HEADLINES
Last Quarter Activities
LEADERSHIP & FRIENDSHIP
Monthly General Membership Meetings
"Why so serious?"
October 2009- Halloween Fellowship with APOHA
'sup?
SERVICE
September 2009 - FilAm Arts Festival (San Pedro)
APO South Bay, San Diego & Rho Gamma Chapter Volunteers
(See Album)
October 2009 - Long Beach Marathon
APO South Bay & Rho Gamma Chapter Volunteers
(See Album)
October 2009 -Ondoy Relief
APO South Bay & Rho Gamma Chapter Volunteers
(See Album)
Yes, that's our report...now go out and enjoy Hawaii.
"Mei kakou maika'i"
"May we always be!"
2009 ARCHIVE NEWS
Casino Turn-About Fundraiser
What: Summer Excursion at Harrah’s Rincon Casino
When: Saturday, September 26, 2009
$50.00 Donation includes:
1 brown-bag Breakfast + $25.00 Casino Cash
for new players add’l: $20.00 Play Money + 1 Lunch Buffet Voucher
All proceeds will benefit the many service projects of
APO South Bay. We thank you for your support.
The Charter Bus will leave from Big Saver Food Mart parking lot on 1500 W. Willow, Long Beach @ 7AM & leave Harrah’s @ approximately 4pm (minimum 5 Casino hours).
Must be 21 y.o with current State Issued I.D. card or passport.
Download flyer.
Click here to register.
Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture
September 12 -13, 2009
FPAC 2009 (Web Site)
This year's Festival of Philippines Arts & Culture (FPAC) will be held on September 12 & 13. We will need volunteers for both days of the festival, so please sign-up by sending an email to Christine below or to info@aposouthbay.org.
FilAm Arts
The Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture is the anchor program of FilAm ARTS. It is an annual series of multi-disciplinary arts events that takes place in the County of Los Angeles from poetry readings, concerts, to visual arts exhibits culminating in a two-day festival weekend.
Information
- web site: www.filamarts.org.
- Volunteer Contact:
Christine Corrales - Festival Volunteer Coordinator
FilAm ARTS - Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture
760 S. Westmoreland Ave. #266
Los Angeles, CA 90005
(deadline is August 31 for volunteer applications)
volunteer@filamarts.org
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ACNA 2nd Quarter Meeting Photos
ACNA Quarterly Meeting 2009(Photos)
APO South Bay Family Picnic
End-of-Summer fun at El Dorado Park (Photos)
Camping Fun at Lake Morena
Lake Morena in Campo, California. (See Photos)
Located about 60 miles east of San Diego, The Lake Morena County Campground offered the perfect venue for three APO alumni associations to come together and spend three days of outdoor fun. Over 80 APO alumni association members with their families and friends from San Diego, South Bay, and Hollywood came together for this joint camping. Sis Bernie Cruz headed the camping committee of South Bay assisted by Bro Dan Jardin taking care of the logistics of attendance, equipment and food. Brods Caloy Ebalo and Baby Rivera headed the San Diego and Hollywood committees respectively.
South Bay President PJ Aclan and First Lady Myra made sure that everyone was well fed with an amazing menu of Filipino recipes. Sis Susan De Ono-Lasset and Bro PJ also sponsored a “kambing” cook-off with Domi Borillo cooking papaitan for San Diego, Noly Pleyto and Terry Galzote cooking kilawen for Hollywood, and Carlo Araneta and Boogie Ambrey cooking kaldereta for South Bay. The judging was close but in the end the South Bay team won the $120 price. But it was all in the spirit of fun. Despite the hot weather everyone enjoyed the cameraderie and fellowship.
On the last day, Bro Stephen and Sis Madonna Castro along with their entire family prepared a sumptuous breakfast giving all the campers the needed energy to face the dreaded packing before heading home. APO Hollywood has volunteered to host next year’s joint affair in what looks to be a new Southern California tradition. For photos please go to Camping 2009 Album.
