TACLOBAN RISE! At the end of the night. …

Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat! Photo courtesy of Ruben Salazar.

Despite a mean snowstorm that turned a 45-minute drive to suburban Naperville into an adventurous road trip, YOU were able to raise $1,536 at TACLOBAN RISE: Haiyan Naperville Fundraiser!

Organizers and visitors to TACLOBAN RISE! fundraiser. Photo courtesy of Ruben Salazar.

Funds raised at TACLOBAN RISE! benefit rebuilding efforts in the city of Tacloban only.

We are grateful to the following for their generous support and donations to the Illinois Philippine Recovery Operations’ second fundraiser of the year:

• Agustina Diez Sierra 
• Andrew Salgado
• Angel Health Care, LLC
• Anna Millan for co-organizing, soliciting prizes and creating the souvenir program
• Anna Villamin of No Limits Band 
• Annivar Salgado 
• Ariel Tolentino 
• Ball Factory Indoor Play & Cafe
• Baron Cabalona, for Postcards to Tacloban and giving fundraiser address
• Belgio’s Catering
• Benedict Singson
• Bernardo Marigmen
• Bertha Morihlatko
• Biaggi’s Restaurant
• Bless Peterson 
• Carlos Cousino 
• Cermak Fresh Market
• Chuck’s Southern Comforts Cafe
• Cindy Lopez with Signature Events & Design
• Club Sparrow
• Elements Therapeutic Spa
• Healthy and Happy Living, Inc. – an authorized SaladMaster dealer
• Illinois Philippine Recovery Operations
• It Works Body Wrap
• Jessica Tevaga, Mrs. Illinois USA 
• Joakim Noah and the Chicago Bulls 
• Jose, who donated art prints
• Joseph, Chona and Tara Mayorlago
• Girley Espino of Joley’s Gems
• Lou Cabalona, for initiating the ILPRO fundraiser events
• Maria Baguio
• Marilou Rios
• Marissa Gust
• Mary Ann Laurena of No Limits Band
• Mary Kay Cosmetics
• Millan Family, Bolingbrook
• Monica Holcomb
• Origami Owl Line
• Orlando Cabalona, Sr.
• Orling, Gloria and JayR Salenga
• PACF Performing Arts
• Philippine American Cultural Foundation
• Priane Gunabe
• RaeJoyce Banguit
• Raul Buendia of Party Fun Entertainment
• Resty & Nancy Pingul
• Rexcrisanto & Michelle Delson
• Roberta Vonlunen
• Ruben & Merle Salazar with PACF, for fundraiser know-how and for online donation coordination
• Samasama Project
• Sam’s Club
• Scentsy Wickless Candles
• Shelly Pingul
• Tastefully Simple
• Telly Yumping, for co-organizing, soliciting and donating prizes
• Tevaga Family Hawaiian Dancers
• Thirty-One Consultant
• St. Thomas the Apostle Church, especially Mike Ryder
• Top Note Music Academy
• Twist of Faith
• Uncle Mike’s Place
• Usborne Books
• Walgreens
• Walmart
• Watts of Love
• WZG Home Inspection
• Yvonne T. Hortillo, for social media and Web site updates

Special thanks to Frank Torilio for providing the sounds system.

We are also still taking online donations. Among our generous donors, we would like to thank the following for trusting the Illinois Philippine Recovery Operations by donating online:

• Dan & Linda Gordon from Mooresville, NC
• Herbert Sadcopen from Bolingbrook, IL
• Robert Horace Boyer from De Pere, WI
• Wilma Lilly from Morris, IL

Donations can also be sent through the mail to:

PACF IL PRO (Philippine American Cultural Foundation – Illinois Philippine Recovery Operations)
c/o Ruben Salazar
1705 Clemens Rd
Darien, IL 60561

We are profoundly grateful to all of you who had taken the time to peruse our Web site, donate online, donate in-kind, attend an event, liked a social media post, made a phone call, passed along the word, forwarded an e-mail, gave an encouraging word. Events and groups like the Illinois Philippine Recovery Operations could not have been possible without you.

Our grateful thanks. Maraming salamat for allowing us to lend a helping hand to survivors of one of the worst calamities that had hit the Philippines – our birth land, home land, the eye of our thoughts and prayers these past several weeks. Hanggang sa uulitin. We hope to see you again next time.