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Successful Awareness Day celebration 2008
Taoist Tai Chi Society Aruba (TTCSA)
can look back on a successful Awareness Day celebration, which took
place on Saturday September 13, 2008 at Club Caiquetio in Paradera.

This was the second celebration of
Awareness Day in Aruba and it consisted of an open house combined with
a fundraising. On the program were speeches, demos and testimonies of
members who spoke of the health benefits they are experiencing from
their practice of Taoist Tai Chi ® internal arts and methods.
Informative materials were exhibited and slide shows of former
activities in Aruba and of Awareness Day in Ottowa on May 31, 2008,
were ongoing during the whole celebration.

All kinds of articles donated by
members were sold or raffled to raise funds for the buying or building
of an own center in the near future. Visitors got a very good idea of
the health benefits of Taoist Tai Chi® internal arts and methods and
the volunteer work done by the members.
A sincere thank you goes to the
board of Club Caiquetio for their cooperation and understanding on
which TTCSA can always count. Special thanks also go to all the
volunteers who donated so generously and worked very hard to make this
Awareness Day celebration wonderful. |
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Come and join us for an international Taoist
Tai Chi ® internal arts and methods workshop on the one happy island
Aruba: November 29 and 30, 2008
During the weekend of
November 29 and 30, 2008, the Taoist Tai Chi Society Aruba organizes
an international workshop.The contribution fee is $ 100,- or Afl.
180,-. The instructor will be Ms. Ankie Bouman from the Netherlands..
Home hospitality is available.
Flyer download.
For more information and registration please
contact us. |
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Working towards our
centre
On Monday March 31 a members’ night took place
where information was given on our centre project and members
discussed ways to raise funds to make the dream come true. To start
right away a T-shirt was raffled which raised f. 415,-. As a result of
the brainstorm session, Accion Florin started a few weeks later. This
way of continuous fundraising is very simple: in every class members
donate florins or whatever petty cash they have. Special saving poles
for this action were acquired. At the beginning of June, 2 of the 8
poles were opened. They contained f. 411,20.
On Awareness Day, May 31, a Nature Tai Chi was
organized. On this occasion another t-shirt raffle took place. Two
t-shirts the Society received from 2 visiting members from
Peterborough, Ontario, were raffled. They raised f. 915,-. Pictures
that were taken at the end of April of our Nature Tai Chi with
breakfast were reproduced and sold. This breakfast was very special
because participants of our external class at a day center for seniors
were our guests. The sale of the pictures raised f. 315,- and extra
money donated for the breakfast amounted to f. 161,-. On Sunday June
29 another Nature Tai Chi was organized, followed by a breakfast,
prepared and donated by members who practice in San Nicolas. A
donation box was passed around during this breakfast and members very
generously donated f. 650,-. This means that in 3-months’ time we
raised a total of f. 2.867,20 ($ 1,620,-).
A very warm thank you goes to all who contributed
and let’s keep up the good work. |
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“Soft”
opening TTCSA office at Club Caiquetio (Paradera).
During the members night of January 29, 2007, the new office of
TTCSA was opened at Club Caiquetio in Paradera. For many years already
TTCSA uses Club Caiquetio to teach classes of Taoist Tai Chi several
days a week. The office is built on the grounds of Club Caiquetio in
close cooperation with its board.

The opening was performed by Mr Mario Fingal, board member of Club
Caiquetio and TTCSA member, and Mr. Eddy Wever, president of TTCSA.

Mr. Wever expressed words of gratitude and remembered Master Moy,
whose vision it was to make Taoist Tai Chi available to all.

Although the office is not completely finished yet and still needs
some furnishing, the TTCSA board and all members present, agreed that
having an office is a milestone in the growth of the society. |
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