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June 26 KIDS Camp Registration extended to 6/30Hello All,
Please get registered for KIDS camp 2009.
We are extending the registration to 6/30.
Thanks,
KIDS Board June 20 KIDS Members invited to Mariner Game July 11thHost: Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009 Time: 6:45pm - 10:00pm Location: Safeco Field Street: 1200 First Avenue South City/Town: Seattle, WA Phone: 2069304964 Email: sarahkim@aaawashington.org
Join AAAW members and KIDS (Korean Identity Development Society) Culture Camp volunteers for a Seattle Mariners baseball game at home versus the Texas Rangers. This game will take place the Saturday after KIDS Culture camp week.
Cost to attend is $25 each and includes your game ticket and complimentary food!
Meet by the Home Field Gate at 6:45 pm (game time is 7:10 pm) in order to get your ticket (please bring $25 cash) and meet with other attendees.
Limited tickets are available, so please RSVP by Friday, July 3rd to sarahkim@aaawashington.org.
Thanks, Sarah May 10 KIDS Korean Culture Camp 2009 Signup AvailableKIDS Korean Camp 2009 is July 6th-10th this year, with teens at Fort Casey Monday - Thursday. The registration forms can be found by clicking KIDSCamp2009Forms Please print-off forms and mail to the address listed on the forms. Please get your forms and checks to us by June 20th so we can order shirts and prepare for the right amount of campers. Volunteers are welcome in the Kitchen and elsewhere. Please fill out the Adult Medical and volunteer forms if you are going to be helping with camp. We really need to get those who are in K-6 involved in helping out this year. We welcome your participation. Thanks, The KIDS Board. January 13 Korean American Day 2008Attending the First Annual Korean American Day was a great honor. Thousands of Korean American's and family filled the capital building in Olympia. All four floors of the capital building were full of people trying to catch a glimpse of the celebration below.
I really enjoyed seeing older Korean Men and Women celebrating, as this was a very proud moment for them all. Enormous proud smiles on many as they heard Korean songs and watched dancers and drummers do traditional Korean dances in front of diplomats and state representatives.
The most represented age at this event was probably teenagers and youngsters with second being the elder Koreans. Everyone was amazed at the turnout and plans for next year will take this years' number of participants into account.
I was also moved by the singing of the American and Korean National anthems. It was apparent there were many more Korean participants at this event when the singing of both anthems was completed. This should become a tradition at all KIDS events.
Please see the album of pictures for this event.
January 11 Korean American Day January 13th Olympia, WAWashington state marks 1903 Korean arrival in Hawaii
Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a bill to authorize celebration of Korean American Day every Jan. 13, the day Koreans first arrived in Hawaii.
It wouldn't be a legal holiday that would close schools, banks and government offices, but the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs would help coordinate events across the state to celebrate the contributions of the state's third-largest ethnic population, said Sen. Paull Shin, D-Edmonds.
At last count, the state had 46,000 native Koreans and Korean Americans. {2007 numbers}
Shin, who was born in South Korea, said both the U.S. Congress and the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea have given recognition to the day, which commemorates the arrival of Korean immigrants in Honolulu in 1903. Washington is the first state to pass a law creating the "honorary state holiday," Shin said September 25 Links on Adoption
September 07 About the KIDS OrganizationWe teach Korean Heritage to families created through Korean AdoptionKorean Identity Development Society (known as KIDS) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization founded in 1981 to serve adoptive families and their Korean-born children. Focused on creating a safe, caring and supportive community, KIDS seeks to educate members about Korean heritage and encourages a positive sense of identity and Korean culture pride. Members enjoy a calendar of events, participating in educational programs, summer camp, family camping, picnics, holiday celebrations and opportunities to discuss the complexities and challenges facing multi-cultural adoptive families. KIDS welcomes a growing membership comprised of Korean-born adoptees and their parents, siblings, children and grandparents, primarily living in greater Seattle and the Pacific Northwest |
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