(optional Fun/Family Day date to be announced)
2012 Directors: Lorial Crowder, Sarah Parino, Maria Collett
"I Love Camp" - FHC 2nd Grader Camper
"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
The Filipino Heritage Camp is one of a handful of camps around the country designed especially 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 Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families, Inc. FHC 2011 is going to be a great year as we return to Winter Park, Colorado, which proved to be so much fun and such a great venue for camp last year. FHC will again be planning an optional "Family Fun Day" for folks who would like an extra no frills day. Our incredible Filipino community volunteers will return with us to Winter Park to cook delicious food, entertain, teach, and interact as counselors and adult role models with our kids.
The 2011 camp theme was "A Day in the Life of Indigenous Philippines: Honoring Our Ancestors Then and Now" This unique take on Filipino history explored the very deep roots of this vibrant culture, giving children of all ages and their parents the opportunity to delve deeply into who they are and where they came from. Special guest Lane Wicken, a researcher of the indigenous past of the Philippines for two decades, and author of "Filipino Tattoos: Ancient and Modern," brought a wonderful perspective to our camp theme, and was an enthusiastic camp participant too. Of course, our incredible Filipino community volunteers and counselors also provided us with insight into their cultural roots, and provided our campers of all ages with delicious food, entertainment, insight, and friendship. Some of our counselors and participants were Filipino adult adoptees this year, and having them participate in camp added much appreciated insight and energy. It was another warm and wonderful year at FHC!
We also always spend time at camp exploring the unique gifts and challenges that come with our mostly transracial adoptive families. We realize that as your children grow, they will be dealing with issues faced by any child of color, no matter their country of birth. At our camp, they are with a sea of families who are like theirs, and with children who are in the majority for a few days. Though we celebrate and strive to highlight the birth country of our campers, the similarities of being adopted children of color in mostly transracial families is what really bonds the children, and their families so immediately at our camp
This year, we are moving to an exciting new location in Golden, Colorado, the American Mountaineering Center, which is a lovely meeting space with plenty of outdoor activities available in the foothills of the Rockies. Lodging will be available in Golden for those traveling to Colorado from a distance. We will also be spending time 15 minutes away at the Filipino American Community of Colorado's wonderful cultural center. The camp theme will soon be decided, so watch this site for updates, as well as for guest presenters, workshops, and activities as they are confirmed.
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