(Editor's note: Below are articles taken from the DLSU-Manila website and www.goodnewspilipinas.com.)

DLS Campuses Undertake Relief Operations for Typhoon Ondoy Victims

From the DLSU website:

DLSU's Ondoy Relief Operation

De La Salle University is accepting donations in cash and in kind for victims of the typhoon Ondoy.

To those who wish to help through cash and check donations, please do so via the details indicated below:

Swift Code UCPB PHMM

Kindly remember to include all details listed above in your deposit slip, and send an e-mail to sc@dlsu.edu.ph confirming your donation.

Members of the academic community requiring immediate assistance may contact the following numbers:

Alumni — 09053603655

Updates as to donations received and deployed, as well as relevant breaking news, will regularly be posted in this page. Volunteers to help relief efforts on campus are also very much welcome.

For other inquiries, please call 524-4611 local 128, 523-6158, or 526-5612.

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A total of 1,171 bags of food, clothing, and toiletries have been distributed to the following areas:

Pandacan

Donations in the form of school supplies, children's clothes, medicine, milk, and water are urgently needed. Volunteers willing to lend vehicles for the transport of these goods are most welcome.

Reports of missing individuals from the academic community, as well as areas requiring immediate assistance, are welcome via the numbers posted above.

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Donated clothes today total 1,515 pieces.

Non-clothing items — medicine, water, rice, toiletries, and food — are now at 5,055 units. 238 kilos of canned goods have been received.

Total cash and check donations stand at Php95,292.00

In addition to the 1,000 relief good packs distributed yesterday, volunteers at DLSU — 228 all in all — have distributed 1,060 bags to communities in Tatalon, San Mateo, Masambong, Bugong, and Valenzuela. Breakdown of volunteers is as follows:

MaSci 1

Donations in the form of school supplies, children's clothes, medicine, milk, and water remain urgently needed.

Reports of missing individuals from the academic community, as well as areas requiring immediate assistance, are welcome via the numbers posted.

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1,090 packs of relief goods were distributed this morning to communities in Cainta, Bagumbong, Tondo, Malabon, and via Adamson University—bringing total distribution for the day to 2,150 bags.

Non-clothing items and canned goods received on campus are currently estimated to be worth Php62,531, on aggregate.

85 more volunteers joined the corps of students, faculty, alumni, and non-DLSU students currently engaged in packing and deploying donated items.

Donations in kind are continuously being received at the DLSU South Gate, beside McDonald's.

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Cumulative monetary donations presently amount to Php126,792; total non-clothing goods are now estimated to be worth Php87,063. 5,892 pieces of clothes and related items have also been received.

Posted on September 28th, 2009 under The Good Balita

Typhoon Ondoy victims [Time] Many groups in Metro Manila and overseas have launched their respective relief drives for the victims of Tropical Storm “Ondoy.” Donations in kind, such as instant noodles, canned goods, formula milk, blankets and clothes, are urgently needed.

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From www.goodnewspilipinas.com:

ONE LA SALLE DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS

Relief Operations Drop-In Center at La Salle Green Hills. Those who live in the nearby areas may bring their donations to La Salle Green Hills, Gate 2, along Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong. The following donations are requested: Food (canned goods, biscuits, instant noodles, etc) Bottled Water. Clothes. Blankets. Basic Medicines and Cash

Those who wish to help through cash donations may do so in a centralized One La Salle Disaster Relief Fund. Please don’t forget to indicate in your deposit slip the Account Number, SWIFT CODE, and ALL DETAILS indicated below.

Also, please do not forget to email us your details once you have sent your donation:

BANK WHERE YOU DEPOSITED

Please send your details to the ff. for confirmation of your donations:

fscbdjra@yahoo.com —Br. Dante Amisola FSC (DLSBros District Bursar)

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