Valdez, volleyball stars lend hand to COVID-19 frontliners

FILE – Alyssa Valdez reacts as team Philippines scores during a game against Vietnam. KIMMY BARAOIDAN/INQUIRER SOUTHERN LUZON

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine volleyball star Alyssa Valdez extended her help to the country’s frontliners against the coronavirus disease by raffling off a jersey she wore during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

Valdez’s jersey will be raffled off at Volleyball Community Gives Back (VCGB), which recently launched a campaign for the gallant health workers leading the Filipinos’ fight against the deadly virus.

“This is my way of serving our frontliners, this is memorable for me because a lot has happened in 2019 and this was what I wore in our final game against Indonesia,” said Valdez in Filipino in a video posted on VCGB’s Twitter account.

I’ll be raffling off my 2019 Sea Games jersey as my way of serving our Frontliners. 💙 #VolleyballCommunityGivesBack #ServeOurFrontliners @VCGBph pic.twitter.com/hiM64IR91k

— Alyssa Valdez (@AlyssaValdez2) April 7, 2020

Valdez joined Dawn Macandili, Jeanette Panaga, Jema Galanza, Amanda Villanueva, Bang Pineda, Jessey De Leon, Denden Lazaro, Jia Morado, and other volleyball standouts who have donated some of their personal belongings as raffle prizes.

As of Tuesday, the campaign has raised over P270,000 in just six days.

Those who want to join the raffle will have to buy a ticket worth P300 each and can purchase without any limit.

Interested participants should send in there full name, mobile number, the bundle code of the products they want, and their number of entries to [email protected].

Payment can be coursed through Gretchen Ho at her BPI Savings Account 3529 1289 74 and her BDO Savings Account at 005638014791 and Ryan Sordan at his G-Cash and Pay Maya number +63 917 500 3390.