{"id":15,"date":"2013-11-21T01:38:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T09:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/?p=15"},"modified":"2015-08-18T00:50:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T07:50:21","slug":"desserts-for-disaster-relief-benefiting-the-victims-of-typhoon-haiyan-through-the-24-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/desserts-for-disaster-relief-benefiting-the-victims-of-typhoon-haiyan-through-the-24-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Desserts for Disaster Relief – benefiting the victims of Typhoon Haiyan through the 24 Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Holiday party at Essential Chocolate Desserts<\/a> benefiting the victims of typhoon Haiyan through the 24 Foundation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Click image or click here<\/a>\u00a0for event page<\/p>\n

On November 7th, 2013, the Philippines experienced a typhoon that has been marked as one of the most powerful storms on record. \u00a0Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) damaged the central Philippines, displacing millions of people.\u00a0 Unicef<\/a> estimates that 1.7 million children are among the 4.4 million displaced.\u00a0 Reading about how a parent’s children were torn from their arms and were later found dead<\/a>, and several other stories similar to that\u00a0just brought tears to my eyes.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, my relatives in the Philippines are ok, but the typhoon has affected the entire country. \u00a0In the Filipino culture, we call our parent’s friends “Auntie” and “Uncle”. \u00a0Not really a sign of respect as much as it is a sign of family. \u00a0I used to laugh when I was younger when my mom could talk to a Filipino she’s never met before as if she had known them her whole life. \u00a0As a mom and an adult, I find myself doing the same thing.<\/p>\n

I wanted to do something to help with this relief effort. \u00a0When I first found out about the disaster, I found a link on mashable<\/a>\u00a0on ways to help the victims of the typhoon. \u00a0I donated to Catholic Relief Services<\/a>, but still wanted to do more. \u00a0One friend started an online telecast on YouTube<\/a>, and others were donating a portion of their products or services that they sell.<\/p>\n

I got in touch with my former colleague and Filipino friend, Christine Apa, who founded a local 501(c)3 \u00a0foundation, The 24 Foundation<\/a>, which\u00a0uses the arts as a healing tool for people that have been through traumatic experiences. \u00a0Her foundation responded to the Tsunami disaster in Japan in 2011 by leading a disaster relief team to help rebuild and is planning on doing the same in the Philippines. \u00a0 I thought this was the perfect foundation to raise money for, and decided I would host a holiday party with vendors for shopping, and a raffle at the bakery of my \u00a0friend Melissa (who I met through a mommy group), Essential Chocolate Desserts<\/a>. \u00a0We already had playdates there with our kids and other local mom’s kids for “Brownies and Babies”, so I thought it was the perfect venue and way for our network of friends to get together while helping abroad.<\/p>\n

I found a vendor and new friend, Nelma, who is a rep for Origami Owl<\/a>, through one of my mommy groups. \u00a0She gave me great advice and shared her experience about events she has attended and hosted. \u00a0From there, just talking to people and posting things here and there, this event is coming together and I am very excited about it! \u00a0Not only am I getting to know my town by talking to the people who contribute to it, but I’m making new friends along the way, all for a great cause!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Click image or click here\u00a0for event page On November 7th, 2013, the Philippines experienced a typhoon that has been marked as one of the most powerful storms on record. \u00a0Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) damaged the central Philippines, displacing millions of people.\u00a0 Unicef estimates that 1.7 million children are among the 4.4 million displaced.\u00a0 Reading about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[906],"tags":[14,13,17,15,5,11,16,18,9,10,7,8,12],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements","tag-desserts","tag-disasterrelief","tag-essentialchocolatedesserts","tag-event","tag-fundraising","tag-haiyan","tag-nonprofit","tag-origamiowl","tag-philippines","tag-relief","tag-the24foundation","tag-typhoon","tag-volunteer","eq-blocks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p46LgQ-f","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2287,"url":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/online-fundraiser-for-organic-kids-clothing-brand-the-sweet-potatoe\/","url_meta":{"origin":15,"position":0},"title":"Online Fundraiser for Organic Kids Clothing Brand The Sweet Potatoe","author":"westsidemommy","date":"November 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A year ago today, with the help of some amazing friends, old and new,\u00a0I held\u00a0a fundraiser, \"Desserts for Disaster Relief.\" We\u00a0raised money to assist local non-profit Awaken Arts\u00a0with their relief efforts for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. 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