Associazione Italo Americana Friuli Venezia Giulia

DECEMBER 2018 NEWSLETTER

American Corner Trieste / Associazione Italo Americana FVG

DECEMBER = Happy Holidays! Assemblea Soci, Santa Week, Open House, Hour of Code and More. A grand finale towards year end. Give a loved one, or yourself, a unique teddy bear! View the Newsletter on the Blog in Text and in Calendar Format. Forward the newsletter to a friend!

OFFICE:

ADMINISTRATION HOURS

Tuesday and Thursday mornings: 9-12 and Wednesday afternoons: 5-7 pm

Pick up your IBAN Receipts, Membership Cards, Make Cash Payments, during our Administration Hours, listed above.

We will be CLOSED from December 19th until January 6^th. We reopen on January 7^th and WINTER Courses begin on that date.

LIBRARY and AMERICAN CORNER HOURS:

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday mornings 9-12 and Monday to Friday afternoons from 4-7 pm.

2018/19 - AIA FVG MEMBERSHIP

ASSEMBLEA STRAORDINARIA e ASSEMBLEA ORDINARIA dei SOCI -

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7th ALL of our Members are cordially requested to attend our Assembly Meetings. If you cannot attend, please fill in the Proxy form at the bottom of the convocation. Following the Ordinary Meeting, stay for an exchange of best wishes.

We are an association. In order to participate in members only events, attend the American Film Series, take a course, check out library materials, you MUST be a 2018/19 MEMBER.

Our 2018/19 Membership Year began on September 1^st.

Here is the Membership Form. If you have been a member in recent years, we can quickly upload your data in the office. Membership prices remain unchanged. Euro 25 – Ridotto for Students 16 and over, Teachers and 65 and over. Euro 35 – Intero. Membership is valid until August 31, 2019. Questions? aiafrontdesk@gmail.com

THANKSGIVING POTLUCK DINNER:

A GREAT success, fully booked as always! Here is the LINK to the photos from the evening. Join us next year. Reserve early. Thanks to all participants and especially to our American Interns.

38^th AMERICAN FILM SERIES at Teatro dei Fabbri

The film series continues with shows at 1:30, 4, 6:30 and 9 pm.

Great American films in Original Version on the Big Screen (not on your PC or TV!) You must be a Member to attend the films.

13/12/2018: The Florida Project. Dir Sean Baker. Starring Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince. Drama. 111 minutes.

AIA FVG ENGLISH COURSES

SANTA Week – December 10-11-12-13-14-15

Santa will visit all PreK, Family English, Elementary 123, Elementary 345 and Native Speaker Classes during the last week of classes. Elementary 123, Elementary 345 and Native Speaker Families are invited to join the last 10 minutes of the lesson during that week.

WINTER 2018/19 COURSES BEGIN on JANUARY 7^th

Here is information. KIDS and ADULTS. Many sections are closed with waiting lists.

From Dec. 3^rd, we will begin to contact students on the waiting lists to inform them of their status.

We have asked all students to CONFIRM their interest in continuing the class. If you forgot, please email us ASAP at aia.fvg@gmail.com

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS are possible all year long. Yes, you can! Schedule an appointment to discuss your needs.

American Corner EVENTS - FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

REGULAR ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS and FAMILIES – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

· every Tuesday and Thursday, 10 am - Mom & Baby Playgroup

· 14/12, 5 pm - Family Film Festival – FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (1969) 25 min.

· 13/12, 10:30 am – NATI per LEGGERE –Bilingual Reading English/Italian for ages 0-36 mo.

· Fridays at 4 pm - TEEN MAKER SPACE - Building a homemade drone with our expert Mentor!

· 14/12 at 4 pm - GLOW Intro to Hatha Yoga Workshop - Girls Leading Our World – For Middle/High School Girls by reservation only.

ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

· Every Tuesday 10-12 – Refugee Teddy Bear Workshop – Morning Maker Space

· 6/12, 8 pm - Women’s Book Club -Reading around the World. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. Send an email to aia.fvg@gmail.com to participate.

· 18/12, 10 am Holiday Open House – Holiday Treats, Reading of Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus and Refugee Bear Sale.

