* BIG NEWS!
2010 Eastern Europe, Russian and Central Asia Heritage Camp Weekend
“Come Join the Celebration!”
Registrations still accepted

* ANNUAL PRE-SPRING FESTIVAL
AKA Winterfest
Sat, Feb 27 1-4pm (optional swimming 4:30)
Meadowbrook Center, Seattle

* ANNUAL EVENTS

*Break Out Groups:
Single Parents, Lifebooking, etc.

Childrens Activities:
Playgroup, Older Kids

*Parent Education

*Social & Cultural Events: Monthly Gatherings

*Countries & Culture

*Orphanage / Orphan Support

* Join FRUA, INC

*Resources: Amazon Store, E-Group, Directory, Lending Library, Newsletter, Adoptive Families Magazine, FRUA INC Membership

Annual Pre-Spring Festival (aka Winterfest) is coming!!!


Remember the Annual Pre-Spring Festival (AKA Winterfest) Sat, February 27th, Meadowbrook Center, Seattle, 1-4pm AND REMEMBER CULTURE CAMP IS COMING. Late registrations are still being accepted as long as there are beds! Private rooms in the lodge have a waiting list, but there are still spaces in the dorm-style cabins, especially for teenagers. Don't space this one out!




PLEASE NOTE: Calendar events and links/resources below are presented for information only. We try to post all related community parent education, adoption, and cultural events and resources that our members might be interested in checking out. Unless noted specifically as a FRUA INC event - FRUA, INC does not endorse, nor have any connection with the event or resource. If an event or link is of interest to you, please follow up with the organizer or organization on your own.

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TODAY !!!
KITSAP CHADD AD/HD & RELATIONSHIPS
7:00pm-8:30pm Group Health Cooperative Silverdale Speaker – Bruce Weaber, MA, Marriage & Family Therapist SILVERDALE
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YAKIMA CHADD
6:30pm-8:30pm AD/HD YAKIMA
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Thursday Feb 11
WISH (WAITING IS SO HARD)
7:00pm-9:00pm sponsored by Kitsap Adoption Group www.kitsapadoptiongroup.com Joe & Gayle Kohler 360-662-0630 SILVERDALE
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PLAY AND LEARN
10:00am-12:00pm (206) 362-2842 A preschool for caregivers, parents and children. Activities promoting kindergarten readiness and parent Education. SHORELINE
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FRUA INC SINGLES GREAT WOLF LODGE
Info contact debbie@ericksonconnection.com GRAND MOUND
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Friday Feb 12
SEATTLE BALKAN DANCERS
8:30pm-12:00am $5 or whatever Russian Center on Capitol Hill Steve Bard for info: (425) 883-0332 http://www.ratchenitza.com During the first 60 - 90 minutes, there are easy dances that you can learn quickly;Dances may be taught sometimes; Children are welcome; no child care provided, but there are usually other children to play with if not dancing; Since 95% of our dances are line or circle dances, you don't have to bring a partner;Usually, the music is played from recordings, and you may request dances from our extensive library of music;Sometimes we have live music by local or touring bands;Special instructional workshops with professional teachers are occasionally scheduled. over 2000 songs for you to choose from
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KEF, BALKAN MUSIC
8:30pm-11:00pm Kef, the band, has been performing for dancers, festivals, cafes and bars since 2007. Their music is a sampling of the regional genres found across the Balkans, from Bulgarian wedding music to Serbian brass band, from 1960s radio-style orchestrations to melody/drone-based village music.
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JANA RICKEL BALKAN DANCE CLASS
7:30pm-8:30pm $12 per night Russian Center
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FRUA INC SINGLES GREAT WOLF LODGE
Info contact debbie@ericksonconnection.com GRAND MOUND
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Sunday Feb 14
MASLENITSA
Maslenitsa

Tuesday Feb 16
EASTSIDE CHADD ADHD CO-EXISTING CONDITIONS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS
7:00pm-9:00pm Evergreen Hospital Medical Center Surgery & Physicians. Room TAN 101 (downstairs) CenterSpeaker - Sandra Lopez, Ph.D. KIRKLAND
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Members List:

President, Lending Library:
Sharon Kiddle
Vice President, Orphanage Support, Grow Bag:
Laura Provitola
Board, Co-Treasurers:
Lynn & Mark Austin
Board, Secretary, Newsletter, Website, Directory:
Terry Mandeville
Board, Member at Large:
Elizabeth Nachman
Single Parents:
Debbie Erickson
Membership:
Shauna McGuinn
Education:
Debbie McGrew
Olympia:
Cecilia Brennan

FYI LINKS
Links listed below are either public resources or FRUA INC members


FRUA INC WA AMAZON

HERITAGE CAMP REG.

