The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) invites FCC kids to join Chinese Cultural Dance classes. Classes are held in Chinatown and the fall session will begin in September.
If you are interested, please contact:
For 5-9 year olds - Jodi Wilf at jodiwilf@yahoo.com
For 10+ year olds - Sarah Pons at sarahmpons@comcast.net
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Celebrate Adoption - Build -A- Bear for Charities!!! May 19
We have been made aware of a great opportunity to help celebrate adoption in the month of May from an event sponsored by Build -A -Bear and Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS). Build A Bear Workshop retail stores are hosting a “Stuffed with Hugs: Hugs Sweet Hugs” campaign that helps celebrate adoption on Saturdy, May 19th! This event allows all of us to make a bear for children in need of a family and to celebrate adoption.
See the calendar for details.
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See the calendar for details.
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FCC event – A MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL – HONOR OUR BIRTHMOTHERS
Saturday May 12th from 1:30-3:30pm at the Friendship Masonic Center, 5625 NE Alameda Street in NE Portland.
Birthmothers' Day is the day before Mothers' Day to celebrate and honor those who through their loss have given us the most precious gift, our children. Come decorate a flower pot with a special Birthmom’s poem or bring your own poem!
We will provide poems, pots, plants, paints, brushes and other decorations. Snacks and juice will also be available. This is a wonderful way for us to show our appreciation of our children¢s birthmothers with them.
This is a FREE event but please RSVP so we have enough pots for event. Please email FCC at Contact @ fcc-oregon.org (remone the spaces)
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Birthmothers' Day is the day before Mothers' Day to celebrate and honor those who through their loss have given us the most precious gift, our children. Come decorate a flower pot with a special Birthmom’s poem or bring your own poem!
We will provide poems, pots, plants, paints, brushes and other decorations. Snacks and juice will also be available. This is a wonderful way for us to show our appreciation of our children¢s birthmothers with them.
This is a FREE event but please RSVP so we have enough pots for event. Please email FCC at Contact @ fcc-oregon.org (remone the spaces)
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
SUMMER CAMPS
Summer camps are another way for our children from China to connect to other international adoptees to share their common experiences and explore issues of adoption, race, and identity.
A number of organizations are offering Chinese Immersion Camps this summer or camps designed especially for adoptees.
Check out the Summer Camps page of our website for details
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A number of organizations are offering Chinese Immersion Camps this summer or camps designed especially for adoptees.
Check out the Summer Camps page of our website for details
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SUMMER 2007 CHINA CULTURAL TRIP
sponsored by the Chinese Government
You are cordially invited to participate in the Summer 2007 China CulturalTrip, organized by the Chinese Language Education Foundation (under the State Department of China) and the Prince of Peace Foundation in Hayward, CA.
Following the successful debut of the program last summer, the Chinese government is once again extending a welcome to families who adopted from China and are interested in bringing their children back to experienceChina’s magnificent culture. There are many tour groups to China, but this is the only one sponsored by the Chinese government! Activities include visits to many areas not open to tourists, and participation is by invitation only.
Highlights of this trip include:
• Official government welcome in Beijing
• Official reception at the DiaoYuTai State Guesthouse and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Tour of the Great Wall, TianAnMen Square, and Forbidden City
• Cultural exchange activities with Chinese school children and minority groups in the Yunnan province
• Visits to various scenic areas in the Yunnan province, including DaLi andLiJiang
• Visits to local orphanages
• Goodwill ambassador and charity activities
The cost of the program is $1190 USD per person, not including airfare or visafees. All children attending this trip must be age 10 or older. The application deadline is May 1st, 2007; however, participation is limited and space may not be available through this date. If you have any questions, please contact Maisie at the POP’s Foundation office at maisie@popus.com.
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You are cordially invited to participate in the Summer 2007 China CulturalTrip, organized by the Chinese Language Education Foundation (under the State Department of China) and the Prince of Peace Foundation in Hayward, CA.
Following the successful debut of the program last summer, the Chinese government is once again extending a welcome to families who adopted from China and are interested in bringing their children back to experienceChina’s magnificent culture. There are many tour groups to China, but this is the only one sponsored by the Chinese government! Activities include visits to many areas not open to tourists, and participation is by invitation only.
Highlights of this trip include:
• Official government welcome in Beijing
• Official reception at the DiaoYuTai State Guesthouse and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Tour of the Great Wall, TianAnMen Square, and Forbidden City
• Cultural exchange activities with Chinese school children and minority groups in the Yunnan province
• Visits to various scenic areas in the Yunnan province, including DaLi andLiJiang
• Visits to local orphanages
• Goodwill ambassador and charity activities
The cost of the program is $1190 USD per person, not including airfare or visafees. All children attending this trip must be age 10 or older. The application deadline is May 1st, 2007; however, participation is limited and space may not be available through this date. If you have any questions, please contact Maisie at the POP’s Foundation office at maisie@popus.com.
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
WESTSIDE IMMERSION PUBLIC SCHOOL INITIATIVE
As Chinese language studies have gained popularity in the U.S., many schools have added Chinese immersion programs which offer classes taught in Mandarin Chinese. In the Portland public school district, there are 5 immersion programs, offered at Woodstock, Hosford, Cleveland, Franklin and Atkinson schools. All of these schools are located on the east side of Portland.Many Chinese families and families with children from China live on the west side of Portland. It is often difficult to be accepted into the existing Chinese immersion programs and inconvenient to send our children to the east side schools.
Therefore an effort is underway to implement a Chinese immersion program on the west side. Once there is enough interest, the group will bring this show of support to the attention of the Portland public school district.
Click here to learn more about this initiative and/or join the petition
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Therefore an effort is underway to implement a Chinese immersion program on the west side. Once there is enough interest, the group will bring this show of support to the attention of the Portland public school district.
Click here to learn more about this initiative and/or join the petition
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