Fresno's Bread and Butter bakery donating sales to help Philippines earthquake victims

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Recovery efforts are underway successful the Philippines aft a almighty 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 72 radical and injuring much than 360.

In Fresno, members of the Filipino assemblage are mobilizing to assistance those affected, including the owners of Bread and Butter, a fashionable bakery successful northeast Fresno.

Chef Mark and Jam, who are primitively from Cebu, 1 of the impacted islands, accidental the catastrophe deed adjacent to home.

"When you spot pictures present done societal media, the world is there. It faces you, and we felt the magnitude of it," Jam said.

The mates instantly contacted loved ones successful Cebu, who were unharmed but shaken. Many were forced to slumber extracurricular owed to fears of aftershocks and structural damage.

"It's heart-wrenching," Jam said. "Most of our household and friends are elderly, truthful we privation to marque definite they are safe."

The epicenter of the quake was adjacent the municipality of Bogo, wherever a 300-year-old religion collapsed. Homes were destroyed, and landslides added to the devastation.

"It was nighttime. People were sleeping erstwhile it happened," Jam said.

To enactment alleviation efforts, Bread and Butter is donating 30% of each income to an earthquake betterment fund. The fundraiser runs done October 11, coinciding with Fil Fiesta 559, an lawsuit that celebrates Filipino businesses and culture.

"That is the tone of the Filipinos," Jam said. "We travel together, not conscionable successful happiness, but successful tragedy."

Proceeds volition spell to organizations providing food, water, and different necessities to those affected.

On Saturday starting astatine noon, Chef Mark and Jam volition big a pop-up extracurricular their bakery, serving accepted Filipino dishes until they merchantability out. Thirty percent of each income volition spell straight to earthquake relief.

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