FRUA INC NETWORKS

YAHOO E-GROUP

FRUA, INC OREGON

LOCAL MEDICAL

CENTER FOR ADOPTION MEDICINE

LOCAL COUNSELING

PARENTING INT'L ADOPTED CHILDREN

ATTACHMENT CENTER NORTHWEST

NURTURING ATTACHMENTS

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

BOYER CHILDREN'S CLINIC

SACARIN CENTER

HANDLE INSTITUTE

LOCAL EDUCATION

ACADEMY SCHOOLS

PACIFIC LEARNING CENTER NW

KINDERING CENTER

LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE

CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING DIFFERENCES

READING, WRITING, THINKING

SPEECH / HEARING

CHILDRENS HOSPITAL SPEECH AND LANGUAGE

GROUP HEALTH SPEECH, LANGUAGE & LEARNING

RITE CARE (SCOTTISH RITE MASONS)

U OF W SPEECH & HEARING CLINIC

LOCAL OT/PT

ROSEMARY WHITE

LOCAL NETWORKS

NW ADOPTIVE FAMILIES

ADOPTIVE FRIENDS & FAMILIES

NATIONAL MEDICAL

THE ORPHAN DOCTOR

RONALD S. FEDERICI

DANA JOHNSON

PATRICK MASON

LOCAL REFERRAL

ADOPTION REFERRAL SERVICES

COUNTRY INFO

EVENTS

PAPERWORK

INS WEBSITE

ORPHANAGE SUPPORT

SOSNOVAYA STREET ORPHANAGE

WORLDWIDE ORPHANS FOUNDATION

MARIA'S CHILDREN

ONE HEART BULGARIA

SPOON FOUNDATION

IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA

ORPHAN CARE

JEREMIAH'S HOPE

LIFE2ORPHANS

SINGLE PARENTS

FRUA, INC WA SINGLE PARENTS
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* * * * * * * STOP THE PRESSES!!!! Register NOW! - August 20-22 - First FRUA INC Washington State Heritage Camp!!!! Space limited, going fast! * * * * * * Don't miss the long awaited ANNUAL PRE-SPRING FESTIVAL (aka Winterfest). Saturday, February 27th, 1-4pm with swimming at 4:30 at the Meadowbrook Community Center, Seattle * * * * * * * Welcome to Washington State FRUA, INC! Join us for some fun, support, networking, friendship, and learning!



It's Coming!
Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia Heritage Camp “Come Join the Celebration!”
Don't worry, even though the registration deadline has passed, there are still some beds available!!! At this point the private rooms in the lodge have a waiting list, but there are still some beds left in the "dorm-style" cabins - especially for teens.



click here to download and print the
2010 Heritage Camp Registration Form file



Families for Russian & Ukrainian Adoption

Including Neighboring Countries

About Us. We are a non-profit, volunteer-run support organization for adoptive families with children from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics. Washington State FRUA INC, is a regional chapter of National FRUA INC. Our families have found that there is no roadmap to guide parents of adopted children from these countries, so we've turned to the real experts - other families.

FRUA INC stands for Families for Russian and Ukranian Adoption Including Neighboring Countries. Although the majority of our families have adopted from (or are waiting to adopt from) regions in Russia... all Eastern European and Ex-Soviet countries share equal representation in our group. We have had families who have adopted from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia and Ukraine (as well as China, India, Guatemala, and Thailand).

Some of our children were adopted as infants, some as pre-schoolers, some as school-aged kids, and even some as teens. Our childrens' ethnic heritages include Slavic, Romani (Gypsy), Asian, Turkic, and a variety of native cultures. Our children have a variety of abilities, disabilities, and issues.

