Excitement builds on FACC Gala 2022
Me taking a group shot with Marilou Jagonos Haynes (extreme left) and some friends. by Susan Palmes-Dennis ROCKINGHAM, North Carolina—This early in June, the Filipino Americans of Richmond County are excited to attend the 33rd FACC (Filipino-American Community of the Carolinas) Annual Gala. Marilou Jagonos Haynes of Rockingham told this corner that she and her friends are attending the annual FACC Gala scheduled on Nov. 12, 2022 at the Hilton Charlotte Airport Hotel on 2800 Coliseum Center Drive. Marilou Jagonos Haynes ‘We have our tickets now,’ said the beautiful Haynes who’s residing in Richmond County for nearly one fourth of a century. Haynes is born and raised in Calape, Bohol and worked in Sereban, Malaysia for nearly eight years before migrating to the US. Richmond County comprises the cities of Rockingham, Hamlet, Ellerbe, East Rockingham, Hoffman, Dobbins Heights, Cordova and Norman. The county is covered by the FACC under Section 5 of Article 111 of the organization’s const