Filipino Students' Association of Toronto
500A, 40 Wilcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C6 Toronto, ON, Canada

Thank you so much to everyone who have donated so far! We are only $95 away from our $750 mark! We are accepting donations for Operation: Tulong until 8pm tomorrow! Help us reach our goal and support Filipino and Indigenous Filipino families in Cagayan Philippines!

On Oct 23, Oct 26, and Nov 8, three different typhons were formed and made its way to the Philippines, Typhoon Quinta (Molave), Typhoon Rolly (Goni) and Typhoon... Ulysses (Vamco), respectively. Spanning from late October to early November, the numerous reports of agricultural damages as well as causalities have been overwhelmingly high. Governmental, private and international responses have been executed, but they are not without their criticisms. We would like to announce the opening of our fundraiser for the victims of the devastating typhoons that have struck the Philippines. This fundraiser will be open from now until January 31st 2021. All donations are being accepted via e-transfer to our co-president Sofia Suarez who is currently in the Philippines and will be donating to our beneficiaries on your behalf. FSAT will be donating to two beneficiaries: Marede Organization and Pagasa PH. Marede organization is based in St. Ana Cagayan and will be providing relief packages this holiday season to 175 families in Lasam Cagayan. We will be supporting various communities including the Aeta indigenous group in the area. Aetas are one of the country’s indigenous peoples and are one of the earliest known inhabitants of the Philippines. The Aetas experience many injustices on their own land and they need our support more than ever. PagasaPH is another organization based in the Philippines and the money raised will go towards current relief operations as well as future rebuilding projects. RAFFLE: From today until December 19, we will be hosting a raffle! Scroll to see the prizes you can win! $5 = 1 ticket, $10 = 2 tickets etc. Money raised from our raffle will be donated to Marede organization to support their next wave of relief packing and distribution this holiday season. After the raffle ends, our fundraiser will remain open for donations to Pagasa PH. Stay tuned for other initiatives as FSAT will host more opportunities to donate this winter break!

Hey guys! This month’s Tambayan session is going to be a Parol Making Workshop! It’ll be held over discord on Sunday, November 29 at 6:30-7pm! We will be showing you guys how to make a basic parol using these materials: * tissue paper/ wrapping paper/ any colourful paper * bbq sticks/ popsicle sticks/ any wooden stick... * glue gun & glue stick * any other decorations you want to add like ribbons, stickers, glitter, washi tape etc! Feel free to you use whatever materials you’d like and be as creative as you want!! Use things you find lying around the house (less to spend too ). This will be a fun hangout, a time for everyone to chill and do some arts and crafts so you definitely don’t want to miss out! BUT we will be holding a contest where you can vote amongst your friends on the best parol! Winner gets a $20 Amazon gift card, treat yourself to an early Christmas present! This will be a fun hangout, a time for everyone to chill and do some arts and crafts so you definitely don’t want to miss out! Here’s the link to our discord server: https://discord.gg/uuN54vY Hope to see you all there!!

Message from a member of our community Kumusta? I am JC and am currently heading a donation drive for the victims of typhoon #UlyssesPH. Our country has experienced 5 typhoons (Quinta, Rolly, Sony, Tony, Ulysses) in the past 3 weeks; mind that it all happened in the midst of a pandemic. People have died, houses have been wrecked, livelihood of most people have been damaged, and provinces have been flooded. The government’s effort to rescue and evacuate people is so litt...le and slow. Our fellow Filipinos need our help. This donation drive will go to 2 volunteer organizations in the Philippines namely: Juan Kabuyao Movement (from Laguna province) that will target Region 4A or CALABARZON victims, and National Alliance of Youth Leaders, Inc., that will target Cagayan Region. I know many of you want to help our people but don’t know how to. Any amount would be a great contribution. Feel free to share this post to spread the reach of the donation drive. With our collective efforts, despite our distance, we could be of great help to our fellow Filipinos. Maraming maraming salamat! If there’s anyone who wants to reach out, you can message message me @jcaesco

Join us this SATURDAY OCTOBER 31st to celebrate halloween with a horror movie night!! Grab some popcorn or your fav filipino snack and hang out with us as we watch the purge: anarchy The event will start at 6PM and will be hosted on our discord server! (link: https://discord.gg/uuN54vY)... We can’t wait to see ya there!! See more