CAN PAY BILLS INC., initiated BOTTLES FOR CHANGE campaign for OFW Families affected by COVID-19 in the Philippines. The campaign was to collect empty wine bottles and beer cans, and funds raised were used to purchase rice to be distributed to Blas Ople Policy Center – OFW Assistance Program and to My Bonita Home for Girls of the Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries. CANPAYBILLS, a bills payment service solutions provider, supported by LBC initiated the collaboration last May 15, 2020 and ended August 15, 2020.
The BOTTLES FOR CHANGE to the Philippines
The campaign raised $876.00 from collecting bottles and cans and used to purchased 25 kilo sacks of rice. The sacks of rice were delivered to 180 distressed Overseas Filipino Worker’s families under the care of Blas Ople Policy Center – Overseas Filipino Workers Assistance Program in Manila and the My Bonita Home for Girls of the Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries in Cebu City. A total of 15 25 kilos sack of rice was donated to Blas Ople Policy Center and 4 50 kilos sack of rice was delivered to My Bonita Home for Girls.
How the BOTTLES FOR CHANGE started
The Bottles for Change began with CAN PAY BILLS seeing the need for providing rice – a staple food to families and individuals affected by COVID 19 pandemic in the Philippines. CANPAYBILLS owner Mon Solis collaborated with BeamAndGo in the Philippines on their Project Kabayanihan for recipients of rice donation and with the Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries in Talisay City, Cebu for their My Bonita Home for Girls, in Talamban Cebu.
