ABOUT US

Located in the city of Saint Petersburg, Florida, the Portuguese-American Suncoast Association or P.A.S.A. is a non-profit organization founded in 1979.  

P.A.S.A. provides and maintains Portuguese culture locally in Pinellas County, Florida, to the local community, our membership and visitors.

We are an association with approximately 300 members from the US and Canada.

We host monthly events, as a dinner dance, usually on a Saturday evening, with live band dancing music and Portuguese cuisine.  Usually the events follows a theme relevant to the time of the year.  See the calendar of events for more information.

Our regular saturday dinners have been suspended due to unavailability of resources.

Please Consider Volunteer to Cook for the events

All social and community functions are supported, and provided by volunteers from our membership. 

PASA FOUNDERS  

Dolores Chipelo

Henrique Chipelo

Francisco da Costa

Jean da Costa

Alfredo Enos

Josephine Enos

Louis Flora

Gilberto Lima

Caesar Lourenço

Evelyn Lourenço

Antonio Ramos

Flo Resendes

Sylvia Tavares

Alice Terra

Laurentino Terra

Deodoro Tomas

Jack Valino  

PASA PRESIDENTS  

Celebrating PASA beginnings

The LusoAmericano newspaper honors our founders, our presidents/leaders.

Our history and founders featured in the 1st Christmas Edition Dec 16, 2020 https://lusoamericano.com/edicao-digital/

Evelyn Lourenço, the pioneer first woman president of a Portuguese Association in the United States, featured in the in the second Christmas edition Dec 23, 2020 https://lusoamericano.com/edicao-digital/

Celebrando os primeiros passos da PASA

O jornal LusoAmericano apresenta os fundadores, os presidentes/líders da PASA dos passados 41 anos.

A nossa história, destacando os fundadores da PASA na primeira edição de Natal, 16 Dezembro 2020 https://lusoamericano.com/edicao-digital/

Evelyn Lourenço, a pioneira primeira mulher presidente de uma associação portuguesa nos Estados Unidos, destacada na segunda edição de Natal, 16 Dezembro 2020 https://lusoamericano.com/edicao-digital/