Welcome to
Happy Trail in Korea 2014
July 14th ~ 25th, 2014
Holt Children's Services, Inc.
Korea
E-mail :
www.postadoption.or.kr
www.holt.or.kr
Phone: +82-2-6938-5550 Fax : +82-2-6938-5559
March, 2014
Dear Prospective Happy Trail 2014 participant,
We would like to invite you to our very special program where you will be able to visit Korea, and to learn and experience Korean culture and heritage. “Happy Trail in Korea”, the Holt annual summer camp, is possible thanks to the continuous supports and generous sponsorship from Mapo-gu District office in Seoul City.
“Happy Trail in Korea” is available for eligible overseas adoptees from both Europe and the United States who would like to explore their motherland for the first time.We are confident that “Happy Trail in Korea 2014” will be a great opportunity to learn about Korean life and culture both inside and outside of the programs along with other participants with diverse backgrounds. You will get the first taste of Korean language (Hangeul), martial art (Taekwon do), cooking and traditional ceremonies and customs. You will also experience Korean family life through an overnight stay with a host family, domestic adoptive family.
Participants will be able to learn about their adoption background to help gain a better understanding of their origins and identity.
We would like to thank the entire staff of Holt post adoption service center for all the preparation and planning for “Happy Trail in Korea 2014” to offer you to fill this journey with precious memories and friendship.
We would sincerely like to ask of you and the overseas adoptees’ community for your continuous interest, participation, and most of all, your hearts for Holt Children’s’ Services and our various other programs to better serve for both domestic and overseas adoptees and adoptive families.
We hope that you will enjoy this very special journey, and may God bless you.
Sincerely,
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KIM, Dae Yeol
President,
Holt Children's Services, Inc. Korea
“HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA 2014”
I. History of Happy Trail in Korea: Holt Motherland Camp
Each year, an increasing number of overseas adoptees seek to learn more about their motherland and heritage. The first Holt Motherland Camp was held in 1992 with the hope to offer an opportunity for overseas Korean adoptees to get to know Korea, its culture, customs, and history.
For the past 22 years, with a rising interest of overseas Korean adoptees from around the world, Holt Motherland Camp, “Happy Trail in Korea,” has accordingly grown to provide better and improved programs for adoptees to experience and see their motherland and Korean culture and life.
Happy Trail in Korea will continue to grow in reaching out to adult overseas adoptees who wish to expand their understanding of Korea, and also to seek for friendship and support with our past and present Happy Trail participants.
II. General Information
When / July 14th ~ 25th (12 days)Location / Grand Hilton Hotel, Seoul / http://www.grandsuite.co.kr/en/aboutus.html
Eligibility / Overseas adoptees from the U.S. & Europe who have NOT previously participated in other culture camps/programs in Korea. / (max. 20 participants will be selected)
Recommendation (Required) / At least one of the following: / Director of your local adoption agency;
President or Secretary of adoptee association;
Employer, school personnel, or direct supervisor.
Language / Both English & Korean will be spoken during the program
Registration Fee / $100/€75 / Payment is only due if selection has been approved
Application Deadline / May 9, 2014 / Only complete applications will be reviewed
*Required Forms:
Application check list:
Application form /Liability Insurance /
Photo/Video Release /
Medical Examination /
Happy Trail in Korea consent form /
Recommendation Letter /
Essay /
² Please submit the completed application via email or post-mail.
(The application will not be reviewed unless complete.)
² The final decision will be notified by the end of May.
² Holt Children's Services holds the right to review and select the qualifying candidates.
III. Tentative Program Outline:
Subjects / Hour / ContentOrientation / 6 / § Welcoming Ceremony
§ Program overview & Introduction
General
Courses / Korean Language / 4 / § Basic and practical Korean lessons
Taekwondo / 4 / § Introduction to Korean martial art, Taekwondo
Korean
Traditions / 4 / § Hanbok (traditional clothes), tea ceremony, Darye
§ Korean etiquettes & Coming-of-age ceremony
Cooking / 4 / § Kimchi Jeon (pancake), Bulgogi, Japchae (noodle dish)
Calligraphy / 2 / § Korean Calligraphy
Performance / 2 / § Korean traditional Theatrical performance
Adoption Agency Visit / 1 day / § File Review, Reunions (Foster mothers/birth-family)
§ Agency/Orphanage visits
Field experience / Field Lessons / 1 night
2 days / § Korean family life (1 overnight home-stay)
Field trip / 1 night
2 days / § Time & place to Be Determined
Closing / 1 day / § Evaluation & Closing ceremony
§ Farewell banquet
IV. Useful Information
A. Arrival at Incheon International Airport:
You may directly come to the hotel by an airport bus (#6005) or a cab. Holt staff will meet you at the hotel. You will be sharing a residential suite with other participants. (http://www.grandsuite.co.kr/en/aboutus.html)
You may also call (010) 9230-8141 if you need any assistance with directions.
