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.

Ethiopian Fundraiser Dinner Tomorrow!

Our dinner is in less than 24 hours! We are so excited to celebrate with our friends and family tomorrow and enjoy a great Ethiopian meal. The Dayton Women's Group (consisting of both Ethiopian and Eritrean women) have been so helpful and generous to use in helping us prepare the meal and get everything just right.

We are going to have a silent auction as well so don't forget to bring some cash or your check book if you want to bid on any of the Ethiopian items we'll have available.

The money raised tomorrow will assist us in creating the best Culture Camp possible for our Ethiopian adoptive community we are so fortunate to be a part of!

Fund Raiser Dinner Next Week

Next Saturday, March 26, 2011 is our fund raiser dinner. We are expecting a packed house and are so excited to share an Ethiopian meal with our friends and families!

We will begin accepting registrations for our 2011 Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp in April. Check back soon to see how you can be a part of this year's camp!

2011 Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp Scheduled

Mark your calendars!

This year's camp will be July 30-31, 2011, once again in Xenia, Ohio!

Our fund raiser dinner will be March 26, 2011. We will be cooking for the dinner on March 19 and need many volunteers to make it a success.

We look forward to a great turnout both at this year's dinner and of course at our 2011 camp!

For more information, please email ethiopiakids@gmail.com

Camp Registration Now Closed

Registration is now closed for this year's camp. We are looking forward to putting on a great program for the families attending and can't wait to see you all there. As always, if you have questions about camp, please email at ethiopiakids@gmail.com.

One Month Left to Register!

We are accepting registrations for Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp until Aug. 1, 2010. We would love to see you there!

Questions, email at ethiopiakids@gmail.com.

We have a great program planned for our families!

Culture Camp Update

Scholarship applications for our 2010 Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp are due on Monday to ethiopiakids@gmail.com. See the post below and click on the link to access the application and the camp registration form.

We hope to see you there!

Registration and Scholarship Forms Online

We now have the registration and scholarship forms for the Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp 2010 online! Please click on the links below to access them. Email at ethiopiakids@gmail.com if you have questions or problems downloading the form.

Registration Form

Scholarship Application

NOTE: Registration is now closed for the 2010 Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp.

Now Accepting Registrations and Scholarship Applications!

Our Second Annual Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp is August 28-29, 2010 at the Athletes in Action Campus in Xenia, Ohio.

Please email: ethiopiakids@gmail.com to request more information and registration and scholarship forms.

We hope to see you there!

What a Great Dinner Response!

We have such a response to the dinner, that we are changing locations. If you have reserved your tickets, join us across the street from Hope Church at Christ's Church at Mason, 5165 Western Row Road, Mason, OH. Enter Door #3 at the back of the church. The gym is just inside the door. We will have a silent auction for some Ethiopian items and you can buy more chances to win the Jabana set. See you Saturday, February 6 at 6:00 pm.

Thanks!

Ethiopia Dinner

Invite your family and friends for a rich experience in flavor and culture!

Family Ethiopian Fundraiser Dinner

When?: Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Where?: Hope Church, 4934 Western Row Road, Mason, Ohio

What?: Lots of food and good fun.

How Much?: $10 ages 8 up, $6 ages 4 - 7, Free ages 3 under. ($35/family max)

For a registration form, contact bewingfam@aol.com.

The money raised will go to offset costs for the September 2010 Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp.

I just wanted to personally invite you and your family to the Ethiopia Kids Family Culture Camp on Sept. 5-6, 2009. There have been many activities planned such as hair braiding, crafts, soccer game, a coffee ceremony, a visit from some African zoo animals (NEW!), an Ethiopian dinner celebration in the evening and much more! The camp will be held at the Conference and Retreat Center of Athletes-in-Action located in Xenia, OH. The accomodations are nice, carpeted, clean and air conditioned! 

We can still take registrations! Hope to see you there!