Dear All,
Attached is (below is the text) the Call for Action from the PLAI President, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Peralejo. Kindly for dissemination. thank you, stephen A CALL FOR ACTION The aftermath of the past natural calamities (earthquakes, typhoons, floods) and unstable political situations that struck various parts of our country has left a number of our countrymen devastated and desperate. I am sure that a good number of them are our colleagues in the profession, with a number of their libraries adversely affected as well. That is why I am calling upon my fellow librarians to help our unfortunate colleagues. This is a time to show them that we care and that we want to help them and their libraries rise again. In this regard, the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI), is now doubling its efforts to solicit not only books (with its outreach program dubbed “One Million and Counting: Books for Libraries, Victims of Calamities”), but financial donations and relief goods as well (e.g. canned goods, old clothes, blankets, etc.) which will be sent to the region/s worst hit or to the donor’s chosen region. These initiatives are being duplicated by the various Regional Councils which were not affected. On the other hand, the Regional Council/s in the badly affected areas will identify the beneficiaries and will take care of the sorting, packing, and the distribution of goods. They will also be doing their own solicitation in their respective regions. Once again, I would like to knock at the hearts of our fellow librarians, both here and abroad, who have the means and the capacity to help and join us in this worthy endeavor. Let us thank the good Lord that we were spared and consequently, show our compassion and gratitude by doing our share. For your material donations, you can have them picked up or sent to the PLAI Headquarters, National Library of the Philippines, T.M. Kalaw, Manila. As for your financial donations, you can deposit it at any Banco de Oro branch, Saving’s Account No. 451-000-1102 under the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. Then, get in touch with our office staff, Mrs. Aster Gerolaga, at (02) 310-5035 local 214 / 525-9401/ 0921-2411035 for acknowledgment and official receipt. All donations and expenditures will be posted in our Website (www.plai.org) which will be updated from time to time. Thank you and God bless! Elizabeth R. Peralejo President ---------------------------------------------------------- For those attending the PLAI National Congress 2013 in Iloilo City on 20-22November 2013. May I appeal to you, to bring books, relief goods (e.g. canned goods, ready-to-eat foods, old clothes, blankets, toiletries, medicines, etc.), valuable/souvenir items for auction/sale or any financial donations. Thank you, Stephen STEPHEN B. ALAYON Data Bank Senior Information Assistant Library and Data Banking Services Section Training and Information Division Aquaculture Department (AQD) Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Tigbauan, Iloilo 5021 Philippines URL: http://www.seafdec.org.ph Telephone No.: 63 33 5119170 to 71 local 409 Fax No.: 63 33 5119174 Mobile Phone No.: 63 919 4506688 Email Add: [email protected], [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic () Recent Activity: * New Members 1 Visit Your Group Visit our official website: http://sites.google.com/site/paarlonlineorg/ Like our fan page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilippineAssnofAcademicandResearchLibrarians You can also join us in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PAARL Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback . __,_._,___ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
