July 2011
Today
FCDC
A monthly newsletter of the Filipino-American Community Development Center, Inc.
Things To Do This Summer
RJ SARILING ATIN
Fast Food • Grocery
Rosario J. Concepcion
Proprietress
1561 Lakewood Road
Toms River, NJ 08755
Mobile 848-448-2611
732-244-4493
Fax 732-244-8334
Mobile 732-642-0513
KING REHAB CENTER
Adult and Pediatric Physical Therapy
751 Route 37 West
Toms River, NJ 08755
Tel: 732-608-0147
Fax: 732-353-5123
Web: www.kingrehab.com
Email: cristina@kingrehab.com
Cristina King
Physical Therapaist
WHITING MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, LLC
Elena R. Buenviaje, M.D. • Donald Caruso, M.D.
Crisnoel Cervantes, M.D. • Mario L. P. Gallardo, M.D.
Vicente Magsino, Jr., M.D. • Danna dela Cruz, M.D.
65 A Lacey Road • Whiting, NJ 08759 • 732-350-0404
ALBERTO, ALBERTO, GABRIEL & JIMENEZ
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, P.A.
INTERNAL MEDICINE AND DIAGNOSTIC DIVISION
RENATO D. ALBERTO, M.D. • PRISCILLA M. ALBERTO, M.D.
TIMOTHY C. GABRIEL, M.D. • MARTIN Z. JIMENEZ, M.D. • VIRGILIO R. MARINAS, M.D.
MELISSA M. ALBERTO-SULIGUIN. MGR. • SHEILA M. ALBERTO-SOARES, MLT
25 MULE ROAD • SUITES A 1 TO A4 • TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY 08755
TELEPHONE: 732.240.0404 • FAX: 732.244.3555
Tel: 609-597-7421
• 609-597-2727
Proudly
supports
FCDC
Fax: 609-597-3715
(Fil-Am Community Development Center, Inc.)
775 North Main Street
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
609-597-7421
609-597-2727
Fax: 609-597-3715
asap775@comcast.net
WE HAVE 122 PAID
MEMBERS
AS OF JUNE, 2011.
THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF
TOMS RIVER (FAMS)
DONATED $30,000
TOWARDS THE
BUILDING FUND
AND $2000 TO FACES
(FILIPINO-AMERICAN
ENRICHMENT SCHOOL)
THANK YOU, FAMS!
THE MEMBERS AND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ARE VERY THANKFUL OF
FAMS’ GENEROSITY.
Building Fund = April, 2011 $105,200.87
“Equal Giving is Equal Sacrifice”
FCDC, Inc. is a 501(c)(4) tax
exempt organization. Kindly drop
or mail donation to FCDC
467 Lakehurst Road
Toms River, NJ 08755.
Tel. 732-664-8120
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Make a scrapbook of everything
you do this summer
The Basics of Scrapbooking
42explore.com/scrapbk.htm
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Have a picnic
Planning a Picnic
www.recipeamerica.com/picnic.htm
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Write a letter to your best friend
English Works! Writing Letters
depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/letter/writingletters.html
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Visit another country
Lonely Planet Destination
Guides
www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
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Go to a ballgame
Major League Baseball Team
Schedules
mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/
mlb/schedule/index.jsp
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Get a job (parent permission)
Teens 4 Hire
www.teens4hire.org/
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Become a photographer
BetterPhoto for Kids and Teens
www.betterphoto.com/photography-for-kids.asp
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Sketch a picture of your house
Make dinner for your family
from the outside
Do-It-Yourself Dinner Party
Perspective Drawing
Project (PDF)
www.artyfactory.com/perspecwww.reynoldskitchens.com/
tive_drawing/perspective_1.htm
ReynoldsKitchens/Kitchen☛
Connection/
Go to camp
special/dinner_party/DinnerVirtual Summer Camp
Party.pdf
www.homeschoollearning.com/
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summer/summer.shtml
Compare a book to a movie
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Compare and Contrast Essay
Visit a farm
(PDF)
4-H Virtual Farms
www.csudh.edu/CLASS/servicwww.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/
es/studyskills/english/
virtualfarm/main.html
webpageworksheets/com☛
parecontrastessay.htm
Take a walk and record the sounds
☛
Listening to Nature
Write a poem
www.museumca.org/natural30 Days of Poetry
sounds/
www.msrogers.com/English2/
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poetry/30_days_of_poetry.htm
Make your own soccer camp
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Soccer Drills, Skills, Rules, and
Learn about fireworks
Tips
How Stuff Works:
www.soccerhelp.com/
Fireworkspeople.howstuff☛
works.com/fireworks.htm
Keep a journal of what you do
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during the Summer
Bake some cookies
Summer Journal Writing Prompts
Science of Cookies
www.astoria.fulton.k12.il.us/Juwww.bakingandbakingscience.
