Ogie Alcasid donates toys he’s been collecting for 24 years to help raise funds for COVID-19 test kits

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Obtaining a huge amount of action figures remains to be a dream for some, considering that the price of one figure costs a fortune because truth be told, the prices of it these days are no joke.

Aside from this, it will also take time for an individual to have a bunch of action figure collectibles and Filipino singer Ogie Alcasid can relate. It took Alcasid more than two decades to build up his toy collection, but for a good cause, he is now letting all of these go.

To further extend help amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the singer decided to donate his toys, which include Star Wars collectibles, to the “Shop and Share” project launched by actresses Angel Locsin and Anne Curtis. The project is intended to raise funds for the purchase of COVID-19 test kits.

“Been collecting these for over 24 years. Time to let go of most toys so someone else may take care of them and at the same time people will be tested for Covid,” Alcasid wrote in an Instagram post, sharing photos of his collection.

“Just helping an angel with her advocacy. Go @therealangellocsin,” he added, tagging Locsin’s Instagram account.

Locsin, meanwhile, expressed gratitude to Alcasid for his generosity, commenting to the post, “Thank you, Kuya! Ang dami (These are a lot)!”

The project, which began in 2009 to help the victims of Typhoon Ondoy, was relaunched in a bid to help increase the country’s testing capacity.

“This time, with the funds we raise, we would like to purchase test kits and allow testing opportunities for the poorer sectors in the hopes of helping out in the efforts to provide mass testing in the country,” Locsin said.

“Yes, in support of mass testing. Because in this way we can make a higher impact, by pushing the TEST-TRACE-ISOLATE/TREAT formula that is the only proven way to defeat the virus,” she added.

Curtis, meanwhile, encouraged their fellow artists and colleagues who are willing to take part in the project to reach out to them.

“We do hope you can join us as we all work together to help flatten the curve in the Philippines in our own little way,” she said.