Help me prepare Noche Buena for 50 families

UPDATE (11/18/2011, 9:30 PM): As of 9 PM tonight, we have achieved our goals for both the Noche Buena and Media Noche food baskets. I am at a loss for words. We can't thank you enough! May God bless you 50,000 times more!

Paglipon's ministry is not just about holiday food baskets though :-) If you'd like, you can also give donations to support their livelihood projects. We also encourage you to donate practical items that these families can use in their homes.

Thank you so much!!!
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For the past 6 years or so, we've been supporting a small NGO called Paglipon ng Tao Mission-Ministry.  All I knew at the start was that they were helping poor families who had sick kids being treated in the PGH.  At first, we donated baby or kids' clothes that my boys had outgrown.  One day, I had a chance to talk with Nonie, one of the founders, about their ministry.  She told me about a bright, young girl who had just lost her battle with cancer a few days before Christmas.  It was only then that I realized that Paglipon has been helping poor families that had a unique need.  Their kids weren't just sick-- they all had cancer.

We realized then that giving children's clothes would not be near enough.  These families were already poor to start with.  Caring for cancer-stricken children did not only eat up their families' meager incomes, the disease was also consuming the families' emotional and physical strength;  they would hardly be able to take care of themselves.  So, that was what we tried to do: help take care of the families so they can take care of their sick children.  Since then, we would do major spring cleanings around our house often and, with each time, we found that we would still have so much stuff to give.

"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38

About 3 years ago, Nonie told us that their community of poor families had grown so they decided to hold a simple Christmas party for them.  We helped them prepare food baskets with ingredients for a decent Noche Buena as giveaways for each family.  That time, Paglipon prepared food baskets for about 25 families. This year, their community has grown to 50 families.

For this Christmas season, I am inviting you to help us raise funds so we could give these families a nice Noche Buena.  You can help in two ways: 1 - donate cash, or; 2 - donate grocery items.

[Donation details removed]

Thank you and Merry Christmas! :-D

Additional note:
Nowadays, apart from ministering to poor families with cancer-stricken children, Paglipon ng Tao Mission-Ministry is also helping elders, young people, and juvenile delinquents in squatter communities in Agham, QC and lower Bicutan, Taguig by providing skills training and opportunities for alternative sources of livelihood.  They have also just begun ministering to a small community of Aetas living in the mountains of Bataan.