niorHigh/JrHiEnglish/summercom/cookies.htm
help/
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journal%20prompts.html
Take a boat ride
Boat Safe Kids!
www.boatsafe.com/kids/index.
To be continued on August 2011 Issue
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Fireworks on 4th of July
Asbury Park Boardwalk – July 4th– Fireworks at Dusk
Atlantic City Pier Shops at Caesars’ – July 2nd –9:30pm
Atlantic City Borgata Hotel & Harrah’s – July 4th –9:15pm
Bradley Beach Boardwalk – July 3rd – 9pm
Barnegat Municipal Docks – July 4th – Fireworks at Dusk
Cape May – July 4th –9:15pm
Hazlet Veterans Memorial Park – July 4th – Fireworks at Dusk
Long Branch Oceanfront Promenade – July 3rd – Fireworks at Dusk
Manhattan Hudson River West Side - Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks - July 4th - 9:20pm
Point Pleasant Beach Jenkinson’s Boardwalk – July 4th – Fireworks at Dusk
Red Bank Harbor Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink – July 3rd – 9:15pm
Seaside Heights Boadwalk – July 4th – 9:30pm
Spring 2011 Fil-Am Basketball League (FABL) by FASOC-NJ
by Robin Ulep
TOMS RIVER, N.J. – A sea of yellow and rambunctious voices filled the Joseph A. Citta Elementary School Gym on Sunday
afternoon, June 5th. The stands were packed with enthusiastic fans waiting for the Championship Game of FABL to begin. With MBC
trailing BISDAK within five points throughout most
of the first half, a quick 3-pointer and two unanswered
jump shots pushed MBC to take the lead going into half
time. Although it was a close game, MBC managed to
hold on to the lead during the second half to emerge
victorious and win the team’s first championship title.
Congratulations to Team MBC for an exciting game!
Great sportsmanship was displayed by all the teams
and their players.
Championship Game: MBC (winner) vs
BISDAK
Third place Game: Colts Neck Knights
(winner) vs Pilipinas/Askals
Thank you to all the teams who participated- BISDAK, MBC, Colts Neck Knights, Thunder, Pilipinas/Askals, West Park,
King Rehab, and NOYPI Warriors. Thank you, too, to the officers of Fil-Am Sports Ocean County New Jersey (FASOC-NJ) Jay
Castaneda, Rod Buenaflor, Joel Parayno, Dr. Roland Salinas, Dr. Ron Villanueva, Dr. Randy Talamayan, and Bong Ulep for their
time, dedication, and commitment to making these games possible.
Four Season
Property Maintenance
“It’s Not Just Your Lawn We Care For”
July 2011
PETE SABEY
Certified Landscape Technician
15% OFF SERVICES OVER $100
• Ponds
• Pondless Waterfalls
• Fertilizing
• Thatching
• Aeration
• Seeding & Sod
• Mulching
• Stones & Pavers
• Landscaping Design
732-341-2567 • 280 Silver Bay Road • Toms River, NJ 08753
Today
FCDC
A monthly newsletter of the Filipino-American Community Development Center, Inc.
