23 April 2010
Clean Up and Bring Your Own Bag (B.Y.O.B) Day at Island Pacific Panorama City
Panorama City - Island Pacific Supermarket joins the rest of the world in celebrating "Earth Day" 2010 on April 24, Saturday. As a way to celebrate Earth Day, Island Pacific Supermarket will have a cleanup day from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon at its Panorama City location.
The cleanup day is a joint undertaking of Island Pacific Supermarket and the following: City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works, Office of Community Beautification through its representative, Maria Sheets; the office of Councilmember Richard Alarcon, District 7 through its Field Representative, Eric Sugay; the Filipino Community of San Fernando Valley headed by its President, Leo Maranan, and the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce, San Fernando Valley (FACCSFV) headed by its current President, Rick Rolda. Members of these organizations have volunteered to do their share in saving and protecting the environment with a simple deed of cleaning up the area surrounding the Island Pacific Plaza. Island Pacific Plaza is one of the five (5) staging areas between Panorama City and North Hills for multiple clean ups happening on that day, in observance of Earth Day. The other staging areas are : Valley Swap Indoor Swap Meet, 9261 Wakefield Avenue, Marson Park, Langdon Avenue & Columbus Avenue in North Hills.
Also on April 24, it’s a “Bring Your Own Bag or B.Y.O.B day at Island Pacific. Shoppers will automatically receive a 10% discount on non-sale items if they bring their own bag when they shop at Island Pacific Panorama on this day. Island Pacific will also be giving away FREE REUSABLE BAG for every $30 worth of purchase.
Now on its 40th year, Earth Day is the only event celebrated simultaneously around the globe by people of all backgrounds, faiths and nationalities. More than a billion people participate in Earth Day activities each year, which falls every 22nd of April. Earth Day began as a grassroots movement in the 1960s when over 20 million demonstrators and thousands of schools and local communities participated in bringing environmental issues to the forefront in American politics. Since then, activities and concerns have expanded over the entire globe with Earth Day celebrated in over 140 countries worldwide.
Earth Day is about getting involved and becoming connected with local communities that share similar interests in protecting and enhancing the environment. Island Pacific’s corporate responsibility involves caring for the communities in which we live and work. It aims to contribute in ways that can improve and develop our communities and making sure that its business processes do not exploit the environment.
People all over the world are doing something to make the Earth a cleaner, better place. Let us do our share in protecting the environment.
Island Pacific cares.
JFAV and the Island Pacific Supermarket at Panorama City Holds Bataan Day Commemoration On April 11
Panorama City—The Island Pacific Supermarket and the Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) will hold the 68th Year Commemoration of Bataan Day and Book Signing of JFAV Book : Unrecognized American Veterans by Arturo P. Garcia
The Bataan Day commemoration will be held on Sunday, April 11, 2010 from 11;30 am to 1:00 pm at Island Pacific Supermarket at 8340 Van Nuys Blvd. in Panorama City, CA. The people of the San Fernando Valley and its environs are invited for this free event.
The Island Pacific Supermarket supports the Filipino World War II veterans and their widows and dependents struggle for rights and benefits. Some of the major supporters are Errol Santos, business development consultant for health care, People’s CORE, BANTAY PILIPINAS, AWARE and the KmB (Pro People Youth)
Remember Bataan. Fight for Justice
JFAV and AWARE will remember the 68th Fall of Bataan. On April9, 1942, the USAFFE surrendered to the Japanese Imperial Army, the largest US army garrison in the Pacific numbering 90,000 men. More than 30,000 US Army soldiers and 60, 000 Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth surrendered after holding out for more than four months.
The crucial four months gave the allied forces to prepare a counter-offensive against the Japanese later in the Pacific Theater of War. After Bataan, more than 30,000 American and Filipino soidiers died during the infamous"Death March" from Bataan to Tarlac concentration camps.
Concurrently, this year's Bataan Day commemoration will also herald the launch of the grassroots campaign to support the lawsuit that JFAV and MHC Atty Arnedo Valera, Esq. will soon bring against the US Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) for the delayed claims of the veterans and benefits for the widows.
For more information please call JFAV at (213)241-0995 or (213)321-1787 or email at jfav_us@yahoo.com.