For Immediate Release
San Diego, June 8, 2010. This weekend will be the 112th anniversary of the Philippines Independence from Spanish Colonial rule and with that many San Diego Filipino Organizations and partners of the Filipino American Arts & Culture Festival (FilAmFest) have put together events in and around San Diego to celebrate it with you.
The Emilio Aguinaldo Foundation will be hosting the Philippine Independence Day Festival at the Mira Mesa Community Park on Saturday June12 from 10am-6pm. Celebrate Filipino culture, food, arts, crafts, and entertainment. Find out more at www.aguinaldofoundation.com
The following Sunday, June 13, the Philippine American Youth Organization (PAYO), Kuya Ate Mentorship Program (KAMP), and Filipino American Educators Association (FILAMEDA) will be hosting their 2nd Annual All High School Filipino/a Graduation (HS FilGrad). The celebration will be at 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the historical Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park. For more info on the graduation go to www.hsfilgradSD.webs.com
The FilAmFest Organizing Committee in accordance to our theme of “Celebrating the Bayanihan Spirit” will be out and about to support these events and organizations as the weekend rolls around. For additional events around San Diego visit our FilAmFest sponsor www.webkalusugan.org.
Just in time for summer and as the schools begin to let out the FilAmFest Organizing Committee recognizes that many of our students will be moving on to higher education and we offer our support to them by offering the FilAmFest scholarship to students that not only work hard in school but also share with us their Bayanihan spirit by helping out in the community as well. The scholarship application and information will be available on our website, www.filamfest.com or students interested in applying can email the OC directly at filamfest@gmail.com.
The Filipino American Arts & Culture Festival will be Saturday October 2, 2010.
Questions or if you are interested in getting involved please contact Virgil Yalong
filamfest@gmail.com. www.filamfest.com
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