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    June 26

    KIDS Camp Registration extended to 6/30

    Hello 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 11th

    Host: 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 Available

    KIDS 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.

    February 20

    KIDS Korean Culture Camp 2008 July 7-11th 2008

     
    KIDS Korean Culture Camp 2008
    Over 78 kids attended camp this year!
    Thank you for Signing Up!
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    January 13

    Korean American Day 2008

    Attending 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, WA

    Washington 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

    AAAW is a resource that provides mentoring, fellowship, and educational opportunities for Asia/Pacific adoptees and the community. This is the follow on organization for KIDS for teens to adults.

    The mission of Adopted Korean Connection is to provide educational, cultural and social events and information focused on creating a supportive network for Adoptees.

    WACAP, founded in 1976, is one of the largest and most experienced international non-profit adoption agencies in the United States.

    • Holt International

    An adoption and family support service.

    Seattle Language Academy (SLA) is a non-profit language school in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle offering both group classes and individual lessons in foreign languages and in English as a second language. Classes and private tutoring are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. Seattle Language Academy also offers instruction in Latin and Ancient Greek and features a humanities program with classes in world literature in translation.

    KAAN’s primary project is an annual national conference in a different city each year. This annual coming together allows all attendees to feel part of a national adoption community. In fact conference attendees come from all over the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and Australia.

    KAAN offers national support and guidance, but the KAAN Conference belongs to the community where it is held. Through the process of hosting a conference, it is hoped that the local organizations will be strengthened and the local connections among adoptive families, adult adoptees, Koreans, and Korean Americans will be enhanced.

    For nine years KAAN has supported community development through its conferences: KAAN Conferences have been held in Los Angeles, California; Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey; Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Arlington, Virginia; San Francisco, California; Detroit, Michigan; Seoul Korea; and Boston, Massachusetts. Next year’s conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois.

    KAAN is entirely run by volunteers with no paid staff. All funds raised go to support the KAAN Conference.

    Interesting reading for the teen and older adoptee. Experiencing the social experiment of transracial and transnational adoption.

     

    Lectures and special events held at the University of Washington related to Korean Studies.

     

    September 07

    About the KIDS Organization

    We teach Korean Heritage to families created through Korean Adoption

    Korean 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