Check out our new Chinese New Year t-shirts! To celebrate our 2nd annual Chinese New Year celebration, we will be selling these cool t-shirts at our Chinese New Year event! Designed by one of our big sisters, Alice Young, and made by Atlanta Logo Wear, one of our very generous sponsors! All proceeds will go …
Hand in Hand’s Big Sisters and Brothers Program held our Holiday Party this Saturday, December 19! The kids made fortune cookie holiday ornaments and pipe cleaner candy canes, decorated holiday cards for children in the hospital, drank hot chocolate, and roasted marshmallows to make s’mores! Yummy! The holiday season is about being thankful for what …
The winter holidays are quickly approaching! But before classes ended for the semester, students got a chance to show off everything they’ve learned this year. Acting out the different animals of the zodiac, the younger class and older class competed against each other today in a harrowing game of charades. Although the game ended in …
The Hand in Hand language and dance students performed Chinese dance for the residents of Sunrise Senior Living on Sunday, December 6. First, Kayla played Gu Zheng, or Zither, a Chinese instrument that is similar to a harp. Then the little class performed two dances, “Yi Xiu” and “Little Frog” and the big class performed …
Hand in Hand hosted a special event inviting author Virginia Cornue to come speak to the parents about adoption and cultural identity. Virginia was invited to Atlanta to make a presentation on stereotypes about China, adoption and girls at the National Council for the Social Studies annual meeting and Hand in Hand was fortunate enough …
The Kung Fu Panda event was so much fun! We started off with a Kung Fu demonstration by Master Yang’s Tai Chi Kung Fu Academy. They performed a very cool Kung Fu sword routine. Then Mr. Wang’s Kung Fu Academy performed some very cool Kung Fu routines as well. Afterwards, everyone settled in for the …
Our Autumn Moon event was a wonderful evening for everyone! We had over 100 people attend! The kids painted lanterns, wrote calligraphy, and did crafts. Dinner was very delicious, and everyone got to taste moon cake, a tradition of the Autumn Moon Festival. After dinner, the Hand in Hand language class students put on a …
It was rainy outside, but inside, we were warm and dry, enjoying an afternoon of Chinese music and art. The afternoon consisted of musical and dance performances by Chinese teens who showcased a variety of traditional Chinese instruments such as Erhu, Guzheng, and Dizi, while the talented big sisters performed two Chinese folk dances. The …
Our first Big Sister event of the year was a Pool Party at the Medlock Bridge pool and clubhouse. Everyone had lots of fun swimming, playing, hanging out with their Big Sisters, and meeting our new Little Sisters! In addition to splashing about in the pool and cruising down the water slide, everyone loved the …
I hope everyone had a great summer! Hand in Hand language and dance classes have officially begun. Our wonderful language teacher, Ms. Jessie, is teaching again this year, but have a new dance teacher, Ms. Yu Xiaojie. Ms. Yu, a teacher at the Atlanta Professional Dance Academy, was the dance teacher at our summer culture …
