Members of the Metro Vancouver Philippine Arts and Culture Exposition Society hosted a formal blessing and inauguration of Barangay NorthVan, The Filipino Community Centre at its location on 113 East Third St. in North Vancouver Oct. 5. The non-profit "community growth and productivity resource facility" is intended to help those in the growing Filipino Canadian community to be active and productive members of society by focusing on personal and professional development. The event was followed by a fundraising dinner, dance and show at John Braithwaite Community Centre, in support of Barangay NorthVan, which is scheduled to open in January 2014.
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