A group of middle and high school aged Chinese students are coming to our
Lake Oswego community to learn about American culture for two weeks this
summer. This is a fun opportunity to bring the Chinese culture into our
families and community.
Compass USA Homestay (www.compass-usa.net) are currently looking for
families to open their hearts and homes to these students. During the two
week program, the students will participate in English and cultural
classes, as well as afternoon and full day activities. Your part includes
providing a bed to sleep, meals and a place in your family for two weeks!
The following is a tentative calendar for their visit:
JULY 15: Students Arrive- Meet at Academic Center (Lakeridge HS)
JULY 16: 8:30am � 12:00pm Class/Orientation
Free Afternoon w/Host Family
Welcome Party
JULY 17: All Day Excursion - Portland Sights
JULY 18: Host Family Time
JULY 19: Host Family Time
JULY 20: 8:30am -12pm Class
NIKE Tour & Shopping, 12-5
JULY 21: 8:30am -12pm Class
Hiking, 12-5
JULY 22: All Day Excursion - Oregon Coast Sights
JULY 23: 8:30am-12pm Class
Fun & Games 12-5
JULY 24: 8:30am-12pm Class
Free Afternoon with Host Family
JULY 25: Host Family Time
JULY 26: Host Family Time
JULY 27: 8:30-11:30am Class
Cooking, Crafts
Farewell Party
JULY 28: 8:30 -12:30pm Class
Free Afternoon with Host Family
JULY 29: Students Depart
Please consider opening your home and life to host one of these students
from China. This will be an experience you will be happy that your family
participated in!
If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact
Kristin Obermire at 503.260.6012 or nielsen.kristin@gmail.com.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Adoption Readiness
Preparatory Classes for Adoptive Parents
May 16th (8:30am- 2:30pm) - May 17th (8:30am- 2:30pm)
This comprehensive series is designed to meet most recommended pre-adoption education requirements for international or domestic adoption or to supplement agency trainings. We believe history is important in defining the issues adoptive children face and creating positive outcomes.
Successful parenting comes from being fully aware and prepared for potential difficult issues that some families may face. Our goal is to provide participants with tools and resources for the lifelong adventure of being an adoptive family.
This 10 hour curriculum (separated into two workshops) includes:
. Adoption in the U.S.A.
. Becoming an adoptive family
. The attachment process, parental claiming, and bonding
. Communicating with and advocating for your child
. Lifelong issues of adoption
. Nurture vs. Nature
. Adoptism, racism, and diversity in the U.S. culture
. Preparing for the first hours and days of being an adoptive family
Presenter: Mina Bacigalupi, a co-founder of Adoption Mosaic and a pediatric
nurse, has worked and volunteered in the field of adoption for over twelve years. She and her husband adopted their daughter from China and their son domestically.
Cost: $250 per family for the series (singles are encouraged to bring a
support person)
Registration is required. Please complete registration form on Adoption
Mosaic's website www.adoptionmosaic.org and send an email to info@adoptionmosaic.org
with notice of your intent to attend this class or for any questions.
Adoption Mosaic is a non-profit organization founded by those touched by
adoption to offer support, education and resources for the adoption community. Adoption Mosaic is not associated with any adoption agency, nor does it make recommendations about attorneys, agencies or specific types of adoption. For any questions about timelines, paperwork, legal issues, requirements and other specifics; clients will be referred to their respective agencies or adoption attorneys.
Cancellation Policy - 14 days prior to the event, full refund, 13-7 days
transfer funds to another workshop, 72 hours or less no refund. For details visit our website www.adoptionmosaic.org.
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May 16th (8:30am- 2:30pm) - May 17th (8:30am- 2:30pm)
This comprehensive series is designed to meet most recommended pre-adoption education requirements for international or domestic adoption or to supplement agency trainings. We believe history is important in defining the issues adoptive children face and creating positive outcomes.
Successful parenting comes from being fully aware and prepared for potential difficult issues that some families may face. Our goal is to provide participants with tools and resources for the lifelong adventure of being an adoptive family.
This 10 hour curriculum (separated into two workshops) includes:
. Adoption in the U.S.A.
. Becoming an adoptive family
. The attachment process, parental claiming, and bonding
. Communicating with and advocating for your child
. Lifelong issues of adoption
. Nurture vs. Nature
. Adoptism, racism, and diversity in the U.S. culture
. Preparing for the first hours and days of being an adoptive family
Presenter: Mina Bacigalupi, a co-founder of Adoption Mosaic and a pediatric
nurse, has worked and volunteered in the field of adoption for over twelve years. She and her husband adopted their daughter from China and their son domestically.
Cost: $250 per family for the series (singles are encouraged to bring a
support person)
Registration is required. Please complete registration form on Adoption
Mosaic's website www.adoptionmosaic.org and send an email to info@adoptionmosaic.org
with notice of your intent to attend this class or for any questions.
Adoption Mosaic is a non-profit organization founded by those touched by
adoption to offer support, education and resources for the adoption community. Adoption Mosaic is not associated with any adoption agency, nor does it make recommendations about attorneys, agencies or specific types of adoption. For any questions about timelines, paperwork, legal issues, requirements and other specifics; clients will be referred to their respective agencies or adoption attorneys.
