Aguman Capampangan

Aguman Capampangan NW USA is once again invites you to join its 6th Luau Dinner and Dance on June 1st, 2013 at Holiday Inn Airport Hotel in Portland, Oregon. This fundraising event will benefit the Medical and Dental Missions of the Aguman Capampangan.

Aguman Capampangan Northwest USA, Inc. (ACNU)
6th Luau Dinner and Dance
To benefit the Medical and Dental Mission in the Philippines

Ticket Costs: $39.00/Adult, $22/kid (12 and under)
Door Ticket Costs: $45/Adult, $28/ kid (12 and under)

Live Band: Ronnie Exconde and Friends
DJ: Jonuary DJ

Attire: Floral Hawaiian

Contacts:
Mina Tahayeri – [email protected] (503) 625-4827
Maryann Gaviola- [email protected] (503)510-7659
Conrad and Nida Manuel – [email protected] ( 971)295-0203
Susana Cary – [email protected] ( 503) 534-3134
Angie and Ernie Turla – [email protected] (503)642-1348
Mary Kay and Michael Moore – marycatherine.moore@providence.org (971) 255-1245

Mina Tahayeri, President of the Aguman Capampangan Northwest USA, awards the first prize winner of the 3rd month elimination round of the Fil-Am Portland Singing Idol on April 20, 2012 at the Fil-Am building in Portland, Oregon.

Rico Teylan of Filipino American Association of Portland and Vicinity, Inc. announces the Aguman Capampangan's 5th Luau Dinner and Dance Fundraising event on May 19, 2012 at Fowler Middle School in Tigard, OR during the Fil Am Singing Idol on April 20, 2012 at the Fil-Am Building in Portland, Oregon. The event is to benefit the Aguman's Medical and Dental Mission in the Philippines.

The Aguman Capampangan Northwest USA is an association composed of Kapampangans, one of the major ethnic groups in the Philippines. It was formed on June 29, 1996 by Ernest C. Turla with the aid of a couple of associates, Arturo Villanueva and Ben Susi, when they had a picnic at Oaks Park in Portland, Oregon. With just a few good members at first, they capitalized on the idea that if they built it others would come.

The first president was Marita G. Villanueva (1996-1998). She was succeeded by Danilo E. del Rosario (1998-2000). Then, Ernesto C. Turla, who had been serving as the group’s adviser for four years, took over as president and held the position for 4 successive terms (2000-2008). After that, Mina Guinto Tahayeri became president (2008-2010). She was just recently elected for another term that will end in 2012.

The Aguman raises funds through yearly Christmas caroling and through its Luau events every mid-spring. It has promoted Philippine culture through the Santa Cruzan events it has had for sometime in the past. It has promoted Kapampangan culture especially their language through their partnership with the Akademyang Kapampangan International with which they jointly celebrate an annual La Naval Fiesta at Cascade Locks.

Despite its being new, the Aguman has already been able to accomplish what perhaps only a few organizations in the whole world have been able to. The series of medical missions it has sent to the Philippines since 1998 distinguishes it from other organizations in that it works for a humanitarian cause. In those missions, its delegates brought with them medical provisions procured from World Medical Relief Inc. Such missions, usually undertaken only by medical groups, captured the imagination of many.