TESOL TRIESTE LOCAL GROUP the first TESOL Workshop of the school year. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Workshop. If you’re not on the TESOL Italy Trieste Mailing list, send an email to tesolitalytriestemail@gmail.com for details. Teachers, bring your teacher friends and colleagues. You receive MIUR Credit, enrich your C.V. and free get professional development! Congratulations to Karoline and Janine, AIA FVG teachers, who made presentations at the Annual National TESOL Italy Convention in Rome in November! Join us. Be a presenter in Trieste. Share your teaching knowledge.

Next Meeting: 18/01, 6 pm – TESOL Workshop

CODING

07/12 – HOUR OF CODE – the Teen Maker Space Kids get an intro to this 21^st Century Skill through this project that has given millions of students around the world a coding experience. Have any broken or no longer used computers or electronics? Bring them in. We are deconstructing to build our own drone.

TEDDY BEAR PROJECT – Integration through Entrepreneurship

A unique Teddy Bear is a a wonderful Christmas or San Nicolò gift! Now available at a Special Price for our BLACK FRIDAY Sale that lasts until Christmas. Watch the RAI FVG feature about the project. Available at the Associazione Italo Americana during our office hours. Thanks to the staff of the US Embassy to Italy who “adopted” many bears. The Refugee Bears are also available in Rome in selected holiday markets thanks to the Sewing Cooperative. Follow the Refugee Bears on Instagram and send us a picture and the location of your teddy bear. Join the tailors and the volunteers every Tuesday morning to stuff, cut, sew. We are looking for a heavy duty sewing machine to donate or at a reduced price? Contact us.

VOLUNTEERS

We are a Volunteer Run Non-Profit Association. Volunteers run our Library, American Corner Programs and Activities. We are looking for Volunteers to Work at the Cinema, Help with our Morning Activities at the Front Desk and in the Library

We’re looking forVolunteers for: American Film Series Cinema Check-In, Expert tailors Seamstresses for Tuesday Maker Space – Teddy Bear Project, TESOL Speakers, Teen Maker Space Mentors, Assistants for Nati per Leggere,.

Send us an email and we’ll find a role for you. University of Trieste students in Humanities, P.R. and other majors can earn with us (CFU). We accept students with a minimum of 75 hours (3 CFU). You'll have a great experience and improve your English, while you also learn valuable life and people skills. High School Students can also do Alternanza Scuola Lavoro. Contact us! aia.fvg@gmail.com

AMERICAN CORNER TRIESTE – Since 2007, we have been part of the American Spaces Network. Programs, consultation of the library, public internet access computers, and Wi-Fi are always free and open to the public. A great place to study, meet friends, bring your kids. Specific sections of the library are dedicated to Educational Advising, Children’s Corner Library and Women’s Space. Consult our on line catalog of Books and DVDs. The American Corner also offers Life Skills in English Courses for Refugees thanks to a U.S. Department of State Grant and the US Diplomatic Mission to Italy.

The American Corner promotes the Teddy Bear Integration through Entrepreneurship Project, encouraging professional refugee tailors to use their skills to produce the beautiful unique teddy bears, using recycled materials. Select your bear and take it home with a donation.

Trieste, 27 novembre 2018

E’ convocata

L’ ASSEMBLEA STRAORDINARIA DEI SOCI
DELL'ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO AMERICANA
DELLA REGIONE FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA

per il giorno 7 dicembre 2018 alle ore 16:00 in prima adunanza
e
per il giorno 7 dicembre 2018 alle ore 16:30 in SECONDA ADUNANZA

presso la sede dell’Associazione Italo Americana della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6, Trieste

per discutere e deliberare sul seguente

ORDINE DEL GIORNO

1) ADEGUAMENTO STATUTO SOCIALE ANCHE ALLA LUCE DELLA DOMANDA
DI RICONOSCIMENTO DELLA PERSONALITA’ GIURIDICA

Il Presidente

Leonardo Buonomo

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DELEGA

Con la presente delego ……….......………...……………........................……….

a rappresentarmi all’ASSEMBLEA STRAORDINARIA dell’Associazione Italo-Americana FVG
del giorno 7 dicembre 2018.

NOME E COGNOME DEL DELEGANTE……………………………...........……

FIRMA …………………………………………………………………….................

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Pagine utili sotto header

December 2018 Calendar

December 2018 Newsletter

GLOW Yoga

Holiday Open House - Dec. 18th

Santa Week 2018

Teddy Bears on their way home!

CONVOCAZIONE ASSEMBLEA STRAORDINARIA DEI SOCI 7/12/18