Relief goods for typhoon survivors

by Susan Palmes-Dennis

Five boxes containing relief goods were prepared by the Family Outreach Church at Kernersville, North Carolina for delivery to the typhoon victims of Leyte province, Philippines through LBC.

Reverend Cielo Bueno Kramer of the Family Outreach Church at Kernersville, NC told Straight from the Carolinas that Fil-Americans in Kernersville, Thomasville, Winston Salem and Greensboro and Highpoint donated the relief goods.

Inside the boxes are clothing, canned goods and other essentials for survivors of supertyphoon Haiyan in Leyte province. Kramer said they met a driver of a company who works for LBC Virginia Beach who offered to deliver the boxes.

LBC is a Philippine company that services the pasalubong (gift) deliveries of Filipinos worldwide. It joined other Philippine companies in providing assistance to the survivors of typhoon “Ondoy” in 2010.

All LBC branches (local and international) are now accepting donations for the typhoon survivors. All donations must be properly labeled to the LBC Foundation – LBC Hangar.

The primary beneficiary of those donations will be the Philippine Red Cross. For international branches, LBC also accepts pick-up of donations (balikbayan boxes) but the donor needs to call their respective customer service hotline to schedule the pick-up.