being organized by other community groups in the Bay Area and elsewhere to assist our unfortunate brothers and sisters in the Asia-Pacific region, ” said Keesa Ocampo,Community Relations Assistant, ABS-CBN International - North America.

For complete event information, with links to Facebook and the admission purchase link, visit http://hapihour.org

Official Website: http://hapihour.org/ondoy