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FAAWIS
PICNIC
July
19, 2009 - Sunday
Wirth Park (Brookfield)
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Highlights 2009
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Bowling Tournament...
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youth dancing "Pandanggo Sa Ilaw"
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youth dancing Tinkling
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FAAWIS High School Essay Contest
By Patrick Moloney
 FAAWIS
hosted an essay contest,
Proud of my Filipino Heritage, for eligible high
school students. The contest was announced at the annual
picnic in July and deadline for submissions was December
7, 2008. The essays were judged on content, style,
grammatical accuracy and organization
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The Benefits of Volunteering
By Anne Benthien
The FAAWIS Youth Community Service ended 2008 on a
high note. What a fitting way to celebrate the joy of
the Christmas season. The group sang Christmas carols at
St. Anne’s Nursing Home in Milwaukee and Silvernail
Community Retirement Home in Waukesha on December 20th.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Crisostomo led the
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Holiday Folk Fair - FAAWIS Participation
By Dr. Jazmin Parcon-Sandoval
 The strength of FAAWIS in its involvement with the
Holiday Folk Fair comes from its numerous volunteers.
For decades, Filipinos have participated in what has
become an international ethnic festival. In 1983, the
Holiday Folk Fair honored the Filipino group and elected
Dorothy Clemente as Miss Holiday Folk Fair. Dorothy’s
mother, Norma, >>
FAAWIS EVENTS
DINNER DANCE
Sept. 13, 2009 - Sunday
Crowne Plaza Hotel
(Wauwatosa)
FOLK FAIR
Nov. 20, 21 & 22, 2009
(West Allis)
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Dec. 12, 2009 - Saturday
Mt. Mary College
Dining
Hall (Milwaukee)
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President's Message
Greetings to you all!
I am grateful and deeply honored to have been
elected FAAWIS President for 2009. Many of you
have met me at various FAAWIS events or at other
Filipino gatherings.
I arrived in Milwaukee in 1989,
shortly after finishing medical school in Manila. I
came to join my family who had settled here in the
late 1960s and early 1970s. Since my arrival I have
been an active FAAWIS member, first becoming a
member of the board of directors five years ago, and
I have twice served as vice-president of the
Association, in 2005 & 2007.
I am married to Dr. Dexter
Rebancos, a family physician who works at Lakeshore
Medical Clinic. We have four wonderful children,
Eunice, 22, who recently graduated from UW-Madison,
Justin, 17, a junior at Brookfield Central HS,
Clarisse, 11, a 6th grader and Arianna, 9, a 4th
grader. I also belong to a big family, the Abrahams:
Becky, Irma, Cris, Ferdinand, Alexander, and my mom
Esperanza, who have all been supportive of me
throughout the years.
I am currently a staff psychiatrist at the Aurora
Behavioral Clinic, Aurora Women’s Pavilion, and at
the New Life Resources Clinic in Brookfield.
As President I will strive to keep FAAWIS
as vibrant and unified as it is, and will continue
to promote Filipino culture and traditions, through
the organization’s various activities and events.
FAAWIS has come a long way, a journey that would not
have been possible without your support and
participation. There are a lot of challenges ahead,
but I believe we can accomplish great things if work
we together. I am looking forward to another great
year, meeting more Filipinos and working with a new
and energetic board, and with the dedicated members
of the many committees.
I’d like to encourage all previous members
to renew their support for our Association and I
wholeheartedly invite, and welcome, those who have
not been members before, to join the FAAWIS family.
Thank you all for this opportunity and God
bless us all!
A Buffet of Ideas
By Ruby Kumbalek
Just like our famous Filipino pot-lucks
where everybody brings something to share, the first
FAAWIS Meeting in 2009 was indeed a wonderful buffet of
ideas! Officiated by FAAWIS President, Dr. Marie
Abraham-Rebancos, the meeting on January 10th was
attended by officers, board members, committee
chairpersons and members, who brought
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 Folk Dancing at the 2008 Holiday Folk Fair
By Sheila Plaga-Jackson
The 22-member children’s dance group, Sampaguita,
led by Becky Abraham and Dr. Marie Rebancos, performed
Subli using decorative hats and coconut shells in place
of the traditional bamboo castanets. The youth group of
24 dancers, Liwayway, led by Christopher Cruz and Flor
Ortiguera, performed Pandanggo Sa Ilaw where
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