Jessica Sanchez begins 11-day charity mission in PH with trip to GenSan

Jessica Sanchez poses for a photo at the Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday morning before boarding her flight to Manila. (Photo from her Instagram)

Jessica Sanchez is not done helping her fellow Filipinos just yet.

First, she initiated her very first online concert at StageIt.com where all the proceeds went to the American Red Cross to help fund its relief efforts for the victims of typhoon Yolanda. The show was a sellout success.

Then, the 17-year old Fil-Am singer went on to release “Lead Me Home”, her inspiring new single where US$0.90 of each single sold again goes to the Red Cross for the typhoon victims. At iTunes, the single is retailed at US$1.25 so that means a big chunk of the sales are for the worthy cause.

The single, which is actually part of the Original Cast Recording of the music and dance spectacular “Heartbeat of Home”, is also one of the 39 tracks of the all-star compilation album “Songs for the Philippines”, which retails at iTunes at $9.99 and proceeds of every album sold will go directly to the Philippine Red Cross. The album is currently at No. 2 in the iTunes store.

As posted by YouTube account holder errizsumala, here’s the audio and lyrics to the emotional ballad “Lead Me Home”.

Outside of these charitable gestures, Jessica was also a big part of the recent Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios fight that brought cheers to the typhoon victims who witnessed Pacquiao prevail. Her rendition of the Philippine National Anthem is already considered by many as one of the best in any Pacquiao fight to date.

Now as part of her ongoing charitable work, Jessica will also be in the country starting Saturday, November 30, until December 10 on a mission with the Starkey Hearing Foundation to assist Filipinos with hearing loss who have no resources to acquire hearing aids.

Upon her arrival, Jessica will proceed directly to Pacquiao’s hometown in General City where she will stay until December 2. From there, she will proceed to Lipa City on December 3 and stay there until December 5.

After that, her next destination is nearby Batangas City which she will call home until December 7. Her last stop is Manila where she will spend her last two days until December 10.

With Jessica’s help, the Starkey Hearing Foundation hopes to fit four to five thousand people with free hearing aids.

“The world of sound is my inspiration and connection to my music. I am honored to be joining Starkey Hearing Foundation on a hearing mission to the Philippines where everyday I get to help give someone in need the gift of hearing,” Jessica said in one of her recent posts in her Facebook page.

There is no word as to whether Jessica can squeeze some performances in the aforementioned places or a TV appearance before she leaves. But given that she has been surprising us with her initiatives as of late, anything is possible.

This is her third trip to the Philippines after her runner-up finish on “American Idol” last year.

Jessica Sanchez begins 11-day charity mission in PH with trip to GenSan

Source: InterAksyon.com (November 30, 2013 at 01:41PM)

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