GGPoker donates ₱1,000,000 to Feeding Metro Manila following Typhoon Carina

By James Smith

24 Sep 2024

James Smith 24 Sep 2024

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GGPoker announces it has donated 1,000,000 Philippine pesos to the Feeding Metro Manila charity
Donation comes in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Carina
Philippine poker community comes together in charity freeroll poker tournaments

GGPoker has announced that it has donated 1,000,000 Philippine pesos to the Feeding Metro Manila charity.

The donation has been made in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Carina, which devastated Manila and its environs in late July, causing extensive flooding and damage across a wide area.

Feeding Metro Manila will use the funds for three primary purposes:

To provide food for children who have been impacted by the devastating natural disaster
To improve the locations from which the charity distributes food
To help fund a library for children in the city’s most impoverished areas.

Last month saw GGPoker host a charity freeroll series of online poker tournaments for players in the Philippines, who were given multiple free opportunities to play for prizes.

The poker room also encouraged players taking part in the series to consider voluntarily donating to worthy charities helping the country recover from Typhoon Carina.

"All of us need help at one time or another, and the great Philippine poker community is always ready and willing to support their fellow countrymen and women," said Ron Dale Gascon, President of GGPoker Philippines.

"GGPoker is proud to be in a position to help and to acknowledge that there are some things more important in life than playing our favorite card game; we are delighted to support Feeding Metro Manila and see the city’s most needy children receive relief in the aftermath of this terrible disaster."

Luis Banson, Founder of Feeding Metro Manila, expressed his appreciation to the poker room and the wider Philippine poker community by adding, “Feed the hungry and experience the power of Love."

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