CFC Newsletter Appreciation for Debbie Lin-Dyken, long time board member and editor-in-chief of the CFC Newsletter! Click below to get your very own souvenir copy! 4/8/2023 – CFCNewsletterV2I1 11/9/2022 – CFC Newsletter V1N3 CFC Newsletter V1N2 has no link, since it was a Picture Directory for CFC 2022 3/11/2022 – CFC Newletter...
Read MoreNew to CFC? Need to know more about the VCFC schedule of events and activities? Want to check out your Zoom connection? Want to hang out with Uncle Allen Yang? Want to earn valuable water balloon points? Not to worry, we’ve got you covered. Join us at one of our upcoming VCFC Intro Sessions to get your questions answered and connect with fellow campers across the country! We may also use these sessions as trial runs for some of the...
Read MoreHello CFC alumni! We will be offering another FREE and ONLINE version of Chinese Family Camp this year, from July 18-25th. Start saving up your water balloon points for Uncle Lawrence!
Read MoreHello Campers! I hope this note finds all of you healthy. President Elysa Chao, Past-President Allen Yang and I (Camp Director Lawrence Wang) meet weekly to discuss camp preparations. Our conversations have recently turned to COVID-19 and what it might mean for CFC 2020. As of now CFC 2020 is still set for July, but we will continue to monitor the situation and keep you updated with any changes. In addition to any actions we may take,...
Read MoreClick here to go to the Register/Contact Us page Click here to download the Registration form and instructions CFC 2019 – Online Registration Directions...
Read MoreCFC 2017 has begun! We have seriously taken over the Lilac Room at the Amish Acres Inn here in exotic Nappanee, India-na! We have families from all over the country – Illinois. Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, New York – with others coming from California and who knows where else? Auntie Vevan and Auntie Karen are leading pre-teen ed, while Auntie Caryn is leading teen ed. [insert rather interesting photo of youth...
Read MoreIf you didn’t quite get the hint from the link on our homepage or from our Facebook page or our YouTube channel, we have a Very Nicely done, professionally produced (well, at least Uncle Mark gets paid to do this kind of thing) video essay providing an audio/visual taste of what Camp is like. In a delightful improvement over Mark’s previous production from 1978, it’s in COLOR! And it didn’t take someone lugging...
Read MoreWe’ve survived the Ming Dynasty nautical eggs-peditions, transporting hard boiled eggs or magic towels to far off exotic lands (actually the far end of the Amish Acres Inn pool) We re-purposed the “Toviska” song to “Dynasties” and managed to fit in 17 dynasty names, in rough chronological order. Uncle Joe’s finger may have been slightly busted on his final frame at the bowling alley. Lucky that...
Read MoreThese are the voyages of Chinese Family Camp. Our ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no Chinese-American has gone before! For the 58th consecutive year, we will be learning about Chinese culture and language in our traditional Chinese venue, Amish Acres Inn, Nappanee, Indiana. And we will have the joy of spending time with special friends and family members from...
Read MoreHi Campers! Here’s an exchange I’ve been having with Heather Hwalek, daughter of Ginger Yang-Hwalek, grand-daughter of KT and Heather Yang of the South Bend Yang clan: ====================================== Hello Chinese Family Camp, My name is Heather Hwalek, and I am currently a U.S. Foreign Service Officer stationed in Guangzhou, China. Our Public Affairs office is coordinating public outreach events centered around...
Read More
Recent Comments