Victoria Filipino-Canadian Caregivers Association
Services
The first year leading to the association's incorporation was
a busy one. Besides monthly meetings and educations session, it held
its first dance at the Anglican Church Hall in Esquimalt and a
Christmas dance at the James Bay Athletic Centre, both in 1988.
Immediately after its incorporation in February 1989, the
association began what had now become its annual social activity: the
Valentine's Day Dinner-Dance. Highlight of this event is the crowning
of Miss Valentine, Mrs. Valentine, and Granny Valentine. In the first
few years, funds raised at this and other events went towards
sponsoring and helping poor children in the Philippines through World Vision.
In 1989, the association was one of the sponsors of the Second
Conference of Filipino-Canadian Associations of British Columbia, March
31 to April 2, and Flora Bariuad was a facilitator
for the enlightening workshop on "nannies and New Immigrants".
In 1991, immediately after the Bayanihan
Cultural and Housing Society was established, the association
became one of its first donors with a $600 donation from its
fund-raising efforts. In 2001, the association again stepped forward
with a $3,000 donation raised over recent years.
