Team Galaxy: Shirts for a Cause to fight ALL

The Ice Bucket Challenge has made so many people aware of the still incurable Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) disease. As of August 25, the Ice Bucket Challenge raised $79.7 million versus $2.5 million last year. This proves that a bit of creativity and a touch of social media, possibilities are endless. And Team Galaxy hopes the same happens for ALL.

So what’s ALL?

ALL is short for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia which is very common to children with age 2 to 5 years old. In the US alone, around 6,000 cases are reported. The good thing though is that cure is a realistic goal with 80% of the affected children cured. However, there is still the 20% who do not get a chance to live their dreams. But we could help them. We could change the statistics. We could act NOW.

 

The University of Asia and the Pacific’s IMC students have formed Team Galaxy with the single goal to “bring back the stars of hope to a young boy diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.”

 

You could be someone’s hope in two ways—join Team Galaxy by giving them a call at 0906 322 7500 or buy a Team Galaxy shirt where profits will all go to the medical funds of the young boy.

For more details, please visit Team Galaxy’s Facebook page.

-Gluttonshopper 

Feel Good Muffins

One Monday evening, I received a random SMS from a friend asking me if I love sweets… and the rest was… well, pretty much narrated below.

The question “Do you like sweets?” never fails to make me curious and reply and a giddy smile on my face “Why? :)” hoping that I’d get a “I have some sweets to share with you” or a “I discovered this new restaurant and I want to visit it. Let’s go?” reply. 

To make things short, I didn’t exactly received any of those “dream” replies but instead a request to help a friend out. The one who sent the SMS was helping a group of friends doing charity work. To support their cause, they sell muffins and the money they get from selling these sweets will straight to the institutions they plan to support (I will disclose the names of the institutions as soon as everything has been finalized on the end of the charitable youngsters). As a sucker for fund raising activities, I replied without hesitation, “Sure!”

The prices of the muffins were reasonable. They sell it by boxes of 6, 12, and 24 making it ideal as gifts. There were also 4 flavors available: Double Cheese, Double Choco Cream Cheese, Butter Nutella Cream Cheese and Blueberry Oat Walnut Cream Cheese. They must love cream cheese.