Cancellation Policy - 14 days prior to the event, full refund, 13-7 days
transfer funds to another workshop, 72 hours or less no refund. For details visit our website www.adoptionmosaic.org.
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Invite from Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) will be hosting An Evening with OCOM: Bringing Healing to the Heart of the City at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden on Thursday, June 11 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. The event is free and open to the public. OCOM’s trustees, alumni, community advocates, corporate supporters, faculty and staff, as well as prominent business and civic leaders will be invited to attend.
Guests will have the opportunity to experience the various modalities of traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture, massage, Chinese herbs and medicinal cooking), sample gourmet hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Wong’s King, enjoy sake and rice wine tastings, and meet the visionaries who have shaped OCOM’s rich history and those who will advance the college’s mission.
The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is located on the corner of NW 3rd and Everett in Old Town/Chinatown. OCOM has been partnering for several months now with the Garden, holding public seminars on the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine for its guests.
OCOM is a proud and enthusiastic partner in Old Town/Chinatown’s cultural renaissance. The college is slated to relocate to the historic Globe Hotel – known to many Portlanders as the Import Plaza building – in the fall of 2010.
Sponsors for this event include CHP Group, NW Natural, BEAM Development, Willamette Week, The Nines and Zen Space Healing Center.
Join us for a lively celebration of the transformative effects of traditional Chinese medicine and OCOM’s commitment to the culture and vitality of this historic Portland neighborhood. RSVP for this event by phone at 503-253-3443 x230 or email rsvp@ocom.edu.
About Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM):
OCOM trains master’s and doctoral students, conducts research, and treats patients at clinics on campus and in the community. Founded in Portland, Oregon in 1983, OCOM is one of the oldest Chinese medicine colleges in the United States. For more information, please visit www.ocom.edu.
About the Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Never twice the same, the Portland Classical Chinese Garden is an authentically built cultural heritage garden and living museum of Chinese trees and flora. Within this authentic Ming Dynasty scholar’s garden, serpentine mosaic pathways lead to harmonious landscapes of plants, water, stones, pavilions, and poetry. For more information, please visit www.portlandchinesegarden.org.
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Guests will have the opportunity to experience the various modalities of traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture, massage, Chinese herbs and medicinal cooking), sample gourmet hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Wong’s King, enjoy sake and rice wine tastings, and meet the visionaries who have shaped OCOM’s rich history and those who will advance the college’s mission.
The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is located on the corner of NW 3rd and Everett in Old Town/Chinatown. OCOM has been partnering for several months now with the Garden, holding public seminars on the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine for its guests.
OCOM is a proud and enthusiastic partner in Old Town/Chinatown’s cultural renaissance. The college is slated to relocate to the historic Globe Hotel – known to many Portlanders as the Import Plaza building – in the fall of 2010.
Sponsors for this event include CHP Group, NW Natural, BEAM Development, Willamette Week, The Nines and Zen Space Healing Center.
Join us for a lively celebration of the transformative effects of traditional Chinese medicine and OCOM’s commitment to the culture and vitality of this historic Portland neighborhood. RSVP for this event by phone at 503-253-3443 x230 or email rsvp@ocom.edu.
About Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM):
OCOM trains master’s and doctoral students, conducts research, and treats patients at clinics on campus and in the community. Founded in Portland, Oregon in 1983, OCOM is one of the oldest Chinese medicine colleges in the United States. For more information, please visit www.ocom.edu.
About the Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Never twice the same, the Portland Classical Chinese Garden is an authentically built cultural heritage garden and living museum of Chinese trees and flora. Within this authentic Ming Dynasty scholar’s garden, serpentine mosaic pathways lead to harmonious landscapes of plants, water, stones, pavilions, and poetry. For more information, please visit www.portlandchinesegarden.org.
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Upcoming Film: Long Wait for Home
Long Wait for Home
A FILM by Dr. Changfu Chang
Millersville University, PA
International adoption from the Chinese perspective
A discussion with Dr. Chang will follow the screening
Friday, May 8, 2009
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Event Co-Sponsored by the Portland State University Sociology Club
Location: Portland State University
1721 SW Broadway, Cramer Hall Room 250
Free Parking is available after 7PM in Parking Structure 2 across
Broadway from Cramer Hall
$7 donation per family requested / Free to PSU Students
After costs, all donations collected will support the Oregon/SW
Washington chapter of FCC.
This is an adult event.
Discounted DVDs will be available for purchase at the event.
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A FILM by Dr. Changfu Chang
Millersville University, PA
International adoption from the Chinese perspective
A discussion with Dr. Chang will follow the screening
Friday, May 8, 2009
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Event Co-Sponsored by the Portland State University Sociology Club
Location: Portland State University
1721 SW Broadway, Cramer Hall Room 250
Free Parking is available after 7PM in Parking Structure 2 across
Broadway from Cramer Hall
$7 donation per family requested / Free to PSU Students
After costs, all donations collected will support the Oregon/SW
Washington chapter of FCC.
This is an adult event.
Discounted DVDs will be available for purchase at the event.
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