TFC opens nominations for Bayaning Pilipino Awards

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—The Filipino Channel (TFC) is accepting nominations for the 2014 Gawad Geny Lopez Jr. Bayaning Pilipino Awards.

Nominees are organizations that have made a difference “in serving Filipinos in the U.S., Canada or the Philippines, through community-building, emergency relief, promoting culture and tradition, charity outreach, education, youth building, providing skills and employment opportunities, poverty alleviation, infrastructure and food relief,” the TFC announcement stated.

Organizations that make it to the finals will be part of the televised award ceremony in April 2014 in San Francisco, which will coincide with grand TFC’s 20th Anniversary Gala Presentation.

TFC North America will sponsor travel fares and accommodations of official representatives of finalist organizations to the North America Regional Awarding Ceremony in San Francisco and the North America winner to the National Awarding Ceremony in the Philippines will be shouldered.

Nominations must be submitted on or before Feb.15, 2014, Saturday. For criteria and more information, visit https://www.tfc-usa.com/globalbayaningpilipino/

Submit completed nomination forms to: Gawad Geny Lopez Jr Bayaning Pilipino North America c/o TFC North America Corporate Affairs & PR 150 Shoreline Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065 or email to [email protected]

Gawad Geny Lopez Jr Bayaning Pilipino Awards North America is mounted and produced by ABS-CBN International.  Selection and judgment of finalists and winners is done through its partner UGAT Foundation in the Philippines.

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