ABOUT US
KNIGHTS OF RIZAL

(FAIRFIELD CHAPTER, Connecticut)

KOR – Fairfield Chapter is a registered non-profit organization created under Philippines Republic Act 646. It comprises the Filipinos and Filipino-American families whose objectives can be defined, below:

To empower the members, with various worthwhile programs and activities that are helpful in their assimilation into the main culture body of the U.S.A.

To serve the Filipino community and render assistance to members and non-members in their times of crisis, especially victims of the calamities domestically and internationally; grant educational assistance through a scholarship program to the less privilege but deserving students in the Philippines.

To keep the organization in good standing and order for the next generation of leaders.

To raise social awareness that will heighten the members’ interest and desire to respond to the needs of the Filipino community in their adopted country.

To enrich them with programs and activities that are helpful as they assimilate into the mainstream environment to become productive citizens and bring about a positive image and identity worth emulating by the present and the next generations of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans.

KOR – Fairfield Chapter is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our status can be verified with the IRS. DLN: 26053620001172 and Employer ID number: 81-4154792.