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to the virtual headquarters of the Filipino-American Association of Greater Columbia, SC (FAAGC), an all-volunteer non-profit organization to promote inter-cultural education and understanding.

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Filipinas Magazine featured FAAGC in its February 2005 issue. Click here to view the article written by Alan Geoghegan (click here to view the magazine's table of contents).

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Calendar of Events
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• March 23, 2008 (Sunday, 1 p.m.)
• Columbia Fil-Am Annual Spring Picnic / Easter Egghunt
• Sesquicentennial Park (9564 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC 29223)

It's that time for the annual springtime Fil-Am get-together to get rid of the winter blahs and have good fun and fellowship with old and new friends.

This is a POTLUCK affair so please bring a 2-liter soda and a covered dish enough for your family and others. FAAGC will provide hotdogs and hamburgers.

Planned activities include the usual Easter egg-hunt and children’s games. Parents with young children are requested to bring at least a dozen goodies-filled plastic Easter eggs for the egg-hunt.

For more details and directions to the venue, e-mail us or contact Alan Geoghegan [(803) 787-5255] or the other FAAGC officers.

Click here for a map and specific directions from your address to the park. Park admission is $2 for adults, $1.25 SC seniors and free for those age 15 & younger. More information about the park can be found at the Sesquicentennial Park website


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• April 5-6, 2008 (Saturday-Sunday)
• Columbia International Festival
• SC State Fairgrounds (1200 Rosewood Drive, Columbia, SC 29201)

• The Columbia Fil-Am will have a country exhibit with the theme of Philippine palengke or open market.
• Cecilia Jacobsen of the Fil-Am Store will sell lumpia, adobo, pansit, longaniza, cassava cake, among others, at the Fil-Am turo-turo (food booth).
• The Fil-Am Store will also sell Philippine delicacies, gift items, and other products at the International Bazaar.

For more information about this weekend when "the world comes to Columbia," check the festival website.
FAAGC Executive Board for 2007-2009:
(front row, l-r): Alan Geoghegan, George McNulty,
Al Taylor, Mario Viray
(back row, l-r): Sally Ellis, Odess Brinkman, Myrna Whitmire, Leah Cuaresma, Tessie Kenerson, Cecilia Jacobsen, Precy Walker, Shirley Caduhada



• Check out the latest issue
(Spring 2008, issued March 2008; 1.5 MB)
of the Fil-Am Bulletin,
FAAGC's official newsletter.

• Quick links to websites
mentioned in the latest issue of
Fil-Am Bulletin:

• Columbia International Festival
• Philippine Malls
• Filipino Billionaires
• Sesquicentennial Park

• Asilo de San Vicente de Paul
• ERDA Foundation in Manila
• Hospicio de San Jose
• Hospicio de San Jose Orphanage Fund
• SOS Children's Village in Tacloban,Leyte





Filipinas Magazine featured FAAGC in its February 2005 issue. Click on the image above to view the article about FAAGC. Or download the Filipinas article in Adobe Acrobat .PDF format.

• To view some photos taken during the Columbia Fil-Am 16th Annual Gala held at the Radisson Hotel Columbia on September 16, 2006, click here for photos courtesy of Joy or here for photos courtesy of Mike.

• Click here to view photos taken during the Columbia Fil-Am 14th Annual Gala held at the Columbiana Hotel & Conference Center on October 16, 2004.

• Click here to view photos taken during the Columbia Fil-Am 14th Annual Christmas Party held at the St. John Neumann School gymnasium on December 11, 2004.

• Click here to read what The State newspaper had to say about the Fil-Am Christmas "cultural feast, starring a 125-pound roasted pig."



• Check out the latest issue (Spring 2008, 1.5 MB) of the Fil-Am Bulletin, FAAGC's official newsletter.

• Past issues of Fil-Am Bulletin:
* Summer 2007 - Volume 17, No. 1, issued August 2007 - (lo-res=773 KB ••• hi-res=4.1 MB)
* Spring 2007 - Volume 16, No. 3, issued March 2007 - (1.8MB)
* Fall 2006 - Volume 16, No. 2, issued November 2006 - (1.4MB)
* Summer 2006 - Volume 16, No. 1, issued August 2006 - (2.0 MB)
* Spring 2006 - Volume 15, No. 3, issued March 2006 - (1.0 MB)
* Fall 2005 - Volume 15, No. 2, issued November 2005 - (2.0 MB)
* Summer 2005 - Volume 15, No. 1, issued August 2005 - (1.3 MB)
* Spring 2005 - Volume 14, No. 3, issued March 2005 - (1.5 MB)
* Earlier issues (2001 - 2004) can be found here.

• Download a Columbia Fil-Am membership application form in Adobe Acrobat .PDF format.

• Download the Columbia Fil-Am Association By-Laws in Adobe Acrobat .PDF format.

E-mail us.



Other Fil-Am websites in South Carolina:

• Filipino American Student Association (FASA) at the University of South Carolina

• Filipino Community Center of Charleston

• Hiyas-Min, the Philippine Cultural Society of Charleston

• Devcomm Site about Filipinos and the Philippines

• Other relevant Fil-Am links