Filipino Community Center

94-428 Mokuola Street
Waipahu, Hawaii 96797
(808) 680-0451 phone
(808) 680-7510 fax
filcom@filcom.org email
http://www.filcom.org/ website

Area of Inerest:
Organization - Cultural preservation

Primary Ethnic Community Served:
Filipino

Description:
Located in the center of former sugar country in Waipahu in Leeward Oahu, the FilCom Center is a tribute to the visionary spirit of the Filipino American community in Hawaii. The FilCom Center sits on a 2-acre parcel of land gifted by the AmFac Corporation. Its 50,000 sq. ft. structure provides some 26,000 sq. ft. of usable space.

Three stories of rental space, offices for social, health care services, entrepreneurial, business incubation, and technology center are housed with the FilCom Center. Intergenerational needs, services for the elderly, youth and family are its main focus.

The FilCom Center aims to actively pursue its mission of nurturing and preserving the customs and culture of the Filipino community of Hawaii. It will develop and provide educational, social, cultural, and economic services for the community.

Staff:
Roland Casamina - President
Mario Ramil - Vice-president
Lito Alcantra - Secretary
Felipe Abinsay, Jr. - Treasurer

Submitted by:
AIA Staff

New - 03/27/03