THE MISSING YEARS (2020 - 2023)

COVID-19 reared its ugly head all over the world!  Time seemed to have stood still.  Nonetheless, LSPAA members and friends found solace in each other's company in the midst of uncertainties.  We found ways to connect and continue to celebrate friendships!

2020-02-14 LA SALLE-ST. PAUL Valentine's Special COVID-19 has already started sporadically in various countries, a few spotted in the US.  We were not yet that concerned!  We celebrated Valentine's Day, a collaborative fundraising concert by La Salle and St. Paul alumni for the benefit of the Taal Volcano victims.  It was an evening of food, friends and songs by alumni talents, filling the air with love and laughter!

2020-09-27 LSPAA LIBRA POWER at Barrel Oak Winery   Forging a picnic on pandemic days!  Happy birthday Dan La O (Sept 25); Carmela Almeda (Sept 26); Joey Velilla (Sept 26); Leony Gimeno-Rosario (Sept 29); Michael David (Sept 30). 

2020-10-09 WFW (Work from the Winery!) - A Friday afternoon escapade to celebrate the October celebrants.  Happy birthday LSPAA President Gregg Angeles (Oct 24)!

2021-09-25 ELECTION of LSPAA OFFICERS at the WINERY in SUNSHINE RIDGE FARM   We are still at the height of COVID-19 and variants started manifesting, but vaccinations had already started early in the year.  After almost a year. we gathered again.  It was a very pleasant day in a great winery by the lake in Gainesville.  We achieved our objectives of electing the set of LSPAA officers for 2021 - 2025 and celebrating the LSPAA Librans.  Congratulations to the new set of LSPAA officers!

President:  Carmela "Mela" Almeda

Vice President:  Rafael "Raffy" Rivera

Treasurer:  Patricia "Patti" Roldan-Goduco (not in picture)

Secretary:  Leony Gimeno-Rosario

P.R.O.:  Jocelyn "Josh" Dizon

2021-10-30 FIRST BOARD MEETING under the Incoming LSPAA President Mela Almeda (2021 - 2025).  It was also a birthday celebration of the Outgoing LSPAA President Gregg Angeles (2017 - 2021).

2021 October - In support of UP initiatives

2022-02-19 Valentine's at Mela's - Omicron has limited our Christmas, New Year, birthdays and Valentine's Day. But some of us are just hard-headed and insisted on coming up with a "board meeting" to gather and eat together! We came up with dates, save it for now: May 7, Saturday - LSPAA Cinco de Mayo picnic, scavenger hunt. Sep 24, Saturday - LSPAA Family Olympics. Dec 3, Saturday - LSPAA Christmas Party, cocktail type. Let's hope and pray that there will be no more COVID surges!

2022-09-10 LSPAA at Hillsborough Winery - We are catching the last vestiges of Summer and grabbing the first traces of Fall in the LSPAA Summer-Fall picnic at the Hillsborough Vineyards on Saturday, Sep 10, 2022 at 12:00 noon. It was sunny in the 80s.  It has been a long time since our last winery picnic in Sep 2021. The organizers have been besieged with medical concerns since then, but we are now celebrating! We thank the Lord for continued blessings to all LSPAA members.

2022-12-10 Balik Pasko Berde - It was a full day of Christmas Thanksgiving, for surviving the pandemic, for the renewed health of LSPAA officers and members who have endured various afflictions, and for giving us another chance to reconnect as we continue to get out of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Rev Ramel O. Portula, CICM officiated the anticipated mass.  Entertainment was provided by the Brown Rice Band with a guest appearance of Diva Montelaba.  It started at a 10 AM set-up and ended up at a 10 PM clean-up.

2023-02-20 Valentine's at Mela's - Catching up and a quick meeting at Mela's in Ashburn.

2023-06-10 Lea Salonga at Wolftrap - A gathering of LSPAA with a lot of Pinoy's at the Wolftrap to watch Lea Salonga's 4-1/2 songs concert!

2023-12-09 Pasko oBERDEr - The LSPAA Christmas Party at the Breakers in Fair Oaks Mall.  It was a night of Korean food and songs and dances with music provided by LSPAA's very own DJ Jimmy.