2011 Karaoke Competition Program and Floor Plan

Please find attached the Floor Plan and the Program for the 5th of march Karaoke Competition

Please Book your Table for better seating to avoid disappointment.

Individual seats can be Booked but initially allocated for tables No: 22, 24, 44 and 46 and moved up the Hall if the full tables will not be booked.

From all the back feed we are getting looks like the tickets will be sold out as soon as the 12 finalists will be announced with maybe 50 standing only at the back of the Hall.

See you there

2011 National Multicultural Festival Stall Report

This event was something we were eagerly looking forward to and also somewhat anxious for it to be a success and fully aware of its significance in order for us to reach our fund rising target. Much the same as our Christmas Pasqua Stall the weather was a major threat to ruin the event but the gods smiled on us again and Saturday (the most important day of the Festival) turned out to be great and we did well

We had a 3 day presence Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Since this was our first NMC event we encountered few teething problems but we managed to turn the event into a very very profitable event and have made a very good profit therefore bringing us a step closer to our fund raising target and we are proud to report that finally we are confident to reach our $15000+ total. Our Bank account is well in excess of $ 9000 and with the pending Raffle and Karaoke Competition Revenue we will definitely get very close and with a bit of luck maybe to exceed it. Now all this would have not been possible without the dedication and commitment of our committee members, members and a handful of volunteers that have chipped in as well.

Here is the full list of our contributors: Rayyan Roslan, Boyong Villar, Annie Nazaro Adelaide Lopez, Regie and Lala Nazaro, Lolita Javier, Peter Peter, Sarah and Sorin Clenci. The experience we all gained and the lessons we learned from taking part in this major event and gave us a great feeling of self worth and belief in our capability to deliver and as to be honest with you ar the beginning when we embarked on this exciting adventure few of our members were doubtful of us being able to achieve our target this year. but that well behind us now I guess. Our next major event is the 5th of March Karaoke Competition. Lets sing It's Party Time!.

Pinoy Football Aid 2011 Monster Raffle Info:

Raffle tickets are available for purchase from this locations:

Canberra Deakin Football Club, Deakin
A & E Asian Grocery Store, Fyshwick Fresh Fruit Markets
Jhay The Cobbler, Dickson Shops
Laser One, Canberra Centre
Saigon Salon, Canberra House Marcus Clarke, CITY

Ticket price $2.00 each

Raffle will be drawn on the 5th of March

Please Click in the image to see all the fabulous prizes to be won!!!



GOOD LUCK

Boxing Day 2010 Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Stall Report

First week of December we got a message from the Bunnings Belconnen Organisers via Reg Lozano our Secretary that there was a late withdrawal and Pinoy Football Aid has the opportunity to hold the Stall on the Boxing Day. We grabbed the opportunity since that was our first of hopefully more to come activity.

We were told that the store was very busy and we should expect to be very busy if the weather was good.

The activity went smoothly and with minor teething problems but that is quiet OK considering that this was our very first sausage sizzle stall activity. The weather was fair but unfortunately the store was not that busy on the day and the traffic was down on last years. Never the less we have raised almost 1 thousand dollars.

I would like to thank and mention the following volunteers that help make the activity a success: Lolit, Paul , Reg and Sarah.

5th of December Filipino Embassy food stall fund rising activity Report

The gods have been kind to us as the rain was a major threat as the forecast was rain and more rain with clear skies not expected untill Tuesday so we did take a risk and prepared a lot of food for the event and fully aware that if the day was wet we would have risked to make no profit and even a loss was a probability.

The weather was good and we sold out all the food and we made a profit of $2.300 on the day. Fantastic achievement as this was our first fund rising activity and we did not know what to expect as we (the committee members and the helpers) never worked together before. On this occasion we had displayed our upcoming karaoke competition banner that will be held on the 5th of March at the Deakin Soccer Club and top my dismay had limited success in signing up entrants...considering the fantastic prices we have on offer and knowing well how much the Filipinos like to sing Karaoke....Nevertheless the activity was a success and would like to thank all the helpers for doing a fantastic job and would not have been possible without their commitment. A huge thank you goes to Regie and Lala, Boyong, Lolit, Nanai, Paul Matthews Bartolome Sarah and Peter Balaj.

Shipment of Football Gear from Belwest Soccer Club and Brindabella FC goes to Nasipit, Mindanao on 4th of November 2010

Two balikbayan boxes containing 55 pairs of Football Shoes donated by Belwest Foxes and from the Sportsman's Warehouse collection Boxes 10 Footballs and 62 Belwest Mixed sizes and Colour Tops have been packed and shipped via LBC balikbayan boxes service in Sydney on the 4th of November.
This shipment was sent to Nasipit Mindanao and will end up being used by the young footballers there.
i will personally have the pleasure to deliver the gear.
Matter of fact I have plans to help setup a permanent Senior/Junior Football Competition, and that is a complex task as there is not much skeleton structure in place but fingers crossed. Pictures of the distributed gear i hope to have posted early next year.

