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Upcoming eventsAdult Adoptee Leadership Conference, Bloomington, MN
April 6, 2013 Korean Culture School March 9, April 13, and May 4, 2013 Sole 2 Seoul Walk-a-thon and Picnic April 27, 2013 Adult Adoptee Service Trip to Korea June 21- 30, 2013 2013 Camp Rice July 18- July 20, 2013 |
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Our Mission
All Services for International Adoptees and Adoptive Families (ASIA), Inc was founded to meet the needs of international adoptees and their adoptive families by providing important cultural resources that they otherwise would not have access to. Our mission is to; assist internationally adopted persons to develop their identities through enriching education programs relative to their country of birth, grow leaders among internationally adopted individuals so that they may contribute to society, and gather and distribute information and resources to promote healthy adoptive families with children who joined their families from countries other than the USA. ASIA is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization recognized by IRS. ASIA's board members consists of Korean adoptees, adoptive parents, and Korean Americans who are interested in supporting adoption communities. Eunice Park-Lee currently serves as the Chair of the board, Eve Zimmerman as Treasurer, and Jenni Grabel as Secretary.
ASIA offers a variety of programs including:
We dream to do more and serve more to meet the complex needs for international adoptees and their adoptive families. We welcome volunteers and sponsors who have hearts and passion to offer their talents and resources to assist Korean adoptees to build solid identity as proud Korean American adoptees. Thank you.
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ASIA offers a variety of programs including:
- Korean Culture School – This monthly school provides a rich cultural experience for Korean adoptees and their families. Once a month we gather to learn about their heritage through fun and creative hands-on activities.Classes include paper folding, drumming, story telling and arts and crafts. We also share Korean food to wrap up each culture school day.Over the past two and a half years the number of participants of the Korean Culture School has been doubled. Currently ASIA Korean Culture School is attended by 40 children, 40 adoptive parents and 20 volunteers making our group as 100 people at any given culture school day.
- Korean Culture Camp – A terrific weekend experience held every July offers fun for the whole family. It is annual Korean Culture Camp-Camp Rice. It is a sleep over camp for families and teen agers.We
will be able to provide a positive setting for families to learn about the wonderful Korean culture by exploring rice. Adoptive families with Korean children of all ages and their siblings are welcome to participate. The past summer Camp Rice was attended by 140 campers. The typical campers consist of young and older Korean adoptees, adoptive parents and their siblings and Korean American volunteers. - Special Events – We hold special events to reach out to the community and help raise funds for ASIA programs. These include Friendship Night and the Sole to Seoul Walk-a-thon. Korea Friendship Night invites some Korean American adoptees and Korean Americans to share their talents in music, dance, martial art, poetry reading or etc. It is a cultural exchange opportunity between adoption communities and Korean American immigrant communities and a chance to highlight our Korean American adoptees' strength and talents.If you know any artist at any age, please send recommendations to Grace Song at
info@asia-allservices.org. We usually set up a donation box in the event hall and welcome tax deductible donations. There is also a silent auction prior to the event. All proceeds will benefit ASIA’s ongoing programs such as Culture Camp and Culture School. - Adult Adoptee Leadership Conferences and service trip to Korea - One of the ASIA goals is growing leaders among internationally adopted individuals so that they may contribute to society.To promote international adoptee leaderships, ASIA launched its first adult adoptee leadership conference in Washington DC in June of 2012, which was received well by the participants.ASIA is planning the second adult adoptee leadership conference in San Francisco in October, 2012.In 2013, ASIA will be adding a service trip to Korea with adult adoptees in the year of 2013.
We dream to do more and serve more to meet the complex needs for international adoptees and their adoptive families. We welcome volunteers and sponsors who have hearts and passion to offer their talents and resources to assist Korean adoptees to build solid identity as proud Korean American adoptees. Thank you.
Would you like to join our mailing list? Click here to add your email address.