Archive for 'Special Activities'
The Day After Christmas – 2008
Our hopes were high for a White Christmas here in Gongyi but it never developed. We had a very small amount of snow flurries on the 23rd which added to our anticipation of snow to enhance this beautiful day but…… So we thought we would attempt to take a night shot.. “time exposure” of part […]
Posted: December 26th, 2008 under Christmas, Special Activities, Visitors.
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Christmas Preparations
It’s that time again, and just like children in many countries, the Home of Hope children have “learned about” and they get “excited about” Christmas. Since we opened the first Home of Hope in early 2000, each year we have celebrated Christmas with the children and the Christmas celebration has become one of their yearly […]
Posted: December 22nd, 2008 under Christmas, Special Activities.
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Summer Camp – 2008
Our 2008 Summer Camp went from July 14th to July 18th. This year we again combined all the children from XuZhou Home of Hope and GongYi Home of Hope along with several children from the outside who wanted to join us. On July 13th, Bob Sayer and the children from the XuZhou Home of Hope […]
Posted: August 16th, 2008 under Special Activities.
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Pre Summer Camp – Retreat
This is our second year to have our Home of Hope Summer Camp which is when we bring all the Home of Hope children (from both XuZhou and GongYi) and many of the employees together for one week of fun activities, corporate teaching on character and social graces. After last years Summer Camp we realized […]
Posted: July 17th, 2008 under China Tidbits, Education, Special Activities, Uncategorized.
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Summer Fun – 2008
Summer is a great time at the Home of Hope. We have our annual Youth Camp the later part of July which is when the children from our XuZhou facility come to GongYi for a week of fun, games and special teaching. Each year Ben and Michelle Godard take charge of the Youth Camp and […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2008 under Our Children, Special Activities.
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