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Greater Trail’s Filipino community plans fundraising for typhoon survivors BY SHERI REGNIER
went through another agency the money will eventually get there Worry and tears are rippling but it will take a long time. They through the Greater Trail Filipino need our help now.” community in the wake of deadliest To donate to the Filipino storm to ever hit the Philippines. Society, or for information, call “My uncle and cousins still Thompson at 250-693-5476. live there,” said Siony Thompson, Members of the Filipino commember of the West Kootenay munity play a visible role around Filipino Canadian Society. “I can- Greater Trail, including a colournot get a hold of them because ful gathering of finely dressed there is no electricity and the women, parasols in hand, taking phone lines are only part the annual Silver up for a short period City Days parade. “When I look of time. Typhoon Haiyan at it on the TV “When I look at landed on the eastI cannot stop it on the TV I canern seaboard of the not stop crying,” said Philippines Friday, crying.” Thompson, with her although the full scale SIONY THOMPSON of destruction has voice cracking. yet to emerge, some Thompson immiestimates suggest the grated to Canada in 1966 and lived in Trail while a death toll could reach 10,000 and nurse at the Kootenay Boundary hundreds of thousands left withRegional Hospital. She is now out food, shelter or medicine. The remote city of Tacloban retired and living in Genelle. Thompson is originally from took the full brunt of the storm the province of Aklan on Panay that packed 237-kilometre-anIsland, which is a south eastern hour winds, whipping up six-metre region hard-hit by the tropical walls of seawater that tossed ships inland and swept many out to sea. storm. “There is one girl who has lived “No one can fly in or out of the airport so there is no way to in Trail for a couple of years but get families out,” she explained. still has family and a house in “And so far, I’ve been told that 444 Tacloban,” said Thompson. “Her houses have been damaged and I house was on a hillside and when the storm hit it slid right down to want to help.” Thompson and fellow members the bottom, and that was it.” Authorities said at least 9.7 milof the Filipino Society are organizing a Dec. 1 fundraiser to send lion people in 41 provinces were monetary aid to those affected by affected by the typhoon. The Canadian government the typhoon. The women are already prepar- has pledged $5 million in disasing to bake traditional Filipino ter relief and offered to match sweets to serve along with coffee Canadian donations dollar for dolor tea that day at the Genelle Hall. lar. Canada’s Disaster Assistance Live entertainment will be cour- Response Team, which specializes tesy of guitarist and singer Ray in basic medical care, water purification, basic infrastructure repairs Bouliane. “All donations are appreciat- and streamlining communication ed and will go directly to the systems, arrived in the Philippines people whose homes have been on Tuesday. With files from Canadian Press destroyed,” said Thompson. “If we Times Staff
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As the season of giving approaches, cupboards at Trail’s St Andrews Anglican Church food bank are in need of replenishing. Patti Flack has been organizing the once-a-month food bank for almost five years, and during that time has seen the number of people needing the service almost triple.
Food banks respond to growing need BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
The basement of a downtown Trail church was standing room only Tuesday morning during its once-a-month food bank. More than 100 people packed Iona Hall in St. Andrews Anglican Church, located in a side alley off Eldorado Street. That number is indicative of how many people will need to use the food bank during the cold season, according to food bank coordinator
Patti Flack, “As people get a higher gas and electric bill in the winter months, our numbers will increase,” said Flack. “We have everyone from young families up to seniors and a lot of people on limited or low income. And anyone can come, no questions asked.” Flack has coordinated the food bank since 2009, and along with an army of 28 volunteers, See CATHOLIC, Page 3
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