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Membership Learn more April 30th is the last day to register for Heritage Camp 2012! Earlybird Registration is now over, but you can still register at the regular rate Do NOT put it off - register NOW! Learn more
Calendar: Events below are presented for information only. We try to post all related community parent education, adoption, cultural events that our members might be interested in. Unless noted specifically as a FRUA INC event, FRUA INC does not endorse, nor have any connection with the event. Events listed in red are FRUA INC events. Events listed in blue are support groups or educational events. Events listed in green are cultural events. Events listed in purple are adoption playgroups and childrens' activities. |
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Board, President, Grow Bag, Lending Library:
Sharon Kiddle
Board, VP, Camp Director, Single Parents:
Debbie Erickson
Board, Sec-Treas, Newsletter, Website, Membership:
Terry Mandeville
Board, Member at Large, Welcome Outreach:
Elizabeth Nachman
Board, Member at Large:
Stephanie Vassigh
Treasurer:
Stephanie Boaz
Olympia:
Cecilia BrennanFRUA INC Links:
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Annual Events
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Click here for information about PRE-SPRING FESTIVAL
Sometimes we try our hands at making ethnic foods. For weeks before the event recipes are flying on the internet. We have sampled Borsht, Pelmeni, Bulgarian Shopska Salata, Ukraine Tvorog Galushki, Georgian Kaurma, Kazakh Pilaf... and much more. Other times guests have brought traditional pancake fillings as volunteers sling flapjacks and Blinchiki for a Russian Maslenitsa celebration.
The picnic is usually held in early September. On years when we hold the Heritage Camp in August that may substitute for the annual picnic. Our Summer Gathering is our other biggest event of the year.
Rain or shine, we gather in a picnic area or at camp to meet new friends and connect with old ones, to watch our kids play, to eat ethnic foods and learn about our children's heritage, to raise funds for orphanage / orphan support, & to just generally have fun. It's a wonderful occasion to meet other
families & have a relaxing time. It is also a good
opportunity for those interested in adopting to come &
meet others who have been through it. Watch for
announcements on the E-Group, Website, & in the Newsletter.
Click here for information about THE SUMMER GATHERING
One of the FRUA, INC kids, dressed in traditional
Kazakhstan costume, welcomes guests to Winterfest
with traditional bread and salt
Pre-Spring Celebrations (AKA Winterfest)
Every year,
in late winter / early spring we gather to celebrate the foods,
customs, & music of our combined cultures. This is
usually one of our two biggest gatherings.
The goal is to have lots of fun, to
have an opportunity to socialize
with other families who have
adopted from Eastern European
& Ex-Soviet countries, and to share in the wealth of culture of our children's heritages. We make
food from the countries of our
children's origins & there is usually
plenty of ethnic music or
folk dancing, crafts, country
exhibits, party favors, folk
characters &
merriment. Often there is a
fund raiser to benefit orphans,
orphanages, &/or children’s homes. Watch for announcements
on the E-Group, in the Newsletter, & on the Website.
Snow Maiden
Baba Marta and the Snow Maiden welcome guests to the Pre-Spring Festivals Summer Gathering
sandcastle building at the Annual Picnic
At the picnic we always have fun and games - like scavenger hunts, wading or swimming, playground play, sandcastle building contests, icebreaker games, prizes, covered play area activities, crafts, air pump rockets... and more! Sometimes there is ethnic music/dance, or a special guest from one of our children's homelands.
fun learning new dances
The picnic is also a time that we usually eat various foods from our children's heritages. It is usually a "bring your own ethnic barbeque" type of thing - with a little Shashlyk, Georgian Basturma, Bulgarian Kepapche, and such. As well as potluck ethnic sidedishes and desserts.
look for the flags!
