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Chinese Heritage Camp August 29th - September 1st, 2008 at Snow Mountain Ranch Fraser, CO |
| 2008 Directors: Dawn Hinsvark, Pat Lyman, Joy Pyne |
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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 11th 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 this winter, 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 2008?
Last Year our theme was “Passports to China”, so it seems only
right that this year we will focus on “Postcards From China”. This
theme will be carried throughout the cultural experiences and workshops in
camp. Speaking of culture, the Year of the Rat will be celebrated this year,
with our wonderful facilitators from the Chinese community providing information,
insight into tradition, storytelling, games, songs and dances to help both
the parents and kids learn about China’s rich and varied culture!!
With the help of our amazing Asian counselors and volunteers from the Chinese
community, plus a cadre of professional speakers, we will again provide specialized
programming for every age group, from 3 years old on up. Our high school and
middle school age kids will have workshops and activities designed especially
to appeal to that age group and promote friendships, including great recreational
activities that can only be experienced in the beautiful Colorado Mountains.
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 Mah
Johng, experiment with Chinese Cooking, or zip through the mountains on the
Zip-Line.
We are working hard on re-designing the Registration process, so check the
website and watch carefully for emails with registration information in the
New Year.
Thinking about giving camp a try but want to know more?
Click here to read about last year's camp.
For more pictures of China Camp 2007 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 .
