Portfolio of PACC Texas – the biggest and most

outstanding Fil-Am Chamber in the U.S.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES.

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PACC Texas was also voted

“Chamber of the Year” at Nov.

2015 FPACC National Convention in

Las Vegas.

PACC Texas awarded

“Most Outstanding

Filipino Organization in

the U.S.” for Community

Service, Trade

Promotion and

Aid to the

Philippines.

NAFFAA National Convention,

San Diego, December 2014

“Work for free…

The pay is great!”

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When my race is run,

When my song is sung…

Will I have to wonder:

“Did I make a difference?

Did I make a difference?”

“DID I MAKE A DIFFERENCE?” by The Oak Ridge Boys

I’m caught up in the push and shove, the daily grind..

Burning time, spinning wheels;

I wonder what I’m doing here; Day to day, year to year, standing still.

Somewhere there’s a teacher with a heart that never quits

Staying after school to help some inner-city kids,

A mother who’s a volunteer, a soldier in the fight,

And I can’t help but ask myself when I lay down at night.

[CHORUS:]

Did I make a difference in somebody’s life?

What hurts did I heal? What wrongs did I right?

Did I raise my voice in defense of the truth? Did I lend my hand to the destitute?

When my race is run, when my song is sung, Will I have to wonder…

Did I make a difference? Did I make a difference?

“DID I MAKE A DIFFERENCE?”

I’ve been working hard to make a living, And forgetting what true living is.

Taking more than giving; something’s missing.

Lord how long can I go on like this?

There’s a lonely old man down the street and I should be ashamed,

I’ve never been to see him; I don’t even know his name.

There are kids sleeping hungry in my own neighborhood.

Will I look back someday and say that I did all I could?

[CHORUS]

Did I make a difference in somebody’s life? What hurts did I heal?

What wrongs did I right? Did I raise my voice in defense of the truth?

Did I lend my hand to the destitute?

When my race is run, when my song is sung,

Will I have to wonder… Did I make a difference?

Did I make a difference?

Significant Accomplishments

THREE MAJOR HIGH-IMPACT STATE PROJECTS THAT HAVE WON THE

CHAMBER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION:

• Consular Outreach Program of PACC Texas (National

Chamber Project of the Year) – Texas won 1st Place!

• Rapid Response to Ondoy, Pablo and Haiyan Disasters

with Donations of Cash, Clothes, Medicine and 100 new

Wheelchairs with the help of partner NGOs. National init-

iatives have resulted in $1 million raised for the victims.

• Texas Trade, Investment and Humanitarian Missions to

Philippines (National Projects of the Year 2007, 2010, 2014).

Tripled the Chamber Membership and Quadrupled its Fuof nds.

THE HUMANITARIAN SIDE OF THE CHAMBER Pictorials of PACC Texas-Sponsored Rapid Response to Ondoy, Pablo

and Haiyan Disasters and Medical Missions to affected areas.

PACC TX was in forefront of relief efforts for disaster victims

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15,000 boxes of

relief goods

shipped in 10

days.

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PACC Texas’

Medical Mission

treated record

number of

patients in one

day.

1,320 Medical

321 Dental

1,641 TOTAL

Outstanding Projects – Humanitarian Missions to Philippines

PACC adopted Golden Acres (Sanctuary for Abandoned

Seniors) and Boys Reformatory School in Rizal.

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Mission Accomplished,

Mr. President!

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Powerful Alliance with Sister Chambers facilitated our many projects

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OUR AWARD-WINNING CONSULAR OUTREACH PROGRAM

1st Place:

Texas! 2. Arizona

3. Las Vegas

4. Wash. DC

5. San Diego

Saved 25,000Texas Fil-Ams:

more than $14 million in travel costs.

MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES

Outstanding Projects -- Philippine Consular Outreach Program More than 25,000 Filipino families served. Savings to Filipinos - $14 M.

Texas broke national records for passports renewed and highest

numbers of Absentee Voters registered in non-consulate states.

Paraplegic applicant from Oklahoma City

Youngest applicant – 2 months old

from San Antonio, Texas

Record numbers of passport renewals, dual

citizenship applications processed in Texas Record numbers of absentee voters registered

In all non-consulate cities served by the Outreach.

Oldest applicant – 94 years old

grandmother from North Texas

s

Travelled the farthest – The Gordon family drove

for 13 hours from Brownsville in the Rio Grande

Valley to apply for renewal of passports.

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Phil-Am Chamber’s Fund Raising Golf Tournaments

For Victims of Natural Disasters in the Philippines

Annual Philippine RP Day Golf

Tournaments – June every year

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PEOPLE’S LIVES

I IMPORTANT HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS

SPONSORED/SUPPORTED BY PACC TEXAS

• Save thousands of U.S.-born Filipino children from deportation due to their

parents having overstayed their visas.

• Support of Gabriel Hall, 18-year old Fil-Am student accused of Capital Murder in

Bryan, Texas, to save him from death row and save his life.

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PACC TEXAS Local Project of the Year – “Back to School Project” in Houston,

Texas that benefitted 7,200 school kids from poor families.

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Participation in National and International Conventions

Texas State Chair Ethel Mercado led the National Federation

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PACC TEXAS REACHES OUT

TO NEEDY FILIPINOS IN THE

PHILIPPINES THROUGH TRADE

AND MEDICAL MISSIONS

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Thank you. Salamat Po!

MABUHAY ANG PILIPINAS!

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES.