Happy Hair Hour

Okanagan Families With Children from Africa

Wednesday December 2, 7-9pm, Kelowna

Moms, please join us for drinks, snacks,  and hair/body care talk.

Our first Happy Hair Hour will be a Products Show and Tell. 
Please bring your favourite hair and body care products to show to other moms, and $5 to throw into the kitty for our group’s new hair mannequin. We’ll relax and talk about products that work for our kids, where to find them and/or how to make them.

Want to come? Email okanaganfca@gmail.com
Please RSVP by Sun Nov. 29. 
Wine, non-alcoholic beverages and some wee snacks provided.

Please leave your kidlets at home.

Next time… a braiding workshop with the new mannequin.

Let’s Go Nuts!
Okanagan Families With Children From Africa
Fall Picnic in a Nut Orchard

Saturday, October 3rd, 11-2pm
Gellatly Nut Farm, Westbank

Bring your own picnic, reusable dishes, blanket, chairs and outdoor games/toys, and nut-picking bowls/bags.
We will supply hot drinks.
There will be old-fashioned picnic games like three-legged and potato-sack races.
There is 500 ft of pebble beach to throw rocks and run around, as well as a few picnic tables.
And of course, you can go into the nut orchard and pick nuts, which is pretty fun. To take them home, you pay $2-3 a pound.

Please dress warm! For the brisk autumn weather.
There is no shelter at the Nut Farm, so if it looks to be pouring rain, I’ll send out an emergency location via email the day before.

As usual, family and friends of group members are very welcome.

Not a member but want to come?  Email okanaganfca@gmail.com .

To get there: from Hwy 97 in Westbank turn down Gellatly Road towards the lake. When you hit a T intersection, turn right on Gellatly (left is Boucherie) and follow the road as it curves past a resort. Shortly after you will see Whitworth Road and the Gellatly Nut Farm is just a short way in on the left. Note that much further down the road is the Gellatly Heritage Park – but that’s not where we are going.

More about the nut farm: Regional District Site and some pictures.

Our May 2009 Potluck was held at one of our member family’s home.  We were treated to some amazing Ethiopian food, cooked by our hosts, as well as the usual eceltic assortment of potluck dishes.

The kids had a great time jumping on the trampoline, and the adults did what we do best – chat and watch the kids!  Several new families joined us for this event… we had just over 50 people in attendance!  Wow!

Enjoy the pictures below.

OKFCA POTLUCK SUPPER
Saturday May 9, 2009 – starting at 5pm
Kelowna (in South Rutland – please email okanaganfca@gmail.com for the address)

Our Canadian Ethiopian  hosts will make some Ethiopian dishes and injera. The rest of us will bring drinks, desserts, salads, etc.

Everyone is responsible for bringing their own non-breakable dishes, cutlery, glasses – and lawnchairs! for their family.

Please RSVP to okanaganfca@gmail.com by the end of the month with how many of your family members are coming, and what you are planning to bring.

As usual, friends and family of our group are very welcome!

Thanks to one of our members for some more great pictures!

Everyone had a great time out in Lavingotn.  We were happy to welcome a bunch of new members – people planning on adopting, another Ethiopian family, and even a veteran adoptive parent who adopted from Ethiopia a decade ago.  Our group just continues to grow and thrive!

Thanks so much to our Lavington members for hosting us – it was the perfect facility with a kitchen and lots of playing room and games.  Thanks to the couple who presented pictures of their recent trip to pick up their daughter.  And thanks to everyone for coming out!

It was so nice to see our regular members joined by new members!  Congratulations to the folks who have just started their process, and our newest arrivals (and their families) from Ethiopia and Swaziland. 

To see the photos below, simply click on the photo itself.  It will forward to a larger picture.  Enjoy!

We’re holding a Autumn BBQ for OK FCA members, our families and friends…

Beasley Park in Winfield (Lake Country)

Saturday September 27, 11-2pm

Please bring

• a communal dish (salad or dessert) with serving utensil
• meat to bbq for your own family
• lawn chairs, blank
• reuseable plates, glasses and cutlery for your family
  (let’s be green, peeps!) 

RSVP to Nathalie please

Sunday, May 18th – Westbank
Okanagan Families With Children From Africa FAMILY POTLUCK

We’ll BBQ at Laura and Brent’s house and there is a lot of room for the kids to play inside and in the backyard. If you have outdoor games (soccer, football, etc…) age-appropriate for your kids, please bring them.  3344 McIver Rd, Westbank (250) 768-4348

**Please bring your own meat, plus a communal side dish or dessert of your choosing.

As usual, friends and family are welcome.

Please RSVP to okfca@hotmail.com to let us know you are coming! (Thanks for hosting, Laura!!)

Directions: (Google Maps has it wrong!) Drive south through Westbank.  Once you have left the “downtown”, you will see a huge exit sign for Glenrosa.  Turn right on Glenrosa.  Turn RIGHT on McIver, and their house is down a ways on the left.