SAVE
THE DATE!!!
Friday, September 12, 2008
King of
Kings Lutheran Church
in Woodbury,
Minnesota
5:00-8:00pm
CCC’s Children’s Culture
Carnival/Fund-raising events are designed to teach children
about world cultures in entertaining and experiential
ways, while raising money to improve the lives of children in
need. Held in schools, businesses, and community centers, each
event spotlights several country "destinations"
and features food, music, photo exhibits, displays, and
cultural representatives from those countries, along
with activities children can participate in to help raise money
for charities in those areas. Participating kids also can make
personal connections by signing autograph books that will be sent to
children served by the charities
Events feature six countries/charities represented at
different stations around the auditorium. Each country station
features:
·
Photo/fact
board of people, landscapes,
festivals, sports, and information about the
country
·
Geography lesson (globe, flag, two clocks showing
U.S.-Central Time and that country’s date/time)
·
Language
lesson
-tape so students may
hear spoken language
-notecards with samples
of country’s language written alongside English version
·
Cultural Artifacts
(currency, dress, baskets, textiles, crafts); how used in the context
of daily life
·
Cultural representative
from each country
·
Music
·
Food/snacks
·
Autograph book for
students to sign/draw pictures, etc.
·
Polaroid cameras so
students can send their pictures to kids overseas
Fund-raising Activity:
Each
fund-raising activity involves a demonstration of some unique aspect
of the culture (ie. Guatemalan backstrap loom weaving, Kenyan basket
carrying on head, Chinese calligraphy, etc.). For $1 a child can try
the activity, and, upon completion will receive a puzzle piece that
has a country ‘fact’ on the back. As puzzle pieces are earned, they
are placed on a giant board by matching the country facts. Pieces
come together to ultimately form a photograph of a child in that
country served by the charity funds are raised for.
Each
puzzle has 70 pieces, which will raise $70 for a specific need for
children in the program (ie. yearly tuition, bicycle for
transportation to attend school, books, school uniform, etc.). Three
puzzles will be available at each of the six stations, so, by the
end of the event, $12,600 will have been raised to support 18
children.
Country
Food
Cultural Items
Activity
Kenya
Ugali
Wood carvings; textiles
Basket carrying on head
China
Mooncakes Marble
chops, Calligraphy
Afghanistan
Baklava
Carpets; lapis; medallions Kite
flying
Guatemala
Tortillas
Loom, textiles
Back-strap loom weaving
Iraq
Dates
Coins, textiles
India
Gulab jamun Saris,
bindis
Henna dying
Peru
Baskets
Basket Weaving
Haiti
Plantain chips
Kites, paintings
Kite making
Russia
Herring
Bulgaria
Yogurt, bread
Wood carvings
Nigeria
Textiles, gourds
-Autograph
books and Polaroid cameras will also be at each station to get
collect messages and photos from students attending the event. All
books will be sent off to the kids in the different programs who can
read the messages of goodwill from their peers in the
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