Thank you for Attending APO South Bay's Dinner and Dance
To all our guests and sponsors, thanks for attending APO South Bay's Dinner and Dance. (Photos)
To APO South Bay's guests we hope that you enjoyed the food, music, and program at our Induction Dinner and Dance, On behalf of President PJ Aclan, Induction Party Committee Chairpersons Brod Stephen and Sis Madonna Castro, Officers and Members, we thank you for your attendance.
(See Photos.)
Acknowledgments:
We'd like to acknowledge and thank in particular the presence of: ACNA President Brod Ben Castro and his wife Aurora, ACNA Secretary Brod Tony Mago, LIUF President Brod Mel Gonzales, LIUF Treasurer Nancy Ureta, LIUF Director Elma Paalam; APO-CVC President Brod Butch Garcia and his family, APO-CVC Brod Paul Villafuerte; APO-GLA President Brod Troy Agagon, APO-GLA VP Brod Beeboy Mansilla, APOGLA Brods Tony Gomez and Rhoel Reyes; APOSD President Edwin Apostol, APOSD brods and sis: Sis Merly Apostol, Sis Edith Gordo, Brod Gordon Gordo, Brod Caloy Ebalo, Brod Vinvin Vedar, Brod Ante Reyes; APOHA VP Brod Baby Rivera, APOHA Brods and Sis Jonathan Fedelicio, Ed and Tata Del Rosario, Yasmine Ipapo, and the other brods and sis from APOHA whose names I couldn't remember;APO Toronto Dan Maines (winner of "Longest APO Miles" award). Thanks for coming Grace Trinidad, we haven't seen you in the longest time.(I know I'm probably missing a few names here, and I'm going to kick myself when my hangover goes away, but If I forgot to mention your name please forgive me and know that we truly appreciate and enjoyed your presence.)
Souvenir Program:
If you didn't get a copy (or want a copy) of the souvenir program you may download it here in PDF format: 2009 Souvenir Program (Hi-Res, 13 MB) .
Comments or Suggestions:
We hope you enjoyed your evening with us. If we were amiss with anything (or if we did something great), please let us know so that we may make amends or continue to improve by sending an email to:info@aposouthbay.org
Photos will be posted here as soon as all our photographers send them in.
Thank you all very much!
A New Year's Message
As 2008 comes to an end, I want to take a couple of moments to say “thank you” for your participation this past year. Your dedication in support of our Association and Alpha Phi Omega is greatly appreciated. This year has been a particularly exciting and challenging one. Together, we accomplished a tremendous amount of positive activities for our families, in spite of some challenges that we faced.
While it has been a difficult year in many respects, all of you who have shared your time and finances with the Association continue to inspire me with your spirit of friendship and generosity. We planned, participated and enjoyed APO activities with our friends and families. We participated in meetings, fellowships, conventions, fund-raisers, and service projects with APO-Philippines, ACNA, ARNA, and the APO alumni associations of San Diego, Greater Los Angeles, Northern California, Silicon Valley, and Central Valley of California.
At APO South Bay, members gave more than simply their money, time and energy; we also gave service to our communities. I would also like to encourage those that weren’t able to par tic pate this year because of one reason or another to please find time this coming new year to at least attend one or two membership meetings. I do believe that the time invested in participating with APO is time spent relieving the stresses from the other parts of our lives. Use APO as your pressure-release valve as you enjoy planning and participating in the events that we create for you and your family. We do make a difference in our communities, both professionally and personally.
Finally, your opinion matters. I am generating another membership survey for the new administration so that you may provide your input. The last survey in 2007 helped tremendously in focusing our efforts to what was important to our members. Remember, this new survey will be on the web (www.aposouthbay.org) and in the March edition of South Bay’s newsletter, “Currents”.
We have a dedicated team of APO members at South Bay. Your participation makes a big difference, now more than ever. Let’s support Bro. PJ Aclan and his incoming team of officers as they continue APO South Bay’s program of leadership, friendship and service.
Once again, on behalf of the 2007 - 2008 APO South Bay team, I thank you for your support during the past two years and wish you all a Happy New Year.