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To all my family, friends in And off FB I’m supporting ARNIS to become a recognized sport as our Filipino people contribution to Canada our second homeland an...d for the FilCan future generations to remind the beauty, culture and heritage that was and in ARNIS. This is my MAIN and ONLY GOAL here and I hope you will support this goal. THANK YOU. Treenee Lopez To support Arnis BC to be a recognized sport in Canada please sign with us through www.arnisbc.com FilCans let’s make Arnis our contribution to Canada. Sign up now. Thank you.

Celebrating women who take stand on issues of no fear !!!! Bravo

HERE'S A TEASER! ALL NEW Simply The Best Season 12! NEW YEAR’S Life Recipe of Love, Courage and Survival series. ALL NEW Simply the Best The Luisa Marshall ...Show: Airs on Sunday, January 24 at 11pm & Monday, January 25 at 10:30am & 9:00pm on SMC. Channel 4 Vancouver, BC Channel 10 Calgary, Canmore & Banff, AB Channel 116 Squamish, Pemberton and Whistler, BC Channel 901 Shaw Blue Sky On the Show: Get Inspired: Fundraiser for Typhoon Survivors in the Philippines Creating Lifestyles: Tota Mendez shows you how to make Crispy Chicken Wings On Spotlight: An excerpt from Relive the Music 50’s & 60’s Rock N Roll

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Fundraiser for the Typhoon Survivors in the Philippines has raised a total solicited amount of $16, 021.00 - 100% of which goes to Canadian Re...d Cross! This fundraiser was spearheaded by SPIDS - Surrey Philippine Independence Day Society founder/president Narima Dela Cruz with the support of Kuya Alvin Koh Relleve from North Vancouver Filipino community & Treenee Lopez from Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada in Vancouver and the SPIDS directors. The amount raised was the total of donation from the Facebook fundraiser page and the Fundraiser Virtual Telethon on December 13 via ZOOM. "To our FB Fundraiser page and Telethon Donors, thank you from the bottom of our hearts!" - Narima Dela Cruz.

It was a year ago when we celebrated as a community Just beautiful moments to share again. Stay safe everyone and follow our COVID protocol and guidelines. Mask, hand washing, social distancing. Treenee

GPDC UPDATED NOVEMBER 9-26 Donations Thank you Miriam Manaog Ferrer for sharing pictures of Montalban, Rizal for relief distribution. From Miriam Manaog F...errer Thanks so much Treenee, to GPDC, and FilIpino-Canadian friends in Vancouver, for your immediate help in providing cash to purchase relief goods for our devastated kababayans here in Montalban, Rizal. Blessings to you all Miriam and her family bought, packed and brought the relief goods of food and supplies badly needed. on November14 and 17 to Kasiglahan Village in Montalban,Rizal. Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada and Vancouver Friends responded to our good friend Miriam Manaog Ferrer requesting help. We were able to send through direct donations to GPDC S1000 on November 17. A full account of the money distributed for the Kasiglahan Village is attached in this report. from Miriam Manaog Ferrer. I’m so grateful for all the donations we received which we then send directly to our contact people needing the help. I also would like to mention another fundraising through Facebook with the monies collected online sent to the Canadian Red Cross with dedicated account set up for the Philippine typhoon victims The fundraising was spearheaded by Narima Dela Cruz of Surrey Philippine Independence Day Society (SPIDS) and invited GPDC and Alvin Koh Relleve.to join and support the online fundraising. Whichever way people would want to send their donations are all welcomed with my hope it would reach more generous people to donate so more help can be sent to the devastated areas in the Philippines. With Christmas just around the corner one can feel more pain for the typhoon victims as the needs will be stronger and more difficult for the victims to be joyous when they don’t know when or where the next help would arrive. It’s not easy to rebuild after the typhoon and the COVID still rummaging the country. Please if able to continue to donate For the GPDC update. we had collected from November 9-17. $2000 cash which we sent the first $1000 to Bicol to Barangay Casuray in Camarines Sur through our contact Shiela Elecanal and the 2nd $1000 to Kasiglahan Village. Monies were sent November 12 and November 17 From November 18- 25 the following monies were donated (GPDC) Sheryl U. Dela Pena. $50 Buena Kilala Chua. $100 Kay Sanchez $50 Olivia Laserna $40 MalouSanchez./Tony Begg $40 Everything Wine (North $270 Vancouver Branch Tory Martin And staff c/o Lutchie Lirio ) TOTAL as off Nov 26.as above.

The Canadian Blood Services in Vancouver through Stephanie Pedersen Territory Manager /Donor Relations is appealing to our community to give the gift of life b...y donating blood this holiday season- one of the greatest gifts one can give. Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada (GPDC) is proud to partner with CRC to spread the message to our FilCan community, our friends to consider donating blood and to register for stem cell donor ( ages 17-35 ) Of course donating blood does not have to be just this holiday season the need is throughout the year and we don’t know when anyone from our family or people we care may need it. A group donation can be arranged as with friends( following the COVID Health guidelines ) please let me know or Ms. Pedersen to arrange THANK YOU Treenee

Updated Donations GPDC November 17, 2020 THANK YOU Request for help from Miriam Manaog Ferrer for Kasiglahan Village in Montalban, Rizal Philippines Novem...ber 13, 2020 Hi Treenee. These are photos from a community called Kasiglahan Village in the town of Montalban, Rizal where I grew up. The community was built beside the river directly below the Sierra Madre mountain ranges which feed the Marikina river. Water quickly rose in the early hours of Thursday November 12 fully inundating houses and people had no choice but to climb on their roofs and wait for rescue. Many residents rescued are now temporarily sheltered in nearby public schools. Neil and I will buy some stuff to donate directly to them this weekend. I would like to ask help from anyone in Vancouver who would like to donate. Any amount will help and all donations will be used to buy the supplies for the evacuees. Thank you in advance Please send donations to GPDC through me and will send via Interac to Miriam ( as agreed) saves fees Please note on memo: GPDC Typhoon KV I created a GPDC Event page to post all donations received This is not tax deductible. Thanks Treenee Any queries my cell 6047739192 November 14 - November 16 DONATIONS Narcy Vinluan $20 Amie Salvo $50 Donna Wyman $100 SE $100 Carol Krieger $40 (-$10 remittance fee) $30 Lorry Gavieres Russell $100 Manny Benilda Tecson $100 Michael /Esmie Gayo McLaren $100 Eve Vic Evelyn/Wilbur $100 Dave Dimaya ( Batangas Club of BC ) $200 Luisa Marshall. $100

Thank you for the cash donations which helped us send immediate food packages to 600 families at Barangay San Roque, Canaan, Casuray, Magarao Camarines Sur in ...the Bicol region. Packing and distribution of the bags were facilitated by our GPDC member from Bicol Shiela Elecanal niece of GPDC Vancouver member Shirley Anir Almazar-Bui. We were able to raise $1000 which we sent November 10 and the bags were distributed November 12. We are still asking for donations as we are sending to other places where we will have direct contacts for distributing the food bags. Thank you to our donors on this batch for Tulong Bicol Marcelino Principe $100 Lutchie Lirio $100 Shirley Almazar Bui $100 Alma N John Lorenzana. $100 Lenore R.S. Lim and Jose R Lim $100 Bel Lumapas $100 Yolanda-Babe Vicera $25 Enna Rizno $50 Neria Lacuna $100 Cynthia Yambao $50 Treenee Lopez $100 Jayell Linatoc $75 More donors ( Shirley Anir Almazar-Bui) Narcy Vinluan, Amy Amie Salvo