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Filipino Heritage Camp |
“ This is my Favorite Camp” FHC 5th Grade Camper “ I don’t want Camp to end” FHC 7th Grade Camper “ It’s worth so much to see our girls grow with confidence – giving them the tools to cope with adoption/race issues we don’t fully understand. They look forward to seeing their long lasting friends every year.” FHC Parent I did not realize how much camp would help me as a Parent too!” FHC Parent |
Filipino Heritage Camp is one of a few camps of its kind in the country, specifically
designed for families with children adopted from the Philippines. Committed
to exploring both the cultural and the adoption aspects of growing as an adoptive
family, it is one of ten camps facilitated by the highly respected Colorado
Heritage Camps, Inc.. We are celebrating our 9th year at FHC this year with
an exciting joint event; the annual Filipino Heritage Camp and the first Filipino
Adoptees Network (FAN) conference! This is an unprecedented event, which will
welcome adoptive families and adult Filipino adoptees from across the country
in a union of the first generation of Filipino adoptees with all those who
have come after them…we can’t wait!!
Filipino
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 Filipino Americans and professional Social Workers who
enthusiastically share their expertise with adoptive families.
Filipino 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 Filipino cooking
and customs to the blessings and challenges inherent in our adoptive families.
FHC also encourages young adult Filipino adoptees to join us as counselors
to gain a deeper understanding of their culture while sharing their own adoption
stories with each other and their younger counterparts.
This year's camp will again be held in the beautiful Colorado Rockies at the
YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch facility near Winter Park, CO www.ymcarockies.org
- a family vacation destination in itself. Registration materials will be going
out this Winter, so NOW is the time to request registration information to
be placed on our mailing list.
What are the plans for 2008?
Camp for 2008 will be more than just a camp and more than just a conference;
it will be an event! Filipino Heritage Camp is proud to welcome Filipino Adoptees
Network (FAN) in a joint event that will stagger the imagination. FAN is a
network of adult Filipino adoptees that started 5 years ago and has quickly
grown internationally as the resource for adult Filipino Adoptees. This year
we are proud to be able to come together for children’s workshops, adult
workshops plus workshops benefiting both adults of adoptees and adult adoptees
themselves.
Our theme this year is “Passport to the Philippines" as we explore
the three main regions of this beautiful Country. With your passports received
at registration, you will have an opportunity to visit Luzon, Mindanao, and
Visayas to appreciate its changing topography, different languages, and delicious
regional food, and their wonderful customs; all from the beautiful mountains
of Colorado. Located 75 miles west of Denver in the heart of the Rocky Mountains,
the setting for Camp is truly spectacular!
The elementary workshops will include sessions on building a working volcano,
and discovering the Filipino love of music, dance, entertainment and games!
There
is specialized programming for our middle and high school aged campers, including
outdoor educational activities provided by Snow Mountain Ranch, "Philippine
golf", Martial Arts and more opportunities for the kids to just “be” together.
The Middle/High school group will also continue their “More than Me” projects
with Uplift International, making care packages for the
children of the Philippines to ease their pain after life giving surgeries.
With FAN joining us this year there will be special opportunities for adoptees
both young and old to join together and share stories and develop new and
lasting relationships. This is an opportunity that cannot be missed!
Parent workshops will include sessions on family and adoption related issues.
Among the workshops for Parents will include the popular cooking classes,
adoptee panel, and exploring the islands of the Philippines. We are thrilled
that our
fabulous friends and supporters from the Filipino-American Community of Colorado
will be with us again to teach us about their culture, entertain us, and
participate in all of our camp activities. We couldn't do it without them!
Our "Pistang Pilipino" or Filipino Market will be filled with fabulous cultural items from the Philippines. Like past years, there will also be an excellent assortment of adult and children’s books ranging from adoption to Filipino Cookbooks and folk-tales.
Thinking about giving camp a try but want to know more?
Click here to read about last year's camp.
For more pictures of Filipino Camp 2007 click here
Though we have very strong support from the local Filipino community,
we are always looking for more volunteers to
work with the kids, teach workshops, cook meals, etc., and to be counselors at camp. Please consider
joining us this year as a community volunteers!
As a non-profit 501 C(3) organization, Filipino Heritage Camp is always
seeking financial assistance to help keep camp costs reasonable for families, and still provide
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 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.
