Vietnamese Heritage Camp |
| July 29th - August 1st, 2010 at Estes Park, CO |
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Vietnamese
Heritage Camp is one of a handful of camps in the US specifically designed
for families with children adopted from Viet Nam. Committed to exploring Vietnamese
culture and growing as adoptive families, it is sponsored by the highly respected
Colorado Heritage Camps, Inc.
In this, Vietnamese Heritage Camp’s 12th year, we’ll be checking out what’s “Hot in Viet Nam: Vietnamese Pop Culture.” Collaborating with volunteers from the Vietnamese-American community, including Vietnamese adult adoptees, we plan to having a grand time, exploring the hip music, games, shows, entertainments, fashions, and foods of Viet Nam today!
Also, we’re very excited to announce that this year, Vietnamese
Heritage Camp will be held in Estes Park, Colorado. Estes Park, the gateway
to Rocky Mountain National Park, is a major tourist destination in its own
right, and also is offering us first-class facilities and lodging for camp,
at the Estes Park Conference Center and Rocky Mountain Inn. It’s going
to be a great year!
Notice the date change to conflict with less school start times around the country!
What's Happening
in 2010?
Pre-school
and elementary workshops will include old favorites like dance and martial
arts, and new ones to introduce our kids to some of Viet Nam’s equivalents
of Hannah Montana and Wiis. We’re also asking our younger kids to collect
their pennies, nickels, and dimes, to donate to this year’s More Than
Me project. See more about our More Than Me program, a trade mark of Colorado
Heritage Camps, at http://www.heritagecamps.org/morethanme.html.
We call this “Kids Bring Change,” and we’re doing it again in 2010, so kids, please start saving those pennies!
Our new venue at the foot of the Rockies provides wonderful new opportunities
to get our middle and high schoolers outside, having adventures. We’ll
have more information about what’s available as we get closer to camp.
We’re also exploring some great possibilities for this year’s More
Than Me fundraiser, likely focusing on getting disadvantaged kids in Viet Nam
off the streets and into school. And of course, this year’s camp theme
has a lot to offer to this age group. After all, who knows more about what’s
hot than middle and high schoolers?
Adult workshops will also feature new takes on old favorites, like hot (and
spicy) cooking classes, and new topics for facilitated discussion groups and
adult adoptee panels, as well as new workshops about this year’s camp
theme.
Come ready to groove to hip music, watch hip shows, check out the latest fashions and trend-setters, and basically have fun in style – Vietnamese style, of course!
Vietnamese Heritage Camp 2010 is the place to be July 29 to August 1! Space
is limited, so please sign up early.
Thinking about giving camp a try but want to know more?
Click here to read our Frequently Asked Questions and "Four Days in the Life of Heritage Camp"
Click here to read about last year's camp. (Coming Soon)
For more pictures of Vietnamese Heritage Camp 2009 click here
We look forward to seeing your family at camp!
Though we have very strong support from the local Vietnamese 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, Vietnamese 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 .
