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Toronto-based Philippine Alumni Associations hold 2019 Picnic & Summerfest
2019-07-10
09 July 2019, Toronto—Toronto-based alumni associations of various Philippine colleges and universities kick-started an expected busy summer 2019 for the Filipino community with its annual picnic and Summerfest. The picnic was held on Sunday, July 7, 2019 at the Mississauga Valley Community Park. Deputy Consul General Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez, Consuls Edna May Grecia-Lazaro and Edwin Gil Q. Mendoza graced the annual Summerfest. Philippine College and Universities Alumni Associations (PCUAA) is an umbrella organization of different alumni associations representing colleges and universities from Philippines.
In her speech, Deputy Consul General hFernandez congratulated PCUAA for “once again coming together as a community of colleges and universities-united in reminiscing excellent education in the Philippines and happily re-enacting active participation in sports when we were still in university.” “Let us embrace the outdoors, let us feel the warmth of the air and come together as a community to play, eat and reflect upon life in general,” she added.
Through the annual summerfest picnic, the PCUAA aims to foster communication, involvement, cooperation, and friendship among alumni association members, their families and friends. The picnic boasts of the salo-salo lunch, where all alumni are encouraged to share food with other alumni associations, performances by individual members or groups, children’s games and inter-alumni sports competitions. END.