Family Culture Picnic & Dinner!

We ARE having our Ethiopian Culture Picnic and Ethiopian Dinner on Saturday, July 28. We have modified things a little bit this year and will be making a more laid back picnic style event but we are still having our wonderful Ethiopian cultural emphasis. We will be at the same location for the day (12:00 - 4:00 pm) on the campus of Athletes in Action, Xenia, OH, but will be holding our dinner at the Faith Community United Methodist Church in Xenia. Join us for hair braiding, merkato, coffee ceremony, relaxed family fun and more time to meet other families! You don't want to miss! 


Traveling from out of town? We still have very comfortable accommodations in the air conditioned clean rooms of the dorms at AIA with a breakfast provided the following morning. (Room charge is $46/room). 


Cost
Family rate for the picnic of $40, a $12 dinner fee for anyone 4 years & over
Room charge (if you join us over night) of $46 per room.  


Hope this information helps you to make plans to join us! Registration form will be available soon!

Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp Fund Raiser Dinner

Our annual Ethiopian dinner is going to be March 17, 2012 from 5 to 8pm at Christ Church at Mason in Mason. You must register for this event, so if you want to attend, please email us at ethiopiakids@gmail.com for a registration form.

We will be doing the cooking for the dinner on March 10, also at Christ Church from 8am until 5pm. We would love more volunteers for any or all of the day! You will leave smelling like berbere, but you will also learn how to cook the dishes we will serve at the dinner:

1. Dora Wat (Spicy Chicken Stew)

2. Tibs (Beef)

3. Lentils- both mild and spicy

4. Dinich (Carrots, Potatoes, and Beans)

5. Gomen (Greens)

6. Lasagne (for our non-Ethiopian food eaters)

7. Rice

8. Salad

We will also of course be serving injera and coffee... Hope to see you there!

Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp Fund Raiser Dinner

*Edited for Date Changes*

Happy New Year! We have already begun planning for this year's Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp!

We have scheduled our fund raiser dinner for March 10, 2012 at Christ Church at Mason! We hope to see you and your family there! (NOTE: DINNER DATE IS NOW MARCH 17, 2012!!)

Also, we are going to be cooking for the dinner on March 3 (NOW MARCH 10) from about 8am until 5pm. It is a huge undertaking to prepare for our dinner, which always has a large turnout. We will need the help of many volunteers and would love your help.

If you are interested in learning more about the dinner and/or assisting in the dinner preparation, please email us at ethiopiakids@gmail.com.

July 1: Camp Registration is Closed

Camp registration for the 2011 Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp closed today so we will not be able to accept any more campers this year.

We have been working hard to plan a fun, exciting, and informational camp experience for everyone attending. If you have registered for camp, we will be emailing in the next few weeks with some specifics about what to expect.

And, be watching this page for more information, too. We are so excited about this year's camp, which is four weeks from tomorrow!

The Planning for Camp Continues!

We are continuing to plan for this year's camp. The theme is "Celebrations," so we are going to be exploring some of Ethiopia's celebrations-- holidays, weddings, etc. Is there anything you'd like to learn more about? Comment on this post or send us an email at ethiopiakids@gmail.com.

We will be accepting registrations until July 1, 2011 (or until space is full if we fill up before July 1.)

Need more information or a registration for this year's camp? Email us at ethiopiakids@gmail.com.

We hope to see you at this year's Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp!

Registration is now open!

Registration for this year's Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp in Xenia Ohio,
July 30-31 is now open. Please email at ethiopiakids@gmail.com if you have questions, need more information, or would like us to send you the registration information. You can find more information on our facebook page. The link is to the right of this post, or you can do a search for "Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp" on Facebook.

We are so excited about this year's camp. We are planning a great program for
you. The theme is "Celebrations," and we will be learning more about Ethiopian
New Year and Ethiopian weddings... We will, of course, also be having an
authentic Ethiopian dinner on Saturday night and have other activities planned.

Photos from the Dinner

We had a great time at the dinner! We hope that everyone who attended enjoyed the food, music, dancing, coffee ceremony, injera demonstration, silent auction, and market! We are now going to spend the next 4 months planning a great camp for our Ethiopian adoptive community. Hope you're there, too! Also, if you have any photos you'd like to share from the dinner, please email them to us at ethiopiakids@gmail.com.