08/19/2026
🇵🇭🎉 A Year Ago: 2025 Summer Program – Laro ng Lahi!
On August 16, 2025, we held Laro ng Lahi, the last activity in our Summer Program 2025, “Celebrating Filipino Heritage: A Summer of Culture, Tradition and Community.” And what a fun and successful day it was!
Children enjoyed traditional Filipino games, and parents joined in the fun too. It was wonderful to see parents teaching the kids how the games were played and sharing these Filipino traditions with the next generation. 🇵🇭❤️
A big thank you to all the children and parents who participated and to our volunteers who helped make Laro ng Lahi such a success!
As we look back on the last activity of our Summer Program 2025, we also extend our heartfelt thanks to our Bayanihan directors — Jhonnette Principe-Derkatch, Jei Zel Tolentino, Esmar Maramba (Star Relatado), and Hanna Delos Santos — whose hard work and dedication in securing funding, planning, organizing, and carrying out the activities helped make the entire summer program possible. A special thank you as well to Samuel Derkatch, who contributed so much in helping carry out the activities throughout the program.
Our sincere thanks also go to all our instructors: Mrs. Colette Karapita (Band Workshop), Mrs. Edz T. Badowich (Storytelling and Crafting), Mr. Samuel Derkatch (Storytelling & Crafting), Mr. Michael Forster (Arnis Workshop), Mrs. Jhonnette Derkatch (Folk Dance Workshop), and Ms. Gabrielle Ballado (Painting Workshop), for sharing their skills, knowledge, and expertise throughout the summer. We are equally grateful to all our volunteers who generously gave their time and support throughout the program.❤️
We are also grateful to our sponsors and supporters: Community Initiatives Fund, SaskCulture, Sask Lotteries, Yorkton This Week, and Kat's Healing Massage, whose support helped us bring these cultural activities to our community.
Maraming salamat to everyone who was part of our Summer Program 2025! 🇵🇭❤️
