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Filipino Fiesta
FilCom Center
Salamat for your interest in volunteering for the 2025 Flores de Mayo & Filipino Fiesta.
This year’s Fiesta will be held on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM at the Filipino Community Center.
Please fill out this form if you’re interested in joining our organizing committee, participating in a community work day prior to the event, or volunteering on the day of the event. We welcome individual community members, members from community organizations, and corporate volunteer programs!
If you have any questions about volunteer opportunities for our event, please contact our Volunteer Chair, Nikki Alensonorin via email, n.alensonorin@gmail.com.
We’ll be in touch when there’s an immediate need for a specific volunteer skill set or when the official volunteer sign-up form is ready.
Volunteer Options
Organizing Committee: group who plan and coordinate Fiesta now until Fiesta day. Our subcommittees include;
- Cultural Village
- Entertainment
- Finance
- Logistics
- PR & Marketing
- Special Programming
- Vendors
Community Work Days: designated days leading up to Fiesta where volunteers help to clean FilCom, prepare decorations, or assemble materials for Fiesta.
Day-of Fiesta: volunteers to help with tasks on the day of Fiesta (May 3, 2025).
FilCom Center
About the organizer
Sprawling over two acres by the old Oahu Sugar Mill on suburban Waipahu, the three-story Filipino Community Center covers 50,000 square feet.
It is the biggest Filipino Community Center in the United States and outside of the Philippines. It is also architecturally designed to repeat the Filipino’s penchant for Spanish inspired buildings. And although it is in every aspect Filipino, it is also multi-cultural in that the renters and guests. It is a building built on Filipino pride and Bayanihan spirit and yet still retains enough spirit of Aloha to everyone who wants to work, rent, learn and enjoy the daily activities without regard to ethnicity.
On March 18, 2000, a ground breaking ceremony took place.
The FilCom Center was formally inaugurated on June 11, 2002, almost a century after the first 15 Filipino farmers sailed for Hawai’i on board the SS Doric in 1906, which legitimized the Filipino migration to the western hemisphere. By the turn of the century, there were 200,000 Americans of Filipino ancestry in Hawai’i making up more than 15% of the state’s population, enough to gain a powerful identity in the community through culture, entertainment, education, business and politics. The need for a place to showcase its culture and traditions became apparent. This became the symbol of the Filipinos’ achievements, the elegant structure that now stands on the corner of Mokuola and Waipahu Streets.
It provides a home for businesses, a health clinic, community groups and recreational activities.
The Center is governed by a Board of Directors. Each reflects a wide range of expertise ranging from labor and entrepreneurial leadership, to community and academic affiliation, to cultural and community network capabilities.
Good For
Teens, Families, Kupuna, Students, Groups, Visitors, Bilingual Speakers, Meeting People, Resume Builder
Activity Type
Outdoor, Help People, Admin & Clerical, Supervise & Coordinate, Advocacy & Outreach, Technology, Media & Communications, Fellowship, Event Support, Non Profit Networking
Cause
Social Services, Health & Wellness, Cultural Preservation, Community Engagement, Non Profit Support
Requirements
RSVP Required
Filipino Fiesta
FilCom Center
Salamat for your interest in volunteering for the 2025 Flores de Mayo & Filipino Fiesta.
This year’s Fiesta will be held on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM at the Filipino Community Center.
Please fill out this form if you’re interested in joining our organizing committee, participating in a community work day prior to the event, or volunteering on the day of the event. We welcome individual community members, members from community organizations, and corporate volunteer programs!
If you have any questions about volunteer opportunities for our event, please contact our Volunteer Chair, Nikki Alensonorin via email, n.alensonorin@gmail.com.
We’ll be in touch when there’s an immediate need for a specific volunteer skill set or when the official volunteer sign-up form is ready.
Volunteer Options
Organizing Committee: group who plan and coordinate Fiesta now until Fiesta day. Our subcommittees include;
- Cultural Village
- Entertainment
- Finance
- Logistics
- PR & Marketing
- Special Programming
- Vendors
Community Work Days: designated days leading up to Fiesta where volunteers help to clean FilCom, prepare decorations, or assemble materials for Fiesta.
Day-of Fiesta: volunteers to help with tasks on the day of Fiesta (May 3, 2025).
Good For
Teens, Families, Kupuna, Students, Groups, Visitors, Bilingual Speakers, Meeting People, Resume Builder
Activity Type
Outdoor, Help People, Admin & Clerical, Supervise & Coordinate, Advocacy & Outreach, Technology, Media & Communications, Fellowship, Event Support, Non Profit Networking
Cause
Social Services, Health & Wellness, Cultural Preservation, Community Engagement, Non Profit Support
Requirements
RSVP Required
FilCom Center
About the organizer
Sprawling over two acres by the old Oahu Sugar Mill on suburban Waipahu, the three-story Filipino Community Center covers 50,000 square feet.
It is the biggest Filipino Community Center in the United States and outside of the Philippines. It is also architecturally designed to repeat the Filipino’s penchant for Spanish inspired buildings. And although it is in every aspect Filipino, it is also multi-cultural in that the renters and guests. It is a building built on Filipino pride and Bayanihan spirit and yet still retains enough spirit of Aloha to everyone who wants to work, rent, learn and enjoy the daily activities without regard to ethnicity.
On March 18, 2000, a ground breaking ceremony took place.
The FilCom Center was formally inaugurated on June 11, 2002, almost a century after the first 15 Filipino farmers sailed for Hawai’i on board the SS Doric in 1906, which legitimized the Filipino migration to the western hemisphere. By the turn of the century, there were 200,000 Americans of Filipino ancestry in Hawai’i making up more than 15% of the state’s population, enough to gain a powerful identity in the community through culture, entertainment, education, business and politics. The need for a place to showcase its culture and traditions became apparent. This became the symbol of the Filipinos’ achievements, the elegant structure that now stands on the corner of Mokuola and Waipahu Streets.
It provides a home for businesses, a health clinic, community groups and recreational activities.
The Center is governed by a Board of Directors. Each reflects a wide range of expertise ranging from labor and entrepreneurial leadership, to community and academic affiliation, to cultural and community network capabilities.
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