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Vice Ganda, Ion Perez donate P500K to Regine Velasquez's fundraiser for Odette victims

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Vice Ganda and Regine Velasquez perform together during ABS-CBN’s ‘Family is Love’ Christmas concert in December 2018. FILE/Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/12/15/20181215-vice-ganda-regine.jpg"/><figcaption>Vice Ganda and Regine Velasquez perform together during ABS-CBN’s ‘Family is Love’ Christmas concert in December 2018. <em>FILE/Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Vice Ganda and Ion Perez were among the celebrities known to have donated to ABS-CBN’s benefit concert series for the victims of typhoon Odette, as the fundraiser kicked off on Sunday.</p><p>The 10-night “By Request” concert was opened by music icon Regine Velasquez, whose two-hour performance was streamed live by ABS-CBN’s official channels on YouTube, Facebook, and Kumu.</p><p>Vice Ganda, a long-time fan of Velasquez who eventually became her close friend and collaborator, tuned in to the show and even requested a song from the hitmaker.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For 10 straight nights, join your favorite Kapamilya performers<br/>in raising funds for the benefit of the victims of Typhoon Odette. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TulongKapamilya?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TulongKapamilya</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByRequestBenefitConcert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ByRequestBenefitConcert</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OperationOdette?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OperationOdette</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AnditoTayoParaSaIsatIsa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AnditoTayoParaSaIsatIsa</a> <a href="https://t.co/3FxyEqACZk">pic.twitter.com/3FxyEqACZk</a></p>— ABS-CBN Entertainment (@ABSCBN) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBN/status/1479793256573517826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Obliging the comedy superstar’s “Follow the Sun” request, Velasquez called on Vice Ganda to donate, telling him in jest to give at least P100,000.</p><p>A few moments later, host Darla Sauler announced that Vice Ganda, as well as her partner and fellow “It’s Showtime” mainstay Ion Perez, have pledged to donate five times that amount — P500,000.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8zUGbWFcFWQ?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Visibly surprised, Velasquez thanked Vice Ganda and Perez, and urged viewers to similarly donate any amount they can, saying even the smallest could make a difference.</p><p>“By Request” will feature different artists nightly, at 8 p.m., until January 18.</p><p>Its proceeds will go the ABS-CBN Foundation’s “Tulong-Tulong sa Pag-ahon” campaign, which has so far raised some P58 million in cash and P9 million in kind, giving aid to over 66,000 families affected by Odette, as of January 9.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">May 66,753 pamilyang apektado ng Odette ang narating ng inyong tulong. Tuloy tuloy po ang ating paglilingkod. <a href="https://t.co/bylL5zA5a6">https://t.co/bylL5zA5a6</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TulongKapamilya?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TulongKapamilya</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AnditoTayoParaSaIsatIsa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AnditoTayoParaSaIsatIsa</a><br/><br/>DSWD Authority/Solicitation Permit No. DSWD-SB-SP-00026-21, Nationwide. Valid until May 28, 2022. <a href="https://t.co/RRSo8WnAGr">pic.twitter.com/RRSo8WnAGr</a></p>— ABS-CBN Foundation (@ABSCBNFI_ph) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNFI_ph/status/1480483003830730752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

“By Request” will feature different artists nightly, at 8 p.m., until January 18.