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Project PEARLS Sets Philippines Donation Site Tuesday at SJSU

Local group is asking for non-perishable food and healthcare supplies.

Susan C. Schena, Neighbor

Peninsula-based charity Project PEARLS is organizing a drop-off site Tuesday at San Jose State University for donations for victims of Friday's deadly Typhoon Haiyan in the central Philippines.

Collections will be accepted from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of university's Event Center, said Francesca Villa Mateo, co-founder of Project PEARLS, a not-for-profit organization that serves poor children in the Philippines.

She said her group, with assistance from five campus organizations, is seeking donations of new, unopened goods, namely:

  • Non-perishable food items.
  • Toiletries, such as soap, feminine products and shampoo.
  • Baby and infant supplies, diapers and wipes, formula, new bottles.
  • Medical supplies -- items that would be used in First Aid kits.
For information on other area relief efforts, click here.

To learn more about Project PEARLS view the group's web page or its Facebook site.
 


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