MANGATAREM ASSOCIATION HOLD
ITS 33rd ANNIVERSARY & INDUCTION

Danny P. Tejada, will be formally sworn-in as president of Association of Mangatarem Overseas Residents (AMOR) of Southern California at the Holiday Inn-La Mirada on Sept. 24 coinciding with its 33rd anniversary celebration , grand reunion and coronation of  Miss AMOR of Southern California, Alyssa Lauren Veloria Soto. Miss Soto is also the current Miss Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA.
The festivities will take place from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight.
Tejada, a registered nurse with the Los Angeles County Jail will succeed Carlos Sebastian who was the president from Jan. 1, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2014.
AMOR was established on Jan. 29, 1983 in the City of Cerritos with Dan E. Nino as its founding president. Other presidents who followed him include Tommy Cruz, Aurora Sadorra, Camilo M. Escano, Gil B. Mislang, Minda E. Papilla, Caesar S. Natividad, Esq., Mel Oxciano, Esq., Leoncio D. Dumlao and Carlos Sebastian.
In his inaugural theme and address which will be reprised during this event, Nino exhorted his kabaleyans (townmates) then, “Let’s not forget our roots. We cannot just uproot to roots that bind us together no matter how well-off or comfortable we are in our adopted country that welcomed, embraced and nurtured us.”
Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA Lino F. Caringal, Jr. will be the inducting officer while past President Eddie C. Ferrer will be the guest speaker.
Proceeds of this gala night are earmarked for the organization’s scholarship fund and other projects benefiting the town of Mangatarem. Its current scholar in partnership with Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA is Noemi V. Balleser, a daughter of a farmer and plain housewife, is now pursuing Electronic Communications Engineering degree at the University of Pangasinan. Other projects that were implemented by AMOR of Southern California were the construction of a male and female restrooms at the town’s plaza auditorium, putting up of a children’s playground, rehabilitation of a crumbling classroom ceiling of the town’s central school, supplementary scholarship grants to college-bound students from both Mangatarem National High School and Mangatarem Catholic School.
Officers to be sworn-in include Mercury E. Dela Fuente (executive vice president), Milton Seril (vice president-Los Angeles County); Benjie Gamboa (vice president, Orange County), Roger Santos (vice president, Ventura County), Nora Tejada (secretary), Martina C. Lindl (assistant secretary), Nanie  D. Martinez (treasurer), Benny E. Aquino (assistant treasurer), Araceli F. Gamboa and Mila H. Seril (auditors), Prudencio Cagampan and Flor Zordilla (marshalls), Uranos M. Estrada