FCV Events
Suggestions and volunteers are welcome. More information about these events and others are sent to our email list.
Annual Adoptive-family Camping Trip
Date: Weekend in August, two nights
Place: Cougar Rock campground at Mt. Rainier National Park
Annual Labor Day Potluck Lunch
Date: Monday, Labor Day
Time: 11:00 am
Place: Lea Ann's house
Têt Nguyên Ðán - Vietnamese New YearCommunity Events
The local Vietnamese community holds a Tet Celebration for anyone to attend. They have a dragon dance and Vietnamese cultural performances. There is more information about it at their website http://www.tetinseattle.org
Some families from our adoption group meet during this event.
Greater Seattle Vietnam Association
GSVA is committed to promoting positive relationships and mutual understanding between the people of Greater Seattle and the people of Viet Nam. They will accomplish this by promoting contact and cooperation in the areas of education, humanitarian work, trade and the arts. Their website is at www.seattlevietnam.org.
Vietnamese Adoptee Network
The Vietnamese adult adoptees, those adopted during and before the baby airlift from Vietnam in 1975, have organized a national group called Vietnamese Adoptee Network or VAN. Their website is http://www.van-online.org.
Past Events
(Pictures are being added)
Labor Day Potluck - September 2002
Cougar Rock / Mt. Rainier Family Camping Trip - August 2002
Seattle Asian Art Museum and Picnic - June 2002
Lunar New Year Parade in Vancouver B.C. - February 2002
Snow Play at Snoqualmie Pass - January 2002
VAN Gathering - October 2001
Mid-Autumn Festival - September 2001
Meeting with Vietnamese Adult Adoptees - May 2001
Vietnamese cooking class - February 2001
Tet Celebration - January 2001
Mid-Autumn Festival – Têt Trung Thu - September 2000
Seattle Asian Art Museum - August 2000
Camping Trip - August 2000
Vietnamese Heritage Camp - Colorado, August 2000
Water Puppet Show - May 2000
April 2000 - Betty Tisdale was our special guest.
Têt 2000 - Year of the Dragon
Potluck - June 1999
(I will add more pictures when I get them scanned. If anyone has pictures from our events or pictures of your family you would like on this website, please email them to me at Lea Ann.)
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