The Dragon's Head Blog
Mises à jour du centre
Oliebollen en appelflappen
It is a tradition in the Netherlands to eat “oliebollen and appelflappen” on New Year’s Eve. People prepare them at home or buy them in special shops. Why not make them in our own centre in Helmond? So we did. A team of volunteers made hundreds of them. The quality was praised by those who […]
Fun and fundraise with snowmen
It started with a good idea. We bought a lot of white socks, started knitting and collected some other things. We then invited the participants of the Haarlem location to come on Thursday afternoons to make a family of snowmen. We had a lot of fun making them while Christmas music was playing […]
Seasonal Celebrations at the European Centre
On Friday evening at the European Centre in Colchester the weekend’s activities began with chanting the “Ten Thousand Bhuddas” sutra for the Autumn Moon Festival. This was followed on Saturday morning with over a hundred participants taking part in our last intensive of the year. Everyone joined in with the karaoke dan-yus singing “Jingle Bells” […]
Happy to Help
Here are just a few of the generous people who contributed to the Colchester Food Bank this Christmas. The food bank support people in need in the local area. The local branch that organised the collection wish to thank everyone for their kind donations – we weighed in at 193.7 kg, which gave us a nice target for next […]
Tales from the Archive…
Coming to the International Centre in Orangeville as a volunteer, I didn’t know what to expect or what I would be doing for the next six months. It only took a couple weeks for me to be pulled into the FLK Archive Project. Since I’m currently living at the International Centre, Southern Ontario seemed like […]
Work begins in Building C – International Center Florida Construction Update
The International Center Florida continues renovations. Now renovations have begun on Building C. The terrazzo floor located on the main floor is in the process of being resurfaced. Building A work continues with framing crews working throughout and a portion of the patio wall was removed to make access for the new ADA (Americans with […]
Christmas Cookie Fundraiser
During the week of Dec 7, 2015 the Ottawa Branch held their third annual Christmas Cookie Bake Fundraiser. The Cookie Bake has been a great success growing from 125 dozen orders for cookies the first year to 275 dozen orders the second and this year we had a huge demand for cookies with orders for […]
International Center Florida Construction: roofing had begun!
International Center Florida Construction Update for the week ending Dec 6, 2015 Roofing has begun! Photos below are of the NW wing of the International Center Florida. New window openings are being prepared to accommodate hurricane resistant windows. 1st floor structural repairs are continuing on the first floor. Three teams of carpenters are working in the […]
A note from the chef…
Thanks to all who participated in the cooking in Florida the past 2 weeks. It was hard work, but a job well done! Its hard to believe but we served over 2000 meals during two workshops. Thanks to our local kitchen friends for catering us lunch on Saturday from Home Plate, and our favourite local Walt […]
Taoist Tai Chi® arts: More than just moves
That there is much more than the moves learned during a program is something that we have known for a long time. But knowing and understanding are two different things. We know all about picking up people from the airport and getting them assigned to a bed because typically we are the ones being picked […]
International Center Florida Construction Update Nov 30, 2015
Construction inside of Building A and surrounding property is increasing…. Trees that had been scheduled for removal in the new parking lot are being removed to make room for more heavy equipment. Workers are continuing to rebuild the first floor and new elevator shaft that is taking the place of the old stairwell. New test […]
Lok Hup Week and Building Connections with locals in Dunedin
190 participants attended Lok Hup week at the International Center Florida. Today, we have the President/CEO of Dunedin Chamber of Commerce and the President of Scottish Arts Foundation joined us for lunch. We presented them with a picture from Awareness Day in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Sugar shack construction has begun!
Exciting news! The sugar shack construction has begun in the maple forest at the International Centre. All interested craftsmen/women are welcome to come and help out when you can 🙂 Please phone Centre ahead to confirm: 1-877-585-8822
Lunch with local Dunedin officials
Mayor of Dunedin along with other city officials joined us for lunch and took a tour of Fenway in renovation. Mayor of Dunedin was presented with gifts from sister city in Scotland.
International Centre Orangeville remains open during winter months
There may not be any programs from November to April at the International Centre Orangeville, except Fung Loy Kok week and Lantern Festival in mid-February however, the Centre remains open. There are still many projects to do around the Centre; just to name a few: Fix and repair rooms in the main building Building sugar […]
Tai Chi Week at the International Center Florida
Over 240 participants are attending Tai Chi Week at the new International Center Florida. The program lead by Tony Kwong, started yesterday in the rain which kept many attendees inside the first day Today we have the tents up in the parking lots for participants to enjoy the Florida sunshine. Marsha Eberhardt presented Pegoty Packman […]
International Center Florida Update Nov 3, 2015
Progress is being made around building A. We were notified that the two framing crews have turned to three this week. One crew continuing in the SE wing, moving slowly as they move floor joists, one on the roof and one continuing in the Dinning Room. Dinning Room Crew . SE wing crew, has four rooms […]
Autumn Jai Festival at the International Centre, Orangeville
The first annual Autumn Jai Festival was a great success! On October 17 at the International Centre near Orangeville, FLK hosted just under 1300 guests, mostly from the Chinese community, (most of whom were not familiar with our organization), for one of our biggest Jais ever. it was a sold out event and guests were not deterred […]
International Center Florida – Construction Update Oct 23, 2015
The activity in Building A, The Historic Fenway, is increasing. The original elevator was removed this week from the roof of the building. The elevator was locked on the third floor and was not operable. We now have two framing crews working in different parts of the building. The first crew is working in the first […]
QUINCE CHEESE FOR FLORIDA, BATCH TWO
After the big success of the first one, yesterday at the Southern European Centre we prepared a second batch of 42 tubs of Dulce de Membrillo (Quince Cheese), a fundraiser towards the International Centre in Dunedin. And there is a third batch on the way…
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