Historical Events
July 1 - The first adhesive postage stamp was offered for sale, 1847
July 2 - Amelia Earhart and her airplane were lost in Pacific Ocean, 1937
July 3 - Congress created the United States Veterans Administration, 1930
July 4 - The Declaration of Independence was approved, 1776
July 5 - General MacArthur announced the liberation of the
Philippines from the Japanese forces, 1945
July 16 - The first atomic bomb was detonated in New Mexico, 1945
July 17 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States, 1821
July 18 - Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, 1847
July 19 - Apollo 11 orbited the moon, 1969
July 20 - The first man (Astronaut Neil Armstrong) to set foot on the
moon, 1969
July 22 - Katharine Bates wrote America the Beautiful, 1893
July 23 - Puerto Rico voted to remain a United States commonwealth,
July 6 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested an anti-rabies vaccine on a
OSCAR T. ORTIZ, M.D.
RONALD B. VILLANUEVA, M.D.
FRANCISCO D. CRUZ, M.D.
1163 ROUTE 37 WEST • SUITE A-1
TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY 08755
732-736-1000 • FAX 732-736-8811
9 Mule Road, Suite E-15
Toms River, NJ 08755
• Lakewood • Whiting
Ph: 732-341-7460
Fax: 732-914-9088
Jose Ramon E. Suatengco, M.D. • Kamlesh Shah, M.D.
ALBERTO BROTHERS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN NJ & NY.
RODNEY J. ALBERTO, Esq.
RODRICK F. ALBERTO, Esq.
T: 732-200-0779 • F: 609-242-1347
949 Lacey Road, Lower Level, Forked River, NJ 08731
RODNEY.ALBERTO@GMAIL.COM
RODERICK.ALBERTO@GMAIL.COM
ROSALINDA ESPINELI, M.D.
DINO ESPINELI, M.D.
1163 ROUTE 37 WEST, SUITE D-4
TOMS RIVER, NJ 08753
TEL.: 732-341-9494 • FAX: 732-341-3416
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TOMS RIVER, NJ 08753
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boy bitten by an infected dog, 1885
July 7 - The United States annexed Hawaii, 1898
July 8 - Inauguration of Folk Arts Theater of the Philippines, 1974
July 10 - The Bahamas became independent after three hundred years
of British colonial rule, 1973
July 11 - United States Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry
Air Base, Colorado, 1955
July 12 - Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was born, 100 B.C.
July 14 - The French Revolution began, 1789
July 15 - Dutch painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands, 1606
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Postal Service was established, 1775
July 27 - United States State Department was established, 1789
July 28 - The World War II, fall of Mussolini, 1943
July 29 - First telephone conversation occurred from New York to San
Francisco, 1914
July 30 - First color motion pictures were exhibited, 1928
By Elton Lugay
TheFilAm.net
An estimated 100,000 Filipino Americans
trooped to Madison Avenue June 5 to celebrate
the 113th Philippine Independence Day in song,
dance and cuisine.
Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay graced
the occasion along with Filipino celebrities Jericho
Rosales and Karylle Padilla.
Organized by the Philippine Independence Day
Council, Inc. in cooperation with the Philippine
Consulate General, the annual event is considered
the largest outside the Philippines.
“This year’s turnout is overwhelming, we had
to request for additional officers from the NYPD
to help us control the crowd,” said festival chair
Catherine Uy.
The foot-and-float parade that kicked off the
celebration included hundreds of contingents from
various civic and religious groups, alumni and
nonprofit associations, local government units.
Tribu Pan-ay, the award-winning group from
the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo, made a special
appearance.
CBS 2 reporter Hazel Sanchez anchored the
parade, introducing each contingent. When gaps in
between groups took a stall, seasoned entertainer
Archie D was on hand to keep the celebratory
mood of the crowd going.
The float that featured Jericho, Karylle and other
personalities of ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel,
rolled to a halt when hundreds of fans crossed the
perimeter fence just so they could take close-up
shots of their favorite celebrities. It took some time
for the marshals to clear the streets and prevent any
disruption to the celebration.
