A Message from the President

May & June have been busy for everybody, hard work but fun. A volunteer organization like ours requires help from everybody to be successful.


How often do we have a chance to show our cultural exhibits and share our costumes to our members and to others? Asian Pacific Islander Celebration sponsored by the Veterans Hospital both Nashville and Murfreesboro has selected Philippines as their featured country. The organization has been invited thru Ms. Irene Cepnio by having some Philippine exhibits and fashion show of Philippine costumes. With our mission of preserving and promoting our cultures and traditions, we took advantage of the opportunity. Our exhibits were limited but what we have significant meaning to our heritage. All that had seen our exhibits during the Celebration was very appreciative and remember their life in the Philippines especially the veterans who served during the war. The fashion show was also as exciting as the exhibits. Phil-Am Association from Columbia and Murfreesboro also participated in the celebration by providing the entertainment, music, folk dancing and food. The combined efforts of all the Phil-Am Association in Middle Tennessee shows how unified the Filipinos in the Nashville and suburban area.


June 2nd, PAAMT co-sponsored the International Friendship dinner with International Ministry of St. Stephen Catholic Community. Seven other country participated in the event and was well received by both the Filipino community and the St. Stephen parishioners. Different ethnic menu were served, music was provided by Sally Pledger, Philippine food: appetizers, main menu and deserts were donated by so many Filipino families. Thanks to Marylou Go, Johnny & Cora Villanueva, Willie & Irene Cepnio, Ed & Flor Pattawi ; Pete & Juliet Galvez; John & Cecile and Bong & Monina De Jesus. Their initiatives and helping hand makes the entire event successful. Everybody had a positive and favorable remarks of the evening. 


Membership in our association is slowly increasing but not to my expectation. If you know of anybody who has not joined our association, encourage them to join now. Membership is one of the key element to success. Education is one of the goal I set up this year. This summer, we are going to sponsor free classes to all teens/youth who may be interested in learning Philippine cultures, traditions, geography and language. Ana Arnone has volunteered to teach the six week classes and it will be a Saturday morning session. Anybody who may be interested may contact Ms. Arnone at 615-769-5798 or may contact me at 615-275-8805. First come first serve, limited seating only, so call now. Plan for Senior citizens and Youth programs are being initiated right now but we want to know who you are. Call Myrna Manalac at 615-758-9480 if you are a senior citizen or if you know somebody and if you are a teen/youth, call Ina Flores at 615-758-0644. We need you name, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. We have a website, check it out for future events and news “philammidtn.com”. If you have any information or news to share, let us know. If you have any suggestions or new ideas, call us.

A Message From the President

First, let me congratulate the graduating class of 2012. On behalf of Philippine-American Association of middle Tennessee, we wish you all happy and safe vacation and best wishes on your chosen career.

Birthday greetings to Cherry Limbawan, Virgie Calderon and Daisy Sator , They all celebrated their birthday in May. If you know of anybody else celebrating their birthday and/or wedding anniversary or other occasions, please let us know.

Thank you for those who attended the Columna baby shower held at KOI. They just moved to Nashville and what we did for them was a warm welcome for them and for their baby.

A couple weeks ago, we had a fund raising dinner for our good friend Dennis Hailey. As expected, we had a good turnout. We have collected about $1400.00 and some were sent to them directly. This only shows the solidarity spirit among our members in time of need. Again, thank you all.

May 24^th & 25^th, we are going to participate at Asian Pacific Islander Celebration,  VA hospital at both Nashville and Murfreesboro locations. PAAMT will provide the exhibits and Fashion show,  Murfreesboro and Columbia Phil-Am will provide the entertainment. At the celebration, Philippines will be the featured country. The celebration is open to the public. You are all invited to come.

June 2^nd, Phil-Am will co-sponsor the International Friendship Dinner at St. Stephen International Ministry. Marylou Go is the team leader for the Philippine table, Cecile Dy will do the China and Warrant Tiller will do the American table.  This is just a social event, getting the different nationalities in the parish enjoying the evening with different cuisines. Other countries participating are Cuba, Italy, Iran/Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Poland and India. Make your reservation now, seating are limited.

June – July, we are going to have, for the first time, summer classes for our teens (anybody up to high school age). Classes on Philippine History, Cultures, Traditions, Geography and language will start on June 9^th – July 9^th, 9 am – 12 noon. Classes are tentatively at St. Stephen, Old Chapel. For registration call Ana Arnone, 615-469-5798 or Albert Go, 615-275-8805. This program is being implemented for the purpose of getting our teens learns more some basic knowledge about our country. I hope you will all take advantage of this opportunity.

Social events for our youth (up to high school age ) and seniors (65 and older)  are in the planning stage, we want to hear from you, we do not want to miss anybody when the social events are finalize and the announcements are made. Call Rouella at 615-945-0355.

Our cultural committee is forming the following groups: folk dance group, musical group and fashion models featuring Philippine costumes. Interested, call Marylou at 615-553-2299. Meetings and practice dates and time will be based on the availability of the volunteers.

Alberto C. GoPresidentPhilippine American Association of Middle Tennessee

A Message from the President...

Happy New Year to all.

New Year means new beginnings. This year, aside from the responsibilities of the officers, I have assigned each of them to oversee the different committees to allow us to function and operate efficiently and orderly. This will eliminate any confusion and duplication of effort. Another thing we have done is launch our new website www.philammidtn.org (also at www.philammidtn.com).

As I mentioned in our last Christmas party, the only way we will be successful this year is to get our membership up and encourage all our members to get involved in our programs. I know that every member has their own special skills and we would like you to get involved and become a volunteer. This year we are focusing on cultural programs, community involvement, educational programs on culture and traditions, history and language and increased membership.

I am excited to be working with you and with our new officers. We are looking forward to a successful year and at the same time having fun. I am hoping you will spread the word and join our team. As a team there are no bounds to what we can accomplish.

Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is success.

It takes people like you to make this organization thrive. If we are divided, the chance of failure is high. Let us move forward together to attain our goals and success will take care of itself.

We need your feedback to better serve our community and our organization. Please contact any officers for your suggestions. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you,

Alberto Go
President, Philippine-American Association of Middle Tennessee