HELP SAVE THE VICTIMS OF TYPHOON HAIYAN (YOLANDA)

As BiggerManila’s contribution to the community and society, we are staging a fund drive to collectively raise funds for the communities devastated by Typhoon Yolanda.

To get this initiative started, we are shelling out PhP10,000 from BiggerManila’s revolving funds (savings from parties and events organized by BiggerManila) as seed donation.

Everyone is encouraged to help and donate whatever amount, in cash or in the form of relief items.

How to Contribute:

1. Cash donations:

• Deposit thru BPI (Reinier Dungca SA 2439049599) or Metrobank (Fortune Bayaua SA 0963725340207)
• Meet up at Dado’s during DiBearsity Friday (15 November, starts 9pm) to personally hand in cash donations

2. Relief Items:

• Meet up at Dado’s during DiBearsity Friday (15 November, starts 9pm) to personally hand in relief goods

For cash donations deposited thru bank accounts, please send a private message to account owners for tracking and acknowledgment. All donations will be accounted for, acknowledged and consolidated as group donation to the victims of Typhoon Yolanda through GMA Kapuso Foundation.

As our assistance is needed urgently, we ask that all donations be remitted on or before 15 November 2013.

AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE BIG BROTHER PROJECT

Friends and Partners,

Bigger Manila is a social group for heavy-set men and their supporters. It is a non-stock, non-profit organization built to foster goodwill and camaraderie in the chub community in the Philippines and Filipino chubs and supporters in a global scale. It has lead various social activities that aimed to provide support and care for its members who are dealing with issues regarding health, self-discovery, relationships and discrimination.

In the past years, the focus of the organization has been on building a community that caters to the needs of its members. We have staged various social events and meaningful forums to help fulfill our vision strong brotherhood within our community. Together with our partners, we have been successful in all of our endeavors.

With our little victories, we can never be thankful enough for those who made it possible. It is because of this overwhelming support we get from our members and partners that we decided to celebrate our success, celebrate our future, celebrate LIFE.

Since 1992, Kythe Foundation has helped children who have cancer, especially the young ones. They also helped the parents and guardians how to handle having a child who’s battling this killer disease. In the past decade, Kythe Foundation has won various awards and citations like the "People Power People" Award
(Awarded by Former President Aquino last 2003), Accreditation from Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC) and one of the Recipients of the TAYO Award (Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations)
Received by Kythe-Ateneo Organization last 2006. Although cancer has no known cure as of yet, Kythe Foundation has provided hope and happiness for each and every member they support. With everything that they have done for kids with cancer, we have decided to partner with them and give back to the community that has embraced us.

The Big Hope for Kids (Brothers In Giving Hope for Kythe Indigents and Dependents) is the pilot outreach initiative of the Big Brother Project, the outreach arm of Bigger Manila. This activity is a month-long fund raising and volunteerism work that aims to encourage Bigger Manila members to share their blessings in terms of time, financial assistance, talent and material donations to the needy kids of Kythe.

The pilot initiative of the Bigger Manila Big Brother project will benefit the kids supported by the Kythe Foundation. An outreach day is scheduled on November 27^th, 2010 at the National Children’s Hospital in Quezon City. The beneficiaries are composed of cancer victims ranging from 3 to 18 years old, suffering from cancer of various types and severity.

The Big Hope for Kids Outreach Day is a designated day for the Big Brother volunteers to visit and attend to the beneficiaries of the project. During this day, there will be a fun party for the Kythe kids, gift giving and meaningful support interaction with 100 Kythe Kids and their families.

We cannot do it alone.

In line with our goal of celebrating life with these kids, we are humbly asking for your support. Your cash donations will help us feed the kids and their parents for one afternoon and hopefully provide food, toys, vitamins and supplements for kids, cough and common cold medicines for the kids, art materials and other helpful supplies that could help ease up the kids’ pain and suffering even for a short period of time. Proceeds of this fundraising effort will directly benefit the kids and their families.

Your gift of time and effort will also be highly appreciated so we are also inviting you to be with us as we celebrate life with the kids of Kythe.

We thank you in anticipation of your love and support to this great cause.

FAQs for BIG Help for KIDS

• I am working and based overseas. How can I donate cash or send in goods for the kids?

For practical reasons, cash donation is preferred. See contact and bank details of the project heads.  For donations in kind, please make sure we can receive them on or before November 20.

• Can I initiate a fund raising activity among my BM member friends?

Yes! But please let us help you so that everyone knows it’s an official Bigger Manila Big Brother Project Activity.

• Can I donate olds toys for BIG Hope for KIDS?

Sure! Although brand new educational toys are preferred, hand me down toys are welcome as long as they are in excellent, almost-new condition. Remember, this is not a calamity relief operation. Our beneficiaries are kids fighting a difficult battle with cancer.

• I have a non-BM friend who wishes to participate during the Outreach Day. Can he join as volunteer?

By all means, yes!  We will not turn down any help that is offered.

• Are non-BM individuals welcome to help and contribute cash donations/goodies?

Yes, they indeed are!

• Can private companies contribute to this project?

They are very welcome to do so.

• I don’t want to be recognized as a donor. I want to remain anonymous. Is this possible?

One thing we are very good at is handling things discreetly as required. Rest assured that your identity will be kept anonymous as requested.

• How can I be sure that the cash I am donating will go to the beneficiaries?

We will issue acknowledgement receipts, a certificate and finally a documented report on the collected donations that this project will receive.

• Can I do bank deposit for my donation to this project?

See the bank details of the project heads to whom you can send your donations.

• Why is Bigger Manila getting into this project?

It’s time that Bigger Manila gives back. We have been blessed as a group and as individuals in the few years of BM’s existence and we are more than ready to take on this mature social responsibility. More than anything else, because Bigger Manila cares!

