Filipino seniors' club YG marks 28 years of community service with celebration in Mulgrave
The Young Generation Senior Citizens of the Southeast (YG), a Filipino seniors' club that meets in Doveton, celebrated 28 years of community service and 80 years of Philippine-Australian friendship at the Village Green in Mulgrave on 3 October.
The Young Generation Senior Citizens of the Southeast, popularly known as YG, held a joint celebration on 3 October at the Village Green in Mulgrave, marking 28 years of community service and 80 years of Philippine-Australian friendship and diplomatic relations, The Philippine Times reported.
YG President Norma Patrizi welcomed guests including Consul-General Jesus 'Gary' Domingo, former Casey Mayor Stefan Koomen, now a Labor candidate for Narre Warren South, former Casey Councillor Damien Rosario, Councillor Jennifer Dizon and Australian Filipino Community Services (AFCS) CEO Corina Dutlow. Patrizi thanked her predecessor, Demetria 'Nanay Metring' Reyes, for helping keep YG united in its mission of reducing isolation and loneliness among the elderly.
Consul-General Domingo praised YG for almost three decades of preserving Filipino cultural heritage and community connections through its partnership with AFCS. Dutlow praised the club's support for newly arrived migrant families and recalled how it had been part of her childhood and teenage years.
Filipino performers Isay Alvarez and Robert Sena sang "The Prayer" and "Ikaw ang Mahal Ko", and the program included the Jota Rizal dance, "Bahay Kubo" performed by YG men wearing salakot hats, and YG cultural dancers led by Honorata 'Babie' Grant.
The club meets fortnightly at John Pandazopoulos Hall in Doveton and runs activities to keep seniors active, reduce isolation and loneliness and enrich harmony in the community, according to the Endeavour Hills Hallam Doveton Star Journal.
Key facts
- YG celebrated 28 years of community service on 3 October at the Village Green in Mulgrave.
- The celebration also marked 80 years of Philippine-Australian friendship and diplomatic relations.
- YG meets fortnightly at John Pandazopoulos Hall in Doveton.
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