Chinese Heritage Camp September 3rd - 6th, 2010 at Snow Mountain Ranch Fraser, CO |
| 2010 Directors: Dawn Hinsvark, Jan Hite & Wendy Hanophy |
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Chinese
Heritage Camp was one of the first camps in the country exclusively created
for families with children adopted from China.
It is one of the ten camps facilitated by the highly respected Colorado Heritage
Camps. Chinese Heritage Camp offers programs for infants through middle school.
This will be the 13th year families from across
the country meet in Colorado to gain a deeper understanding of the Chinese
culture and share their adoption stories.
This
year's camp will be held over Labor Day weekend in the beautiful Colorado Rockies
near Winter Park, Colorado at the YMCA
of the Rockies Snow Mountain Ranch facility www.ymcarockies.org a
wonderful family vacation in itself!
Registration information will be going out soon, so request registration information NOW to be placed on our mailing list. It is very important to register EARLY as this camp consistently has a waiting list!
Chinese Heritage Camp is a family
camp with programming for each member of the family. Campers from toddlers to grandparents participate
in classes and workshops taught primarily by Chinese Americans who enthusiastically share their expertise
with adoptive families.
Asian American counselors serve as role models and mentors to the children
as they participate with them in cultural classes while adult family members
attend cultural and adoption related workshops ranging from Chinese cooking
and customs to the blessings and challenges inherent
in our adoptive families.
What's happening in 2010?
This
year’s theme is Folktales of China. Like all peoples, the Chinese have
told each other stories for many different reasons - to teach things to their
children, to make each other laugh, to record their feelings and observations
and to explain how things got to be the way they are. Folk tales can cover
many topics, among which are beauty, love, cleverness, disobedience, greed,
happiness, love, lying, patience, and helping people.
The folktale theme will be woven throughout this year’s camp, from the
performances at Celebrate China Night through children and adult workshops.
Your children may even come up with an original folktale of their own! Some
may experience tales of the tiger, in tribute to the Year of the Tiger, which
is celebrated in 2010. Tiger people are sensitive, given to deep thinking,
capable of great sympathy. Anyone that is born in the Year of the Tiger is
usually straightforward and outgoing by nature.
Our volunteers from the Chinese community, plus a cadre of professional speakers,
will provide focused workshops and activities for every age group that help
both the parents and kids learn about China's rich and varied culture!!
Middle and high school campers will have both old and new activities designed
to promote friendships, including great recreational activities that can
only be experienced in the beautiful Colorado Mountains. The traditional
Mahjong
competition will continue in the high school group.
The younger kids, from age 3 through 5th grade, will share the adventure
of the Chinese Village, and learn new Chinese games, songs, dances, customs,
tradition,
and have one workshop that focuses on adoption related issues in an age-appropriate
way.
The adults can choose to attend sessions on adoption and family related issues,
traveling to China, various cultural sessions, enjoy games of Mahjong, experiment
with Chinese Cooking, or zip through the mountains on the Zip-Line.
Please join us as we delve into the very soul of Chinese culture through
its folktales and stories in 2010!
Thinking about
giving camp a try but want to know more?
Click to read
our Frequently Asked Questions and
"Four Days in
the Life of Heritage Camp"
For more pictures of Chinese Heritage Camp 2009 click here
Though we have generated very strong support from Colorado's Chinese community, we always need more volunteers to work with the kids, teach workshops, cook meals, and to be counselors at camp.
As a non-profit 501 C(3) organization, Chinese Heritage Camp is always seeking financial assistance to help keep camp costs reasonable for families, while providing an outstanding program. If you'd like to help, please go to the Donations section of this web site, and thank you very much in advance.
We are also in need of donations of frequent flier miles to help defray costs of our out of state speakers. If you have miles you can donate please email us at info@heritagecamps.org
We hope to see you at camp this summer. For further information, please contact us .