Adoption is a never-ending journey... & our chapter has families in the "research", "waiting to travel", "just home", and "been home a long time" stages of the journey... just waiting to connect with YOU!

We can assist you in preparing for your adoption experience, help after you return home and offer continued support in the future.

Click the various pages and links along the left side of this page, and throughout the site, to find out more about the Events, Activities, resources, and ongoing Programs offered by FRUA INC, Washington State

 

Yahoo E-group

  The most important source of information, support, & notification of upcoming activities is our Yahoo e-mail group. We encourage members (& prospective members) to go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRUA-Washington
& join this group.

It is an active group, without too large a number of postings. If you hate email, you can sign up for a daily digest (all messages for the day in one e-mail) or "no e-mail" & read the messages on the Yahoo site board at your convenience.

The topics range from upcoming FRUA, INC activities to advice between members on various adoption topics.

 

Volunteer!


Hi There! Welcome to Washington State FRUA, INC! Join us for some fun, support, networking, friendship, and learning!

FRUA, INC Washington State is guided by an ALL-VOLUNTEER Board of Directors. These volunteers are nominated and elected by the board.


some of YOUR volunteers, won't you join us?

You’ve heard the bit before… we need you to volunteer… yadda, yadda… blah, blah, blah! You are probably sick to death of hearing that FRUA, INC is run ENTIRELY by volunteers who give back a bit of their hard-earned time & energy to support our membership.

  • Did you have fun at the Winterfest / Spring Festival?

  • Do you enjoy the newsletter?

  • Use the information in the Directory?

  • Learn a lot at the Conference?

  • How many friends did you meet at the picnic?

  • Do you think the Heritage Camp is a valuable and wonderful opportunity?

Yep… volunteers put together all of those things!


I KNOW you don’t want to hear

  • how little time it takes to be one of these volunteers…
  • or that you don’t have to have any special skills…
  • or how much fun we have sharing ideas & working together…
  • or how cool it is to make some really supportive friends among the other volunteers for yourselves & your children.

…but …we really DO need you, you know!


First we need volunteers to help plan and coordinate all parts of the upcoming HERITAGE CAMP . We have big plans, and many hands will make short work. We need Coordinators and Committee Members to FIND AND TEACH CULTURAL GAMES, GET ALL THOSE SUPPLIES, and COODINATE AND SUPERVISE THE VOLUNTEERS. We also need to hire a COOK. All volunteers please contact debbie@ericksonconnection.com


Then it would be great to to re-start the PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUPS . We have had very successful and meaningful playgroups for the younger children as the interest of our families dictates. In the past this has been a very significant opportunity for children to form long-term relationships with peers from similar backgrounds. It also has been a unique opportunity for parents to form friendships with others who understand some of the joys, as well as the trials and tribulations of being an adoptive parent of children from Ex-Soviet countries. The wealth of support, information, friendship and networking is awesome.

Right now our hang-up is finding dedicated adults to plan and lead this group. This could be an individual, or a group of individuals. If you have even the slightest interest in getting regular Playgroups off the ground, please contact sharonkiddle@hotmail.com


The LENDING LIBRARY needs a Coodinator too. Anyone with an interest in helping to organize our books and CDs for lending to our membership, publicizing the availability of resources and borrowing proceedure, handling the records of who borrows what, and seeking out and procuring new resources would be very welcome. For more information email sharonkiddle@hotmail.com


We are also looking for BOARD MEMBERS-AT-LARGE . Anyone with an interest in helping to direct our chapter, shape our activities, and plan our events is welcome. For more information email sharonkiddle@hotmail.com


The commitment for any of these positions requires only a few ideas, a little energy, & a few hours every month. One final thought… each position is flexible. You can make it what you want. It is OUR group, led by OUR families, with OUR goals & ideas. If you are reading this, you are a part of it already.

Why not come to a board meeting or talk to any of the volunteers who are listed on the left margin under "members". In fact, email Sharon right now at sharonkiddle@hotmail.com or Terry at terrymand@aol.com

Its great fun volunteering for the Board or helping as a committee volunteer! Don't be shy.... consider joining us.


 
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