Benefit for Victims of Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) on Oct. 9 at Lot 46

A “Benefit for Victims of Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy)” on Oct. 9 (http://hapihour.org/ondoy) is counting on the support of more than a dozen elected officials, almost two dozen community nonprofit organizations to turn out a capacity crowd to raise funds for the flood victims in the Philippines through ABS-CBN Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

The event is from 6-9 p.m. at Lot 46, 46 Geary St. in San Francisco. 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 (buy here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/85148). Advance admission will be on a VIP list and will be able to avoid the general admission entry line. 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. We regret that we are unable to accept in-kind donations at this event.

The event is posted on Facebook, Going.com, [Yelp.com](http://www.hapihour.org/(http://www.yelp.com/events/san-francisco-benefit-for-victims-of-typhoon-ketsana-ondoy-2) and Upcoming.org.

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.

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, Filipino American Press Club, 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 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/ondoy.

*