Written by Aliah Nicole Brillante
Visuals by Jayvee Fulgencio
As the country was struck by consecutive strong typhoons Rolly and Ulysses in the past month, UST student organizations initiated donation drives to help residents of affected areas.
The Engineering Student Council (ESC), together with the UST Engineering Alumni Association Inc., launched “Food Trip: Donation Drive for the Affected Eng’g Community,” wherein in-kind donations were gathered.
Collected donations will be packed and distributed by ESC and UST Engineering student volunteers to Marikina, Sta. Mesa, Caloocan, Navotas, Pasay, Quezon City, Antipolo City, Bulacan, and Rizal on November 22, 2020.
Alumni from the Faculty of Engineering also conducted a monetary donation drive, with a collection amounting to 21, 201 pesos as of November 19, 2020. From this amount, 50 percent will be allocated for food and water, 20 percent for monetary assistance for affected students in Camarines Norte, Catanduanes, Nueva Ecija, Tuguegarao, Aparri, and Infanta, and 30 percent for the parishioners of St. John the Baptist Parish, Bato, Catanduanes.
The UST Central Student Council (CSC) and the Student Organizations Coordinating Council (SOCC) are currently conducting an in-kind donation directive, which will last until November 21, 2020.
Donations, such as food, medicine kits and hygiene kits, can be dropped off at the ground floor of the Tan Yan Kee Building, UST, Espana Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila. A Tulong Tomasino acknowledgement receipt, which can be downloaded through the link https://bit.ly/3eZyX3U, must be filled out prior to donating.
As of November 18, 2020, CSC and SOCC have collected a total of 145, 222.06 pesos.
Below are the contact persons for the donation drives of the mentioned organizations.
Thomasian students, alumni, and other organizations in the faculty, such as the Industrial Engineering Circle (IEC), Association of Civil Engineering Students (ACES), and Mechanical Engineering Club (MEC), have also volunteered to help fellow students, faculty, and staff greatly affected by the said typhoons by giving away relief packs and financial assistance.
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