• I want to remain a “discreet” member of Bigger Manila. Will there be any mention of the nature of Bigger Manila in public acknowledgments that may jeopardize my being discreet?

Bigger Manila is doing this outreach program because we want to touch these kids’ lives, who or what the group is is not the main advocacy of this endeavor. Any reference to the nature of preference of BM members will be played down in any public forum the Big Brother Project will be engaged in.

• I cannot donate much cash or goods. Can I volunteer instead?

Of course! We’ll need volunteers for the logistics of the goods and the day of the party itself. There are various activities that require your talent and physical stamina.

• Can I still join the Outreach Day as a volunteer even if I already contributed some cash?

Be our guest!

When you make a financial donation, please remember the following points:

1. Make sure you know the correct spelling of the name of the person you intend to send the donation to. This also goes for the correct Account Number, name of the bank and its location.
2. If sending by money transfer, please make sure you know or remember the tracking (or control) number the agent (Western Union, MoneyGram, etc.) will be providing you for the transaction. In most cases, at least two valid ID’s will be required when transferring cash.
3. When the donation has been sent, please message (e-mail, Facebook, mobile, etc.) the contact persons (more than one is better) for them to track your donation. Please provide the details of this donation: your name, tracking (or control) number, agent that will send the donation and the amount.  Also please indicate in your message if you want this to be an anonymous donation or if you wish to use a pseudonym.
4. Achilles will send a confirmation that the donation has been received. 

Toni

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) - Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong

Account Name: Anthony Jose G. Villafuerte

Account Type: Savings

Account Number: 9786 3326 68

Reinier

BPI Family Savings - Emerald Ave.

Account Name: Reinier Dungca

Account Type: Savings

Account Number: 6796241142

Banco de Oro (BDO) - SM MegaMall A

Account Name: Reinier Dungca

Account Type: Savings

Account Number: 440275598

Achilles

For money transfers, please send them to: Achilles L. Cortes

BE A BIG BROTHER: How You Can Help

Cash Donations

Financial assistance will go a long way in funding this pilot initiative and sustaining future activities of the Big Brother Project. All cash donations or pledges may be channeled thru the Big Brother Secretariat, or deposited to the bank accounts of the project heads.

Please note that for now, personal bank accounts will be used to expedite fund collection and until a bank account for Big Brother Project will be available. Check donations should be under the name of the abovementioned project heads.

All contributions will be accounted for and a donor’s receipt will be issued to cash donors. Requests to donate anonymously are accepted.

Donations in Kind

The following items are highly recommended for donations. The Big Brother committee recommends these items as the beneficiaries will find these helpful and useful:

• Clothes
• Vitamins and Medicines
• Toys
• Milk
• Biscuits, Bread, Cookies
• Fresh or Canned Fruits
• Packed or canned fruit juices
• Towels
• Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap)
• Detergent soap
• Art Materials
• Digital Thermometers

These goods may be dropped off during the Big Brother Caravan events. You may also coordinate with the Big Brother Secretariat for pick up arrangements.

Big Brother Volunteers

Volunteers are very much needed for the whole duration of the project, from fund raising and collection, outreach day program, movement of goods, physical arrangement and other areas. The following list identifies these areas where volunteers are needed:

• Program and Entertainment
• Goodies Packing, Distribution and Mobilization
• Physical Arrangement
• Transportation
• Documentation

Please signup with the Project Volunteer Core head to participate. Contact the project secretariat for details.

BIG BROTHER CARAVAN

To provide an opportunity for interested donors to drop off goods and cash donations to the Big Hope for Kids project, Big Brother Caravans will be held on two weekends of November before the event. These caravan drives are half-day goodies collection events where members can go to the designated pick up points for goods and donations. Socials will be held after the caravan day. Join the caravan on the following dates:

• BBP: The Bowling Event
• November 13, 2010 (Saturday)
• 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
• Paeng's, Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas

• BBP: Volleyball Meet-Up
• November 20, 2010 (Saturday)
• 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Court D, WCC Courts, Shaw Boulevard (building beside Starmall, where Sykes is located)
• Registration Fee: Php 150.00

 It's an opportunity for BiggerManila to show their support for the BPP and it's pilot outreach effort, while having fun.

Proceeds from registration will go to the beneficiary of the BBP's pilot outreach project --- the kids of the Kythe Foundation.

B.I.G. Hope for K.I.D.S.

B.I.G. Hope for K.I.D.S.

Brothers In Giving Hope for Kythe Indigents and Dependents

What is Big Hope for Kids?

The Big Hope for Kids (Brothers In Giving Hope for Kythe Indigents and Dependents) is the pilot outreach initiative of the Big Brother Project. This activity is a month-long fund raising and volunteerism work in cooperation with Kythe Foundation. It aims to encourage Bigger Manila members to share their blessings in terms of time, financial assistance, talent and material donations to the needy kids of Kythe.

Beneficiaries

The pilot initiative of the Bigger Manila Big Brother project will benefit the kids supported by the Kythe Foundation, a well established and reputable nonprofit organization serving cancer patients who are in dire need of medical, financial and moral support. An outreach day is scheduled in the last week of November (to be confirmed) in a government hospital where Kythe Foundation operates. The beneficiaries are composed of cancer victims ranging from 3 to 18 years old, suffering from cancer of various types and severity.

Big Hope for Kids Outreach Day 

The Big Hope for Kids Outreach Day is a designated day for the Big Brother volunteers to visit and attend to the beneficiaries of the project. During this day, there will be a fun party for the Kythe kids, gift giving and meaningful support interaction with the beneficiaries and their families. The Outreach Day is scheduled on November 27, 2010, Saturday at the National Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City