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.

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.

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.

“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.