![]() ![]() KRISTIAN SANTOS RUNS FOR TORONTO COUNCILLOR OF WARD 1-ETOBICOKE NORTH.HIRAYA Festival celebrates the National Peace Consciousness Month. ![]() HWPL spreads Peace Culture in Australia and the Philippines.The event was also the community’s expression of festivity and pride commemorating the 101 st Philippine Independence Day. Nevertheless, it was worth organizing for the purpose of promoting the Filipino traditional games aside from fostering friendship and unity among its members. According to the event coordinator it was a considerable challenge organizing the “Laro ng Lahi” games with its relatively limited resources available. The organizers, team leaders, facilitators, team members and even the non-participating audience were all significantly enthusiastic and were equally amused at the result of this year’s family fun day. It was another amusing moment witnessing how laid-back, agreeable and open-handed the Filipinos are in a collective effort such as this. There was an extensive selection of Filipino dishes, all generously shared by individuals and groups. The potluck community lunch, which remains the very heart of this yearly outdoor event, was again a delight to witness. Exciting prizes varied from glamour prizes to consolation prizes such as caps, umbrellas, bags, t-shirts as well as a Balikbayan box! Elizabeth Mordaunt of Juweelco Juweliers was this year’s major prize sponsor with the added consolation prize donations from LBC, Toko 4 All and Del Rosario International Freight Forwarders NL. This year’s family fun day also introduced the summer community raffle draw “Numero ko, Kapalit Premyo” which surprisingly was well-received by the crowd. Winners of this year’s summer raffle draw “Numero ko, Kapalit Premyo” with their generous sponsors. ![]()
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