Thanking God, Staff, Awardees, Sponsors & Community for the Great Success of HOF’s 21st Anniversary

By: Veronica Leighton

 

Thank you’s and expressions of gratitude might not be enough for the space allotted here but nevertheless we are sincerely grateful on this Thanksgiving for all the blessings showered on us for 2015, particularly in the conclusion of our 21st anniversary celebration and awards ceremonies of our pet project, the Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame 2015.

To the most deserving awardees who were featured at our last month’s issue and also in this issue, and who were inducted into the 2015 Hall of Fame, congratulations to all of you for making our gala event and awards ceremonies held last November 14th a most memorable and enchanting event to remember in our community.Warm thank you’s for your cooperation and hard work to make this event a great success. Please read more and enjoy the pictorial pages taken at the event, the cover and inside pages 14-15, 26, 40 & 41.

To the VT/CPRTV staff, our success would not have been possible without your enthusiastic support in the execution of this annual gala event. Thank you, HOF committees… Coordinator: Jovie Calma; Co- Coordinator: Ryan Tejero; Selection & Screening: Joe Mauricio and VT/CPRTV Staff Transportation: Mario Sales; Entertainment/Program: Maria Girlie Pascual (Emcee), Nick Vera Perez (Co-Emcee); Videography: Joe Mauricio, Dino Dizon, James Dela Cruz, Jhun Patron, Joey Papa; Photography: Rosie Reed, Jhun Patron; Reception & Corsages: Carmen Estacio, Melody Dizon, Karla Maglantay; Souvenir Program/Menu/Food Sponsors Distribution: Bobby Leighton, Assistants: David Rivas, Nicole Rivas and Maya Leighton; Tickets/Reservations: Chie Rivas, MJ Evangelista; Production/Setup/ Decorations: Ryan Tejero, Brian Evangelista, Karla Maglantay (Production Assistant- “To Go” Person), Ryan Tejero (Red Carpet Assistant), Jovie Calma; Trophies: Veronica Leighton, Jovie Calma, Ryan Tejero & Maya Leighton; Clean-Up: Joe Mauricio, Robert Chavez, Neneth Miranda, Jhun Patron; Hair & Make-up: Robert Chavez; Froilan Cabrera; Editing: Zeqi Guo.

Congratulations to our “surprise” VT/CPRTV awardees, Brian Evangelista for introducing, donating and helping out in CPRTV’s green screen tech backdrop editing; and Nick Vera Perez, CPRTV’s “Dance Time With Nick” dance host weekly segment and the community’s emcee par excellence.

To our wonderful sponsors, ComEd, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Emir Abinion of Fox Valley VW, Sidney Lee of Golden Country, your generosity and belief in our project serve as a shining light to our goals to help others, more importantly, our community.

We could not even be happier in this year’s celebration of CFAA HOF as we have shared our blessings to other humanitarian causes, such as, the World Vision (Drs. Amelita & Rupert Mayuga’s pet project); Mabel Sacay’s pet project, Chicago Archdiocese’s Seminarian Educational Fund (pet project of Edith Ardiente) who’s also the winner of a trip to the Philippines. Warm congrats, guys!

staff members of VT/CPRTV having their fond moments at the red carpet gala event/awards ceremonies of the recently-concluded Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame 2015. Below photo: An early Thanksgiving annual dinner celebration with staff & friends at the TV/CPRTV Chicago office.