At the cultural stage, the show started with
entertainment numbers from more than 20 local
talents including mother-daughter tandem Annie
Brazil and Rachel Ann Wolfe. Comics Air Tabigue
and Jojo Mabolo emceed the program; celebrity
jockey, DJ Riddler was impressive.
Consul General Mario de Leon Jr. welcomed
the Filipinos – some of them coming all the way
from Canada — and later introduced Binay for
a brief message. PIDCI President Joji Jalandoni
introduced her team and thanked the audience for
their lavish support.
The highlights of the program included a soulful
rendition of the medley “Isang Dugo Isang Lahi”
(Heal the World) by the young voices of Michele
Semana, Alyssa Schumaker, Nina Mojares, Jellyn
Echon and Charisse Trinidad. “Isang Dugo” was
composed and arranged by Dodgie Simon.
There was a 25-minute production number of
Tribu Pan-ay that boasts 30 performers. The TFC
Hour featured artists Jericho, Karylle, Gelo from Barangay USA as interviewed by Balitang America’s
Don Tagala and Monette Rivera of Adobo Nation.
Immigration lawyer Michael Gurfinkel of Citizen
Pinoy hosted.
Elton Lugay is a journalist, publicist and
community events organizer from Queens.
Like The Molave
by Rafael Zulueta da Costa
Not yet, rizal, not yet. Sleep not in peace:
There are a thousand waters to be spanned;
There are a thousand mountains to be crossed;
There are a thousand crosses to be borne.
Our shoulders are not strong; our sinews are
Grown flaccid with dependence, smug with ease
Under another’s wing. Rest not in peace;
Not yet, Rizal, not yet. The land has need
Of young blood-and, what younger than your own,
Forever spilled in the great name of freedom,
Forever oblate on the altar of
The free? Not you alone, Rizal. O souls
And spirits of the martyred brave, arise!
Arise and scour the land! Shed once again
Your willing blood!Infuse the vibrant red
Into our thin anaemic veins; until
We pick up your Promethean tools and, strong,
Out of the depthless matrix of your faith
In us, and on the silent cliffs of freedom,
We carve for all time your marmoreal dream!
Until our people, seeing, are become
Like the molave, firm, resilent, staunch,
Rising on the hillside, unafraid,
Strong in its own fibre, yes, like the molave!
From 2 months old - 13 years old
Certified Child Care Provider
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Lake, Utah, 1847
July 25 - The Central Intelligence Agency was created, 1947
July 26 - Benjamin Franklin became Post-Master General and the
100,000 Fil-Ams Celebrate Independence Day in Song, Dance
Day and Night Child Care
Contact: Amy Usi
1967
July 24 - Brigham Young and his followers arrived at the Great Salt
HAPPY OR GRUMPY
By Lithel Arceo
How we spend our lives everyday
All depends on the choices we make
Positive, enthusiastic and gay
Passionate, with sense of give and take
Yearning for the wonders of each day.
Or we may take life differently
Read on and discover it gently Grasping our breath, thinking negative
Regretting bad mistakes of the past
Ungrateful, with no initiative
Missing those beautiful things that lasts
Pessimistic and sometimes naïve
You and I choose attitudes our way.
UPCOMING
ACTIVITIES 2011
FACES - 2nd and 4th Friday of the
month. Filipino-American Cultural
Enrichment School. Kids from
6-12 years old learn the Filipino
language, culture and dance. 6-8
p.m. at FCDC Office - 467 Lakehurst
Road. Toms River, New Jersey.
July 15, Friday- COMPUTER 101
- Beginners will learn basic computer set-up, how
to access the internet, pay your
bills or set up your email. Conducted by Gideon
Tonog, 6:00 PM at the FCDC office.
July 22, Friday - COME ABOARD
WITH FCDC! RIVER LADY CRUSE
- Planning a ladies’ night out or
just want to have fun with your
friends and loved ones? Join us for
dinner, dancing and lots of fun at
the River Lady Cruise. • Boarding
6:330 p.m. • Returning 9:30 p.m. •
1 Robbins Parkway, Toms River,
NJ 08753 • Email us at fcdcteam@
gmail.com or call 732-664-8120.