Thursday, July 31, 2008

Our Chinese Daughters Foundation Cultural Event in your area

Join us at The Great Wolf Lodge (Grand Mounds, WA)!

These events will be a great opportunity to connect with other adoptive families in a fun vacation atmosphere. Come enjoy the indoor waterparks, and take advantage of some amazing OCDF seminars at the same time!

For more information, please see: http://www.ocdf.org/gwl.htm
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Waiting Family Group Takes August Vacation

There will not be a monthly waiting family meeting in August. We take this month as our “summer vacation”.

Please mark your calendars for our next meeting, Sept. 7th from 3:00-5:00. Our topic will be “Starting your Child’s Lifebooks. What You can Start During the Wait”. Check the waiting family area of the FCC website for more details on meeting location and future meeting dates.
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Westside Mandarin Immersion Efforts Continue

A lot of you have heard that there is a group of folks pushing Portland Public Schools to create a second Mandarin Immersion program within the PPS boundaries. We’re hoping to get a school established on the Westside of Portland. Talks on this effort have been going on for 2 years and we’re hoping to see some results this year.

We would like to get as many parents interested in the creation of a second Mandarin Immersion school to sign the petition found on the effort’s website http://chinese.weareahappyfamily.com./ The more names we can get signed up the more PPS will listen to us. So if you haven’t done so already, and you would like to see another Mandarin 1/2 day Immersion program established, please sign your name to the website.

You’ll also be adding your e-mail to the list so you can receive updates on the efforts and stay in the loop.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Save The Date

FCC Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Picnic

Saturday, September 20th (11:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Cook's Park, 17005 SW 92nd Avenue, Tigard Oregon

More details will be forthcoming.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Open House: Mandarin Chinese Immersion Program for Preschoolers:

Open House: Mandarin Chinese Immersion Program for Preschoolers: August 2 and 16.

The Bodhi Language Center will be holding Open House for families interested in immersing their children in Mandarin Chinese starting in the fall. The Open House is Saturday, August 2 and 16, from 10:30 - 11:30 am.

The Bodhi Tree Language Center is a full-service Asian languages center offering classes and services for children, adults, and business in various Asian languages, including Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Thai, Lao, and Tibetan. In the fall we'll be offering after-school classes for children as well as class for adults in Japanese.

Location: 5403 SE Center St. Portland, OR 97206
Website: http://www.bodhitreelanguagecenter.org/
Phone: 503-788-0336
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

WAITING FAMILIES PICNIC - JULY 13

All Present and Past (and future!) waiting families...

We’re inviting all of you to our upcoming Waiting Family Picnic at Sellwood park. This casual and fun event is set for Sunday, July 13th (instead of our regular scheduled monthly meeting).

Here are the details: this is a great opportunity for both our current waiting families, past waiting families and future waiting families to get together and hang out - we would love to see you again! Those of you who are home already can show off your kids and give our folks who are waiting ever so patiently a boost in this l-o-n-g wait! ( remember when 12 months to referral seemed forever?? and how much you loved seeing kids who were home??)

Location: Sellwood Park , picnic area "c"
Date: unday July 13, 2008
Time: 11:30 am to 3 pm

****bring your own picnic lunch****
FCC will provide drinks and dessert

Sellwood Park has a swimming pool, great playground and lots of big trees. We are trying to get a sense of how many people are planning to come, so please rsvp to kelly at k.sedory@comcast.net.
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