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FCC CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

 

Our Annual Chinese New Year Event celebrating the Year of the Ox, on February 1st, 2009. We will hold our event at Eckstein Middle School in Seattle, and we will start registration at 9:30am. The doors officially open at 10:00 am, and we will close at 2:00 pm.

 

Come join the fun, and enjoy all of the activities you enjoy, such as the fantastic dancing and performances, the children's carnival, photography by Yuen Lui, vendors and information booths, crafts and more.

 

We will offer a teen room again this year for anyone over 12 years old, and will also offer a quiet room for taking a break from the activities of the day.

We look forward to seeing you there! Look to your mail for the official flyer including schedule and map for the event, coming in early January.
 


MEMBERSHIP REMINDER!

 

As a reminder, our membership year has moved to April - but we will start to take updated membership renewals starting at Chinese New Year. When you are there, you can either renew your membership at the special table, or pick up the form that you can use to check your information and send it in to our new membership coordinator, Michele Lang.

During the next year we are planning some great events, and would like to hear from you about what you would like to see from FCC. A survey will be launched at Chinese New Year for the membership - and can be filled out on paper at the event or online. We hope that everyone will give feedback as to the types of events you would like to see. Some of our ideas include: more age-appropriate activities such as Pump It Up parties, more ice skating or swimming parties, more Symposiums featuring speakers for the adults, and offering workshops.

Any questions regarding membership can be sent to Michele at: michele_lang@hotmail.com


Any questions or ideas about events can be sent to Lara Peterson at: larap@microsoft.com

 


NORTH END PLAYGROUP NEWS

 

Here is the schedule for the remainder of the school year.


January 13
February 10
March 10
April 14
May 12
June 9

Please let me know if you see any mistakes/proble
ms with these dates. Looking forward to seeing all of you and your little ones!

 

Allison



 

 

 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

 

The FCC Board of Directors is a dedicated group of volunteers who bring you the events that everyone enjoys, such as Chinese New Year, Heritage Camp at Camp Casey, our annual Egg Hunt, and symposiums for parent education. However, these events do not plan themselves. We are now searching for FCC Members to join the Board of Directors. Due to member terms ending and board members moving out of town, we need to fill approximately 8 positions.

 

Without these positions filled, it is doubtful that we can move forward and offer our members the great events during the next year, or give the opportunity as your sons and daughters grow to have a close-knit group of Chinese peers who were also adopted. Imagine not being able to offer your child the opportunity to join a FCC tour to China, giving back to orphanages and other events!

We aren't quite PBS, but we do need YOU to help out! Please contact Lara Peterson by email at: larap@microsoft.com or by phoning at 425-890-3911. Jobs vary from general board positions, to helping to plan events, to working with teens and more.  We have a great time, and hope that you will consider joining our board. More information will be coming soon!


teen China Trip Meeting

Hey Teens!  We're in the final stages in planning our fabulous, first ever teen service trip to China. We are holding one last informational meeting for anyone who has not attended the first meeting, or who has more questions. The meeting will be held on January 10th 2009 from 1-3 at the Seattle Public Library's Northeast Branch (6801 35th AVE NE / zip 98115) Hope to see you there!

 

If you cannot attend or have question please contact Julia Tombari or Tian Kisch at julia.tombari@lakesideschool.org or tian.kisch@verizon.net.

 

  Let's get packing!


MONTHLY DINNERS

 

The next dinner will be on January 4th at 5pm.  It will be held at the Maple Leaf Chinese Restaurant in Bellevue. Map it, click HERE!

 

Our FCC member host is Lara Peterson.  If you have questions to wish to RSVP, please contact Lara at (425) 641-9355. 

 

This dinner is open to all FCC members, prospective members, or those interested in the FCC. 

 

The next dinner will be held on March 1st and it's Dim Sum time!


ABOUT FCC-NW

 

The Northwest Chapter of Families with Children from China (FCC) is an organization of families with Children from China.

 

The organization sponsors several events in the Puget Sound area including a Chinese New Year's celebration and an annual summer heritage camp.  Our events are well attended, fun and create opportunities for our members to meet other families.  Check out our photo gallery.

The organization also has an email list-serv; enews, a quarterly newsletter and publishes an annual directory. 

The organization is run by volunteers and a board of directors.  We encourage members to raise issues, make suggestions and volunteer.  If there is an activity that you believe would benefit our members, please let us know and we will be happy to help advertise, schedule or sponsor it.

 

 

If you find any websites, links or know of any upcoming events that would be of interest to your members, please contact Lara Peterson larap@microsoft.com or Paul Camera pcam5@comcast.net and they will see that they are added to the site.

 

This website was last updated:  01/04/2009