Live Painting, Gathering and Taal Volcano Relief Fundraiser

This event will be happening inside the mall, the location is inside the new entrance by Legal Seafoods by the escalator! (The former Coach bag location)

Anna Dugan of Annadidathing, a Filipino American artist working on the North Shore, will be painting another side of her balikbayan boxes* on Saturday, February 1, at the North Shore Mall. You can visit her and see the progress she makes throughout the day and drop off donations if you wish to support her in sending these finished boxes filled with supplies overseas to the Philippines. The goods in the boxes will be donated to people affected by the recent Taal Volcano eruption. @[305091166903587:274:Annadidathing] @[174739649202:274:Northshore Mall]

Join us at 7:00 PM to see the final product of the mural and see how the arts can inspire us to help one another in our times of need. Anna encourages you to come to the 7:00 PM gathering to learn more about what’s happening in the Philippines and/or to drop off donations in the form of cash, toiletries, medical supplies, or non perishables/canned goods. Anything helps!

Anyone who comes by will receive a free Taal Me About It sticker.

Things you can donate:

•cash – you can drop off cash donations or make a donation online to her GoFundMe page here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/north-shore-taal-volcano-relief

All monetary donations will go towards filling the boxes and shipping costs. Any additional funds will be donated directly to the Philippine Red Cross.

•canned goods – spam, vegetables, fruit, beans, soup, sardines, etc.

•non perishables – granola bars, peanut butter, pasta, trail mix, dried fruits, pop tarts, beef jerky, baby formula etc.

•toiletries – soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, sanitary napkins, tampons, diapers

•medical supplies – aspirin, ibuprofen, tums, bandaids, rubbing alcohol, neosporine, antibacterial wipes or gel, multivitamins, prenatal vitamins, etc.

*A balikbayan box is a staple in Filipino culture. Balikbayan means “return to country.” In its simplest & most stripped down definition, a balikbayan box is a large cardboard box filled with things you send to family members back in the Philippines. Typically, these boxes are sent overseas by giant barges. Otherwise, you take them with you as checked luggage on a planeride to the Philippines.

It is customary for family members who have found work abroad to send goods & gifts back home to their loved ones in these boxes. In many cases, these boxes are the only parts of you that get to return home. Rather than spending money on a plane ticket, the Overseas Filipino Worker (or OFW) of the family will more often spend the money they would use on a ticket home towards food, goods, toiletries, and other non-perishable basis necessities that their family members could use back home. In this way, a balikbayan box is much more than just a box filled with goods, but a symbol of the sacrifices made by countless Filipinos worldwide to provide for the people they love.