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The OCA Columbus Chapter and Central
Ohio Families with Children from China (COFCC) co-hosted
a 2-hour cultural event for the COFCC children on August
29 at Thompson Park in Upper Arlington. More than twenty
children plus their parents participated in the event.
Some traveled as far as Chillicothe. Everyone had
hands-on experience making kites and then flying them,
thanks to the beautiful and windy weather.
The event was focused on kite-making led by the
Chinese artist Jingfei Li, who is a visiting artist at
OSU from Kunming, China. The COFCC co-organizer is Gail
Rigelhaupt with support from Filomena Folden; the OCACC
co-organizer is Kun Shi with support from Linda Wong.
Present at the event were board members of OCACC: SL Lee
and Tai Wong, who used to serve as mentors for the COFCC
children. Dr. Patrick McAloon from the OSU Chinese
Flagship was invited to speak to the COFCC families
about his experience with Chinese language learning and
the opportunities of studying Chinese at OSU. Also at
the event was Jeff Chan, assistant director of the OSU
Institute of Chinese Studies.
OCACC hopes to work with COFCC in providing cultural
and mentoring programs for the children adopted from
China. For more information about OCACC and COFCC,
please visit http://www.ocacolumbus.org and http://www.centralohiofcc.org.
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