Mr. Willan Pagayon, is a young man working hard for his dreams! Being a bachelor and working in a high position in a transportation industry, Willan had the luxury of traveling more, having fun and specially, go shopping!
A Mister Universe Philippines 2013 titlist, Willan do have the chance to do social works and help a lot of people and most specially promote tourism of the city he represent – The City of Love, Ilo-Ilo.
And with his busy schedule with work, his own company, and other things under his hats, Willan recently is having minimal time to manage some of his personal needs, including clothes. Being a frequent shopper (impulsive buyer, as he says), clothes and shoes usually filed up in his cabinet. Though, driven to donate some of his unused clothes to de-clog it, Willan is having second thoughts, managing it would be a dilemma and would eat up most of his time. Secondly, he thinks that it isn’t the right moment for him to donate clothes. Third, he doubted that the clothes he might be donating wouldn’t be that relevant for use by others.
To help my friend (and others who can relate to) and clear some of the questions he got in mind, I got a chance to ask some of the Electrolux Ambassadors, Cheska Garcia-Kramer and Chef Bruce Lim, what do they think about Willan Pagayon’s predicament.
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Do you believe that clothes donation is a relevant and important way to help here in the Philippine setting? How so?
Chef Bruce Lim:
YES! I recently went to Tacloban for a Yolanda relief program. My team and I did Kiddy Party for a community in Palo. One of the things that they were asking for was clothes… So DON’T STOP donating there are tons of people who would love wearing the old shirt that you outgrew.
Cheska Garcia-Kramer:
Yes, I think it is important to anyone because a lot of people need clothes and it’s a necessity, especially to those who are affected by calamities. Especially to the children who don’t have any underwear, they don’t have any clothes. Underwear palang that’s already part of your hygiene. So to be able to share, to help in giving clothes through sharing and donating, you are able to give clothes to these people to be able to help them start again.
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Based on your experience, how does donating clothes benefit the “giver”?
Chef Bruce Lim:
In my experience when I donated last year it felt liberating. Since I came from the time when I was unsure of myself I let myself get real big. When I decided to change my life I started to lose weight, I bounced back from all the criticism. All the old clothes that did not fit me anymore because they were extremely big I felt I had to shed my old skin. So instead of throwing them away, I wanted to donate them and maybe my shirt or pants or suit could help someone change their lives so they can shed the old skin that they were not happy with.
Cheska Garcia-Kramer:
The benefit there is that we’re able to spread awareness. The simple things you can find in your house, namely your clothes, will be able to let people know that you don’t really need to give money but you can be able to find clothes and stuff like that. So you are able to spread awareness. You are able to share to others in your own little way.
Just like what Chef Bruce and Cheska Garcia-Kramer say, anytime would be the best time to donate, whether there’s a calamity or not. Yes, time would be essential, but allocating time to think of others that would benefit from the things you’ll be giving would be even more fulfilling. And lastly, clothes, whatever its condition, would might or still be a gem to someone who doesn’t have anything. Think about that.
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