Silliman University and all five districts of the Rotary Club of Dumaguete City are merging efforts to support continuing rescue and relief operations for the victims of typhoon Ondoy, a press release from the university said. 

A benefit concert will be staged tomorrow at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium on the Silliman campus for the thousands of Filipinos left homeless and grieving by the typhoon that hit the country on September 26. 

Dumaguete has been spared by the onslaught of typhoon Ondoy, but both Silliman and Rotary recognize the need to extend assistance, despite the distance from the affected areas. The concert is also a call to the public for a sustained collective response to the disaster, especially with continuing heavy rains threatening further devastation, the press release said.

To be featured in the concert are three of Silliman's top performing groups:  Silliman University Concert Band , Silliman University Jazz Band and the Kahayag Dance Troupe . 

Tickets range from P500 to P1,000, and proceeds will go to the victims of typhoon Ondoy. 

An initiative done in partnership with Silliman's College of Performing Arts , Student Government and local Rotaract. The concert supplements initiatives that Silliman has undertaken to pool donations for the typhoon victims. 

Last week, Silliman University donated a total of P100,000 through the foundations of ABS-CBN and GMA 7. A portion of the donation was sourced from the university's Christmas party budget.

Donations from the members of the Silliman and larger community of Dumaguete also continue to pour in, in response to the university's call for public support last week. As of October 3, the university has collected close to P180,000 in cash donations from its faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends. Some 61 boxes of food items and toiletries and 90 sacks of clothing, towels, bed sheets and rice have also been received, segregated and packed for shipping, the press release added.*

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