FANOGCS Medical Mission 2023
January 15, 2024
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A heartfelt thank you to all of our sponsors, donors, supporters, volunteers, members and officers. Your generosity and kindness are greatly appreciated.
Your donations go towards our Medical-Dental-Optical-Surgical Missions. Sponsorship packages are still available. You can still join the VIP’s.
An Evening of Leadership, Gratitude, Service, and the Bonds That Bring People Together
FANOGCS heads to El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental for a mission of Knowledge, Empowerment, and Service—bringing medical, surgical, dental, and optical care on January 21–23, 2026.
One of the biggest events of the Filipino American Nurses Organization of Grand Canyon State is happening on June 21st, 2025. Hollywood Glamour is a red carpet event that celebrates the 5th Anniversary of FANOGCS. It is a fundraiser dinner to benefit FANOGCS’ mission to serve the community. You have an opportunity for sponsorship, souvenir ads, vendor table and donation. There will be dinner, entertainment, raffles and DJ music. Attire is Creative Formal. Dress to impress, dress as a Hollywood celebrity. Reserve your tickets now. Please contact Alain De La Cruz, Melody Orillo, Amy Laxamana, Faith Melody Maglinte or any of the officers for inquiries and tickets.
FILIPINO AMERICAN NURSES ORGANIZATION OF GRAND CANYON STATE is a professional nursing organization in Arizona established on June 25, 2020. A number of visionary nurses in the East Valley banded together to form this new organization that is member-led and member-driven, and whose mission is to promote and advance the nursing profession through continuing education, leadership development, community service and global outreach. FANOGCS is also a 501( c )(3) designated non-profit organization.
Our organization was founded to advance the nursing profession among Filipino American nurses with the core values: Knowledge, Empowerment, and Service, especially, and be more responsive to the needs of this unprecedented public health crisis, known as Covid 19, when the pandemic crisis began in 2020.
Filipino-American Registered Nurses with active Arizona license.
Retired Nurses, LPN, LVN, pre-NCLEX Nursing graduates, Student Nurses, Allied health professionals, non-practicing nurses. No voting privileges.
Registered Nurses with active license outside of Arizona, non-Philippine descent Registered Nurses. May have voting privileges, but may not hold an office.
3-Year FANOGCS Membership (General Member or Member at Large).
FANOGCS heads to El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental for a mission of Knowledge, Empowerment, and Service—bringing medical, surgical, dental, and optical care on January 21–23, 2026.
One of the biggest events of the Filipino American Nurses Organization of Grand Canyon State is happening on June 21st, 2025. Hollywood Glamour is a red carpet event that celebrates the 5th Anniversary of FANOGCS. It is a fundraiser dinner to benefit FANOGCS’ mission to serve the community. You have an opportunity for sponsorship, souvenir ads, vendor table and donation. There will be dinner, entertainment, raffles and DJ music. Attire is Creative Formal. Dress to impress, dress as a Hollywood celebrity. Reserve your tickets now. Please contact Alain De La Cruz, Melody Orillo, Amy Laxamana, Faith Melody Maglinte or any of the officers for inquiries and tickets.
We would like to thank all the guests, supporters, donors, volunteers and members for making this event memorable and fun.
Here is a little highlight from the 2022 FANOGCS Christmas Party. The theme was “The Christmas Spirit Shines From Our Hearts.”
We would like to thank all the guests, supporters, donors, volunteers and members for making this event memorable and fun.
Thank you, Jonathan Magistrado of Duo Cor, LLC for the video highlight and Joanna for introducing him to FANOGCS. https://youtu.be/PlTUWFxHZfU
To empower Filipino American nurses to become future leaders in our organization and in our workplace.
To develop an organizational culture that enhances camaraderie and focusing on cultivating member cohesion.
To foster unity in diversity. Members come from different backgrounds, lifestyle and nursing specialties, but we are united by our commitment to advocate for nurses, to advance quality healthcare through education, research and leadership.
To exercise independence with our decision making in order to be effective and efficient in meeting our goals and mission in a timely manner.
To plan, coordinate and participate in appropriate health programs and services, including emergency crisis, natural disasters and medical missions to the community both locally and globally, with other associations, 501c3 organizations and agencies.
Our leaders spring from a roster of dedicated nurse professionals, tasked with leading and fulfilling the organization’s mission and goals. FANOGCS has a 97 strong membership, making it a prominent nurse professional groups in Arizona. Being a newly-formed organization, it has cohesively worked on Covid-related webinars, led in civic-engagement projects for the health and welfare communities and encouraged socially distanced activities and programs to complement member welfare.
For the full list of the current officers and members, please click here.
Would you like to join our next medical mission? Become a member today! Sign Up Making a Difference The Filipino-American Nurses Organization of Grand Canyon
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