Acting Lieutenant Governor Mona Pasquil gives commendation to FCC on the occasion of its 5th anniversary.

The Filipino Community Center (FCC) proudly celebrates its five year anniversary on January 29th, 2010 with the theme Bagong Taon! Bagong Tinig!: New Year! New Voice! The dinner celebration and fundraiser will take place at the Croatian American Cultural Center at 60 Onondaga Ave., in the heart of the Filipino-concentrated Excelsior neighborhood of San Francisco.

As of January 2010, all 300 boxes of donations were successfully received in the Philippines by Migrante International, and they are in the process of sorting and giving the donations to families most affected by the disasters.

On January 5th, 2010 FCC staff and youth from the Kabataan program marched with Local 2 Hotel Union members in their fight for a fair contract.

On December 7th, the Bay Area Bayanihan for Philippine Disaster Relief successfully shipped approximately 250 boxes of people’s relief to kababayans in the Philippines.