Nursing Students Inspire $50,000 to Red Cross in Response to Typhoon Haiyan

in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan which slammed into the Philippines earlier this month the rest to the world watched in horror as the devastation to the island nation became painfully clear the US military and international relief organizations including the Red Cross immediately responded also mobilizing to help was a group of some 500 nurses from Southern California when nursing students at American Career College saw this group of nurses on the news they wanted to help as well, so they teamed up with faculty and staff to organize a drive to collect goods for the Philippines at various campus locations leaders at ACC administration were inspired by students passionate desire to help and decided to make a donation to American Red Cross International Services today we're at the main administration building in Irvine were a check for fifty thousand dollars was presented to representatives from the red cross it's just a phenomenal gift and so so truly needed especially when we see that the damage in the devastation that's happened currently with the typhoon in the Philippines so your gift is very generous and really heartwarming its going to make a big difference for a lot of people for some students and staff this is personal I was born and raised in Manila and I am in our culture we have you know what we call the bayanihan and it's kind of like a spirit of communal worker, its sort of like a spirit of brotherhood or sisterhood I am in awe with American Career College actually with David Pyle for holding such an event like this and donating to the typhoon I really was not expecting at all our organization wouldn't be the organization it is today if it wasn't for the support the Filipino community both from a student perspective and also from the staff perspective, we want to make sure that we as an institution contribute as much as we possibly can so very very proud to to be here today to donate fifty thousand dollars on behalf of our students, on behalf of our staff to the International Red Cross it's known that Southern California is the second large population of volcanoes but a lot of those Filipinos are hospital members they worked for health care umm and it's important to us at American Career College and West Coast so umm it's a testament to our organization which I am proud to be a part of items are being collected at all five ACC locations until November twenty-fifth you can help by donating clothing, socks, blankets, or canned food