Archive for October, 2010

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The Tzu Chi Foundation Cleveland Service Center will be celebrating its 13^th Anniversary on Sunday, November 7th  in Highland Heights.  You are cordially invited to join the festivities  from 11:30am to 3:30pm for various indoor and outdoor (weather permitted) activities.

The program beings at 1:00pm with information on Cleveland Tzu Chi Foundation’s past and present, missions, the work they do locally and their community outreach programs.  Tzu Chi’s Environmental Programs and the Green World technologies that help protect the environment will be introduced followed by songs, piano performance and fitness exercise.

Healthy homemade vegetarian food will be served from 12:00noon to 2:00pm for a reasonable price as part of a fund drive. Games and activities for kids to educate healthy life style and rummage sale of donated items will be available throughout the day.

Please mark your calendar for a day to meet new friends and enjoy healthy food and programs for your body and soul!  Click here for more information.

The end of summer brought great success for ASIA’s student enrichment programs.  In Akron, the International Community Empowerment Program (ICEP) taught 28 elementary students about traffic and water safety, healthy choices, and alcohol and tobacco prevention.  Program highlights included a trip to Munroe Falls.

The Community Adult Mentoring (CAM) program served 30 students on Cleveland’s east side, focusing on English enrichment, outdoor activities, Chinese cultural education, and fitness.  Westside CAM served over 100 students, age K-12 with a focus on ESL education, math, and science.  Lakewood’s Help 2 Others program (H2O) provided teen mentors and the Cleveland Catholic Diocese and the Cleveland Foodbank partnered to provide nutritious breakfast and lunch to the students throughout the summer.

ASIA’s Northeast Ohio Asian women’s Leadership Initiative (NALI) hosted its first 2 day retreat to develop women as “natural helpers.” Natural helpers are trained to recognize and support domestic violence victims in their community.  The interactive training program brought together 25 women of all ages from 8 different Asian ethnic groups.  In support of national Domestic Violence Awareness Month,  participants developed the skills and capacity to be leaders who speak out against domestic violence.

Krystal Martin from the Ohio Domestic Violence Network presented and Julia Shearson, Executive Director of CAIR’s Cleveland chapter was in attendance.  The event was held at beautiful Punderson Manor and catered by local Filipino chef Marina Villanueva-Velmin.

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund has just announced its scholarship opportunities for 2011-2012.  Scholarships are available for high school seniors entering college in 2011 and current college students.  Applications are due January 14, 2011.

High school seniors, click here to apply.

Current college students, click here.

The vision of APIASF is to see that all APIAs have access to higher education and resources that cultivate their academic, personal and professional success

Cleveland State University is offering free ESOL classes to children through the Community Learning Center for Children and Youth.  Classes are held on Tuesdays or Wednesdays starting the week of October 11th.  Please call 216.687.4621 to enroll your child age 1st grade-10th grade.  Click here for more information.