A FOUNDATION To Help Our Poor

RENO has been taking part in the efforts of Filipinos in the US to reach out to our unfortunate kababayans back home. A few years back, we hosted a fund-raising event for the then President Joseph Estrada's Erap Para Sa Mahirap Foundation.
Fil-Ams from all over Nevada and Northern California joined hands in that event.
Today we continue our goal to help. In this column, we introduce to you a Reno-based foundation.
The FILIPINO-AMERICAN FOUNDATION, Inc. (FILAM) is a non-stock and non-profit corporation registered with the Nevada Secretary of State in 1998. 
(Registration #: 19599-1999, IRS #: 01-0750022) OBJECTIVES OF THE FOUNDATION : The primary objectives of the foundation are to initiate, provide and establish education, research and other forms of assistance programs and services to the poor but deserving citizens of the Philippines & USA; and to foster mutual assistance programs and self-reliance by promoting livelihood and self-help programs. PROGRAMS OF THE FOUNDATION : Establish scholarship program for the benefit of the poor and underprivileged but deserving students all over the country. Engender mutual assistance and self-help programs, as well as other forms of assistance, financial or otherwise to needy people. Initiate and/or cooperate with private, government and other institutions for the purpose of achieving its objectives; and Establish a general fund from where resources could be drawn for the financing of its programs and projects. PROCEDURE IN THE GRANT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP : A Scholarship Awards Committee composed of Professionals, mostly from Reno University and Fil-Am community leaders, is tasked to screen all applicants and determine who are deserving for the FILAM Scholarship. WE NEED YOUR HELP.

To further achieve the objectives of the Foundation, there is a great need for funds not only to sustain and maintain the Foundation's programs, office and staffs but also the many segment of the community who deserve assistance. For this reason, the Foundation addresses its appeal to you for your much needed help and contribution. Supporting the organization, you will be a part of the success in elevating the forsaken condition of our poor countrymen. If we, the Filipinos in the United States, would become united to help the poor people in our native land -- a token amount from each and everyone of us will go a long way. Let's give them a chance in life, too. If one dollar can make a difference in improving our countrymen's lot -- spiritually, mentally, and physically -- then than dollar is worth spending.

"For I was hungry and you gave me bread, I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in. I was naked and you clothe me. I was sick and you visited me. I was imprisoned and you came unto me -- therefore I say unto you, in as much as you have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, you have done it unto me."

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please write or send your contribution to :

FILAM FOUNDATION, INC.
1055 Tudor Court
Reno, Nevada 89503

Telephone : (775) 324-1315 
Fax : (775) 747-1331
Email : rose@ableweb.net
Donations can be directly deposited in the following bank account:To generate funds for its various projects, special events such as dinner shows, concerts are held from time to time. The public can support the foundation by buying tickets to these shows / events of FILIPINO ENTERTAINMENT.

OFFICERS and BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
John 'Romy' Rose  -  President

PRESS RELEASE, U. S. ASIAN CHRONICLE Reno, November 30, 1998

Under the capable leadership of Mr. Romy Guerrero and his fellow officers and directors, the First Lady of the Philippines, Dr. Luisa Ejercito Estrada was presented with a check for $10,000 to benefit poor and impoverished in the Philippines.  Hats off to the group for a job well done!!  Below are some photos of the events.

The First Lady of the Republic of the Philippines Dr. Luisa Loi Ejercito Estrada "First visit to USA as First Lady"

OFFICERS and staff of the Phillippine Consulate General in San Francisco pose with entertainer Nora Aunor (fourth from left) after her benefit show at the Golden Phoenix Hotel in Reno, Nevada. La Aunor rocks Reno, nets $10,000 for typhoon victims Performing alongside livewhire singer-comedian impersonater Leonard Obal, Aunorenergized the crowd with her rendition of a disco medelyand OPM (original Pilipino music) classics. In between numbers, she appealed for more aid to typhoonvictims, and patiently stayed on long after her last number so she could greet and personally request her fans to give more to the relief campeign. The charity dinner show concided with "Consulate on wheels," the consulate's community outreach program to extend consular services outside the Bay Area, and a symposium on trade, investment, and tourism. Consul General Maria Mendoza Rowena Mendoza Sanchez, who led the consular mission and recievedthe donations for the philipine government, said the community's response exceed in expectations. "This is the kind of teamwork and camaraderie that we would like to engender in every Filipino American community. Your concerted action, wich is above self-interest and individual affiliation, for the benefit of out unfortunate countryman is laudable and deeply apepreciated," Sanchez said in her brief remarks during the show. The weekend kicked off with a consular services held simultaneously with the trade of tourism symposium. At the syposium, tourism, trade and consular officials gave presentations on topics relating to the Philippine government's programs and prioities in trade, investment and tourism promotion, including Rebublic Act 9225 which grants dual citizenship to former Filipinos.

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