Free Filipino Breakfast Served at the 2019 Calgary Stampede Festival
Consul General to Calgary Zaldy Patron and Madame Sheila Patron third and second from right, respectively) joined the members of the Philippine Festival Council of Alberta in serving free Filipino breakfast at the Agahan Filipino Stampede Breakfast in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on 7 July 2019. (Calgary PE photo)
CALGARY 24 July 2019 — The Philippine Consulate General in Calgary, led by Consul General Zaldy Patron, showed support to the world-famous Calgary Stampede by way of witnessing the serving of free Filipino-style breakfast of fried rice, pandesal, longganisa, hotdog and scrambled eggs to about 3,500 participants of the 4th Agahan Filipino Stampede Breakfast on 7 July 2018.
The Sunday morning event, held at the parking lot of Filipino-owned Pacific Hut Restaurant in Southeast Calgary, also featured live singing and dance performances of local Filipino talents in Calgary.
The event which ran from 5 to 14 July 2019, was organized by the Philippine Festival Council of Alberta (PFCA) with Pacific Hut Restaurant, Hong Kong Supermarket and Tim Hortons as among the major corporate sponsors.
“I congratulate PFCA and its members and volunteers for successfully organizing this year’s Agahan. Through the Agahan, the Filipino community was able to show its solidarity with the Calgarians in their celebration of this 107-year-old Calgary Stampede tradition,” Consul General Patron said.
“Agahan highlighted the hospitality of the Filipinos, which complemented the Calgarians’ own brand of hospitality during the Stampede season as friends, neighbors and strangers alike shared breakfast in different parts of the city,” he added. END
Consul General Patron (third from right) with Japanese Consul Kohei Sakamoto (second from right) and the members of the Philippine Festival Council of Alberta during the Agahan Filipino Stampede Breakfast. (Calgary PE photo)
For more information, visit https://www.calgarypcg.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinCalgary/.