GURUKULAM 2002
Fourth Annual Summer Heritage Camp of India for Children
FULL DAY CAMP: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; Monday 19^th to Friday 23rd, August 2002
Children’s Talent Show: 6:30pm Friday 23^rd August 2002

Non-member Camp Donation: $100/child for five full days. Check to ‘Beaverton Arts Commission’ for Gurukulam.
RASIKA Members send check payable to RASIKA. $25/child for RASIKA regular family members with children membership.
FREE for rasika Premier family with children members & Donor families.
Transportation to and from camp will not be provided by RASIKA.
Supplies included in the fees. Children’s artwork, craft projects, reading materials are taken home at end of the five days of camp. Children will also be awarded a certificate of completion, by rasika. Bring your own lunch; lunch from 12noon to 1pm everyday. Snacks/juice provided at morning/afternoon sessions. For Children and Youth 5 -16 years.

Venue: Community Room; Beaverton Community Center
12350 SW 5th Street, Suite 100; Beaverton, OR 97005   

Children's Talent Show last day of camp: Friday evening 6:30pm at Beaverton City Library Auditorium

The annual summer heritage camp for children, ‘Gurukulam’, has received the most attention and acclaim for its outreach, children’s education, and involvement of the local artists and teachers in the community. Expert artists and teachers from the community and visiting artists join together, to teach our children the value of the art, traditions, heritage and culture of India. The curriculum includes Yoga, Sanskrit, Basic music, folk dances for boys and girls, history and geography of India, arts and crafts, henna/ mehendi, Rangoli patterns, stencils, Shlokams, Epic tales and folk fables of India, Cricket sport, festivals of India etc.
Five days of fun filled educational heritage camp for children. Over 130 children have attended the camp in the past three years and the camp received wide press acclaim for the focus on children. The children were of Indian, American and Indo-American descent and all shared a common interest of learning about India. The Indian children adopted by Americans, found a venue for learning about their Indian customs, culture and heritage and had a wonderful experience. 

"SINGING A SONG OF INDIA.....At a camp for Indo-American children, storytelling, songs, arts, even cricket connect them to a colorful heritage. They are the first new class of a new summer heritage camp, Gurukulam, which aims to teach children about Indian history, art and traditions. The children have learned chants about Sanskrit, made "Rangoli" patterns with color powders, and played cricket..." --The Oregonian. August 1999.