September 2010 Pinoy Football Aid has become a Association

From its humble beginning Pinoy Footaball Aid has grown and became an Incorporated Association. Fantastic achievement and is far more than what I ever ever expected when I began this program.
I will give you a bit of a detail on how this came about:
For the last 2 years I was trying to get a junior Filipino team to come and play football in the Kanga Cup. I did try to organise that with Manfred Schuwerk in Lapu Lapu, Cebu but he could not get sponsorship funds to cover the plane tickets so the idea kind of faded away. On the 10th of July straight after The Central Coast Mariners vs Canberra FC match I was having a beer and a little chat with Reg my good Filipino friend at the Club and "cried on his shoulder" and told him how much I would like to be able to bring one of Manfred's InterCebu FC Junior team to the Kanga Cup in the near future and how expensive it was pay for the airfares tickets etc. and I was looking for Ideas how to rise funds. So we bounced Ideas around to see what opportunities we could come up with and Reg said " Why don't we hold a Karaoke Competition, The Filipinos love Karaoke and that most likely will be a success" I got a huge smile on my face and said Yesssss that sound great...and that is how we proceeded to form a committee and Incorporate the Association.

Since we Incorporated set out the following fund raising activities for the next 9 month with all the proceeds to go towards covering the costs for a Filipino team to play in the 2011 Kanga Cup

Here are the activities we have Planned:

Bunning's Sausage Sizzle Stalls (as many we can get (dates TBA)

Christmas Stall at the Filippino Embassy (5th of December)

National Multicultural Festival stall (11-13 February

Karaoke Competition: 2 selection heats 19th and 26th of February and Final Show 5th of March 2011 held at Deakin Soccer Club)

Kanga cup 10-15 July 2011

I would like to invite anyone that to wants know more or wants to become a member of this Association please contact us:

pinoyfa@gmail.com or Ph: Sorin 6230 5030 Mobile 0409360636

Belwest Foxes Soccer Club kind donation on the 14th of August 2010

On the 9th of August got a call from Toni Dodd long serving Life member of the club letting me know that the club is happy to let us have the excess gear they have in their clubhouse and arranged for me to pick it up later that week. Saturday morning the 14th i went to the Latham Football Fields and met Toni and Stuart Boschert the Clubs Junior leagues Delegate and the Masters Men's Coordinator. On my arrival i was warmly welcomed by Toni and pointed to a mountain of stuff at the back of the club house by saying " good thing that you bring the Ute as I was worried that it will be too much for a sedan'' We did take some pictures of the gear with "Stewy" dressed in the clubs mascot ball attire. I want to mention that Toni was excited and pleased to see all that gear ending up being reused by the Filipino kids and made me feel very good to see that as well.
Well at last I have accounted of the donation and this is the figure 26 pairs of various sizes Football boots, 2 bags containing 24 used footballs and several boxes and bags containing 327 various sized and colours numbered and unnumbered tops that will soon be warn by the needy juniors.
On behalf of the Filipino kids I would like to thank the kind members of the Belwest Foxes Soccer Club for their generosity and Toni and Stewy for their warm hospitable manner.

July 2010 Shipment arrives safely In Manila and Cebu

On the 26th of July I got an e-mail from Rick Olivares in Manila letting me know that the 2 boxes have arrived and all was good...2 days later Manfred Schuwerk from Cebu have emailed me also confirming that his 2 boxes arrived as well. that was perfect timing as 3 days later the competitions began and the gear was put to use immediately. Manfred has sent me couple of photos with his Juniors wearing the tops that Brindabella Football Club have donated and the boots collected from the Sportsman's Warehouse.












We also got news that the amongst the Manila shipment, Muntinlupa United FC youngsters were beneficiaries and have sent a picture with the team wearing the Brindabella JFC Tops . I would like to thank Rick Olivares for his help to facilitate the delivery.
Here is the link to the article that Ricky has written in his publication: http://bleachersbrew.blogspot.com/2010/10/muntinlupa-united-football-club.html

4 Jumbo boxes sent on 22nd of June

On the 22nd of June we have shipped 4 Jumbo boxes.

2 boxes are full with about 140 Football boots mainly collected from the Sportsman's Warehouse donation boxes the other 2 are filled with over 20 sets of jerseys, numerous used and new balls and other miscellaneous gear.

2 Boxes will benefit the successful Club FC Intercebu from Lapu Lapu a club that we have helped in the past and it is run by the tireless German national Mr. Manfred Schuwerk and a good group of locals that have set it up from Zero and now have over 400 Juniors playing and training with the club. Please visit the clubs website for more details: http://fcintercebu.com/

2 Boxes will benefit the Muntinlupa Football Club In Metro Manila.Multilupua Football Club is a special Club if not unique because it's players are the sons and daughters of convicts and jail guards from Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.

Here are couple of links to 2 very interesting articles that Rick Olivares a respected sports journalist has written. Rick will be handling the donations on our behalf and we are waiting for feedback Thank you Rick.

http://bleachersbrew.blogspot.com/2009/03/bleachers-brew-150-hope-fc.html

http://bleachersbrew.blogspot.com/2010/02/bleachers-brew-197-from-street-with-no.html