{"id":7569,"date":"2020-01-15T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/?p=7569"},"modified":"2020-01-15T07:27:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T11:27:40","slug":"taal-eruption-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/taal-eruption-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"NaFFAA To Raise Funds for Those Affected by Taal Volcano Eruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7477 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NaFFAA-transparent-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NaFFAA-transparent-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NaFFAA-transparent-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NaFFAA-transparent-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NaFFAA-transparent-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NaFFAA-transparent-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NaFFAA-transparent.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nJanuary 15, 2020<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Contact: Carissa Villacorta, NaFFAA Executive Director<br \/>\nTel. <a href=\"tel:202-803-1353\">202-803-1353<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>NaFFAA To Raise Funds for Those Affected by Taal Volcano Eruption<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Washington, DC<\/b> \u2013 The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) Chairman Brendan Flores issues the following statement following the eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas, Philippines:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of NaFFAA\u2019s Board of Governors and regional network of leaders, we pledge our undivided support to those affected by the eruption of the Taal Volcano. The unrest and destruction resulting from such natural disasters can have devastating effects on survivors\u2014physically, emotionally, and financially. According to the Philippine government, over 6,000 citizens of Batangas have already evacuated, and approximately 200,000 more may follow in the case of a larger impending eruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are launching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-and-relief-for-taal-volcano-victims\">GoFundMe campaign<\/a> to raise money for victims of the Taal Volcano disaster, and encourage you and your networks to consider making donations of any size. It is our genuine hope that the financial support we can amass together, can go miles towards helping families rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><b><i>About NaFFAA<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization. Established in 1997, NaFFAA promotes the welfare and well-being of the 4 million Filipinos and Filipino Americans throughout the United States. NaFFAA\u2019s vision is to serve as the voice of all Filipinos and Filipino Americans by uniting, engaging, and empowering diverse individuals and community organizations through leadership development, civic engagement, and national advocacy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\"><strong>www.NaFFAA.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">Angelo Dalmacio<br \/>\nCommunications Director<br \/>\nNational Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA)<br \/>\n1322 18th St NW | Washington, DC 20036<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:angelo.dalmacio@naffaa.org\">angelo.dalmacio@naffaa.org<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2020 Contact: Carissa Villacorta, NaFFAA Executive Director Tel. 202-803-1353 NaFFAA To Raise Funds for Those Affected by Taal Volcano Eruption Washington, DC \u2013 The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) Chairman Brendan Flores issues the following statement following the eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas, Philippines: \u201cOn behalf of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,15,83,103,65],"tags":[107,108],"class_list":["post-7569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-announcements","category-blogs","category-civic-engagement","category-pressrelease","tag-disaster-relief","tag-taal-volcano-eruption"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7573,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7569\/revisions\/7573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}