This past week, Typhoon Nona has claimed the lives of 34 Filipinos and millions of damages in the country.
Ateneo royalties Kiefer Ravena and Alyssa Valdez are helping the country in their own way in setting up Fastbr3ak – a charity volleyball exhibition game on December 23, 2015 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.
Ravena and Valdez, both two-time UAAP Most Valuable Players’ in men’s basketball and women’s volleyball respectively, will be joined by Gretchen Ho, Denden Lazaro, Michele Gumabao and Charo Soriano in the charity match geared to raise funds for those affected by the recent calamity.
Game time is set at 2:00pm, with Ravena and Valdez each leading their own team in a best-of-five affair.
“We want to help them in the spirit of Christmas,” said Smart Elite ambassador Ravena, who has also successfully organized charity events for victims of typhoons Sendong and Yolanda in the past. “We hope they won’t be too devastated by what happened and this is one way of making them happy this Christmas.”
Volleyball stars Bang Pineda, Jen Reyes, Ella de Jesus, and Sue Roces, will be joined by celebrities like Yayo Aguila, Arny Ross, IC Mendoza, Miakka Lim, and Casey de Silva in the match.
Sportscaster Mozzy Ravena, who played for the national team in the 1980s, will make her much-awaited return to the court, this time suiting up alongside daughter Dani.
Side events will also be held, including an iPhone 6 raffle sponsored by Smart and a hula hoop contest between Valdez and an audience member.
Every single revenue coming from the exhibition game will directly be given to the victims of the recent calamity. Tickets will be sold at Php250 and Php500 and will be available starting December 21 in Ally’s All-Day Breakfast Place outlets in Malingap and Holy Spirit Drive, Quezon City.
