It’s that time of the year again- time to plan for Camp Pride!  Camp Pride is a Korean culture camp for Korean American adoptees. For the past several years, KRCC has hosted the high school student segment of the camp (the teenagers!)

The camp is being held Monday, July 28 ~ Friday, August 1.  Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, camp will take place from 9am to 3pm at Hanmee Church in Itasca, IL.  Thursday, we will bring the students into Chicago for a Koreatown fieldtrip and they will stay overnight at KRCC until Friday early afternoon.  Then we will bring them back to Hanmee Church for the closing program around 1 or 2pm on Friday.

We need energetic volunteers to come help with camp this year.  It is always wonderful to have Korean American role models for the students to get to meet, talk with and bond with.  I have enclosed a volunteer form.  Please give it a look, fill it out and email it back to me as soon as possible.

For those of you who will be able to volunteer the whole week, we will be having a planning conference call within the next few weeks.  For the past few years, a group of students who attend camp volunteer to help design the program (this way they cannot yell at me too much if they are bored!)  I will send you the call in information as soon as I set the date with the students. 

Also please feel free to pass this email on to others you think might be interested in volunteering.

Thanks for your consideration and I hope to see you at Camp Pride this year!  Becky Belcore

Becky Belcore

Korean American Resource & Cultural Center (KRCC)

2701A W. Peterson Ave.

Chicago, IL  60659

773.506.9158 x201 (t)

773.506.9159 (f)

becky@chicagokrcc.org

www.chicagokrcc.org

The Korean Association of MN is looking for volunteers for Festival of Nations 2008. The event is from Thursday, May 1st through Sunday, May 4th.

Please contact Cheong Hwang at 612-554-9993.

Web site for the event is www.festivalofnations.com.

No special skills needed.

This news release is announcing the Asian Adult Adoptee Gathering & Film Festival, hosted by Korean Adoptees of Hawai'i (KAHI) in Honolulu this October, and a call for entries for the Film Festival.

The Korean Service Center is currently looking for an intern. This is a great learning experience for undergraduates interested in working with a local Asian American non-profit. This organization and internship is not limited to AKs.

Download the KSC Internship PDF. 

This survey is developed by a group of Twin Cities (MN) parents who are trying to find more effective ways to help their children develop a more global
perspective as well as a bilingual education in a regular public school setting. Immersion education is a way of learning a second language (after the native language) and has been proven as the most effective way to learn a second or foreign language. Your feedback in this survey will assist in knowing the community's level of interest in starting a Korean/English bilingual immersion school.

http://kismn.org/survey/english