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Bol-anons Help Iloilo Typhoon Victims

The cash donations from kindhearted Boholanos intended for the typhoon victims
in Iloilo City will be sent tomorrow to the Archdiocese of Jaro under Archbishop
Angel Lagdameo.

Rev. Fr. Efren Bonggay, head of the Social Action Center of the Diocese of
Tagbilaran said  P277,097.35 will be transfered to the Social Action Center of the
Archdiocese of Iloilo under Msgr. Meliton Aso. The amount generated came from
donations received through station dyRD amounting to  P200,567.35 while the cash
donations  received through the various parishes totaled to P76,500.

The fund drive was launched through "Tabang Iloilo" project of station dyRD, a
member of the Catholic Media Network (CMN) and the Diocese of Tagbilaran.

Earlier, two truckloads of donated used clothigns and canned goods were shipped
to the  Iloilo City based archdiocese through the courtesy of Cokaliong Shipping
Lines.

Bishop Leonardo Medroso of the Diocese of Tagbilaran and GM Peter Dejaresco of
dyRD thanked all Boholanos who shared their resources with the less fortunate
typhoon victims. - By the Bohol Chronicle

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