KALUSUGAN KALAKASAN CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY                  Time flies so fast! Kalusugan is now 25 years old this November. I can’t hardly believe that 25 years ago, we started a coalition that became an organization that aimed to help Filipino Americans in San Diego find the path to good health and total wellness through Community education and service, advocacy, research and training. Please come and join us: November 10, 2017,...

Dr. Ofelia Dirige’s article Kalusugan + Kalakasan Ctr for Hlt & Wellness Contemporary Asian American Issues odirige@msn.com   THE SECOND ANNUAL VIM & VIGOR: ART AND WELLNESS FESTIVAL The second annual “Vim & Vigor: Art and Wellness Festival” will again be held October 14, Saturday, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Memorial Park in Chula Vista located at 374 Parkway, Chula Vista. This is a one-day event that combines Art and...

Below are our very exciting Entertainment and Workshop schedules for next Saturday’s Vim & Vigor!  More details can be found on www.vimandvigorfest.com.  Click on the images for larger versions.  ...

Thanks to Comerica Bank for returning as a sponsor to the 2017 Vim & Vigor event! Comerica Incorporated is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, strategically aligned into three major business segments: the Business Bank, the Retail Bank, and Wealth...

Thanks to Operation Samahan for returning as a sponsor to the 2017 Vim & Vigor event! Operation Samahan, Inc., was founded in 1973, when a group of volunteer doctors and nurses met in a barber shop in downtown San Diego. Frustrated by the lack of culturally and linguistically competent health services available to their own family members and communities, they began seeing providing primary care to Filipino and Latino patients, providing...

Dear Dr. Dirige, I am beyond thankful and honored to be selected as the recipient of the Riz Oades Memorial Scholarship . Looking back, I have never expected to be where I am right now. I still remember when I had to stop going to school for a year because as an immigrant, I was very unfamiliar and lost with the educational system of the United States, and even more, with the language itself, but now, not only have I achieved many academic...