Boat People SOS - News for After-school Tutoring & Mentoring Program - YOUTH

New Year Celebrations

camtu — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:30:03 +0000

BPSOS Youth Program in Virginia celebrates the Lunar New Year with teachers, parents, and seniors in all the fun activities.

Vietnamese Parents Association Celebrates Lunar New Year at Holmes Middle School

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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BPSOS-MD Awarded $40k in Grants to Fund Youth, Housing and Asset Building Initiatives for Local Vietnamese Community

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:29:27 +0000

Adelphi, Maryland—Boat People SOS-Maryland (BPSOS-MD) was recently awarded several grants to support a number of key community programs. The programs include: community assets building services to assist low-income Vietnamese immigrants achieve financial self-sufficiency, assistance to families to purchase their own homes, and educational activities for youth.

The Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs awarded BPSOS-MD $25,000 to implement a community assets building program for underserved families in the County. Activities will include educational workshops, personal counseling, tax assistance, and financial management education.

BPSOS-Raleigh Receives Mini-Grant To Launch Youth Civics Program

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 14:25:15 +0000

Raleigh, NC – BPSOS-Raleigh has been awarded a $5,000 mini-grant from the North Carolina Civic Education Consortium. The grant will go toward the “Engaging Young Vietnamese Americans in Community Services” project, which will begin in April 2004.

Throughout the past two decades, the needs of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants in the Triangle Area have been underserved simply because there was deficient funding to conduct civic-related programs. As a result, the local Vietnamese community has been socially, financially, and politically marginalized. The grant will mobilize Vietnamese American youths in bridging the gap between recent immigrants and civic engagement .The project targets 1,500 Vietnamese American residents of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; locally referred to as the Triangle Area.

BPSOS Hosts Career Day For Local Vietnamese Youth

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:07:37 +0000

BPSOS Hosts Career Day For Local Vietnamese Youth

Who:Educational and Recreational Activities-Mentoring Program
Guest Speakers: H. Lien Bragg, Consultant for Caliber and Associates
Lucia Le, Owner/Creative Director Red Lantern Creative
Phoung Ly, Metro Reporter for the Washington Post
Sherri Ly, Reporter/Fill-In Anchor WTTG Fox 5

What: Kids and Careers Conference

When: Saturday, November 8, 2003 12:45-4:30 pm

Where: Mason District Governmental Center
6507 Columbia Pike Annandale, VA 22003

Why: To expose youth with in the community to the possible careers that they may pursue. Focus on positive, professional, and successful Vietnamese business persons.

BPSOS Youth Mentoring Program Hosts End Of Summer Social

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2003 13:43:40 +0000

FALLS CHURCH, VA - Boat People SOS (BPSOS) Educational and Recreational Activities Program for Youth-Mentoring will host an end of the summer social. The program provides Vietnamese youth with safe, educational, and cultural after school activities during the critical 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. window, when many parents are still working and juvenile crime rates triple. Youths in the program are not only safe; they are doing better in school, have higher self-confidence, and show more interest in learning.

The social will take place Sunday, August 24, 2003 at 1:30pm. The event will be held at the Mason District Center's Community Room, 6507 Columbia Pike.

BPSOS Trains Local Leaders In Building Capacity For Youth Services

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2003 13:41:18 +0000

FALLS CHURCH, VA - Partnership to Ameliorate the Life of Minority Adolescents (PALMA), an initiative launched by Boat People S.O.S. (BPSOS) earlier this year, is offering a series of monthly workshops to help local community based organizations develop management, leadership, and grants writing skills.

With funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, seven local community-based organizations formed the PALMA partnership in February of this year. These organizations include Vietnamese American Television, Eternal Spring Association, Vietnamese American Art Association, Lac Hong Dance Group, Ket Doan, and the three local BPSOS branch offices.

US Department Of Education Grant Put To Good Use By BPSOS

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:43:42 +0000

Youth Mentoring Program Praised at End of Summer Social

FALLS CHURCH, VA - Boat People SOS' (BPSOS) Educational and Recreational Activities Program for Youth-Mentoring held its end of the summer social this past weekend. The social took place on Sunday, August 24, 2003 at the Mason District Governmental Center. Attendees enjoyed authentic Vietnamese food and saw cultural performances by the students, which included a customary Lion Dance, traditional Fashion Show, and humorous depiction of a folk tale. Among the distinguished guests in attendance were Ruth Tringo, Program Analyst for the U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Penelope A. Gross, Supervisor for Fairfax County's Mason District; as well as over 30 friends and family members of the program's participants.