B. Gift for Home-Stay family:
You will have an opportunity to meet and spend time together with Korean domestic adoptive family who will welcome and host your stay at their house.
It would be a polite gesture to prepare a small gift from your country as a token of your appreciation to the host-family.
C. Internet Access:
You may bring a notebook or other electronic devices. Each room (except the accommodation during the field trip) will be equipped with internet / WiFi services.
D. Personal expenses:
Please check online for the current currency exchange rate between the Korean Won and your home currency. You are responsible for your own personal expenses during your stay in Korea.
E. Useful Websites:
The following websites are for your resources in preparation for your trip to learn more about Korea before your arrival:
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/index.kto
http://www.visitseoul.net/en/index.do?_method=main
Basic Korean:
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/CU_EN_8_6_1_1_1.jsp
Yanghwa-ro 1gil 22, Hapjeong-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea (121-885)
Tel: 82-2-6938-5550 Fax: 82-2-6938-5559 E-mail :
2014 HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA
Application From
1. Identifying information
Name / Present / / PHOTOKorean /
Date of Birth (yyyy/mm/dd) / / Gender / M F
Address /
Telephone / Home / / Work /
Fax / / E-mail /
Education /
Occupation /
Position /
Marital Status / Single Married
Hobbies / Skills /
Native Language / EnglishFrench Norwegian Danish Flemish
Other Language(s) :
English Language / Excellent Good FairPoor
Korean Language / Excellent GoodFairPoor
Passport Number / / Expiration Date /
Nationality / / Religion /
2. Your Korean Adoption Agency :
AGENCY / HOLT / ESWS / SWS / KSSCASE No. / / / /
3. Emergency contact person in your country:
Relationship / / Name /Address / Home /
E-mail /
Phone No / Home /
Work /
4. If you would like to learn more about your adoption background during the camp,please rate your priorities: (1 being the highest priority)
a. / Review your file / selectb. / Visit your former orphanage / select
c. / Meet your foster mother / select
d. / Search for your birth parents if possible / select
² Please note that not all services may be possible during the camp period.
5. Would you like to experience staying with a Korean host family for 1 night?
Yes No
6. Do you have any food allergies?
(If yes, please specify.)
No Yes,
7. Are you a vegetarian? No Yes
8. Do you smoke? No Yes Do you drink alcohol? No Yes
9. T-Shirt size & measurement for Tae kwon-do uniform:
Shirt : X-Large LargeMedium SmallOther:
Height: Weight: (please be accurate)
10. Have you participated in any other Motherland Camp Program hosted by another agency in Korea? No Yes
If yes, when and which agency?
11. Have you visited Korea before? If yes, when and for how long?
No Yes,
12. Do you plan to stay in Korea before or after the program? If yes, for how long?
No Yes,
13. Write a +/-400 words long essay in which you elaborate on your motivation and expectation for participating in 2014’s HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA.
Please include anything else you would like for us to know in advance.
DATE : Applicant's Signature :
LIABILITY RELEASE
(HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA)
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees to the following provisions of this liability release.
1. Holt Children's Services, Inc is hereby released of any and all liability, claims, demands for damages which the undersigned presently has or may have in the future, arising out of any personal injury, emotional distress, bodily injury, sickness, death, loss of property, property damages, or any other loss, costs or expenses incurred by the undersigned, during the course of, as the result of, or in any way connected with the undersigned's participation in the HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA, whether such damages, costs, or expenses may arise out of the negligence or carelessness of Holt or otherwise.
2. Holt Children's Services, Inc is further released from any claim whatsoever on account of first aid treatment, or other emergency medical or dental service rendered to or on behalf of participant during participation of HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA.The undersigned agrees to bear the cost of such emergency treatment and to indemnify and hold Holt Children's Services harmless there from.
I CAREFULLY READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CONTENT OF THIS LIABILITY RELEASE. I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A RELEASE OF LIABILITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN MYSELF AND HOLT CHILDREN’S SERVICES, INC/OR ITS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. I SIGN THIS DOCUMENT VOLUNTARILY, OF MY FREE WILL. IN DOING SO, I AM NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATIONS, STATEMENTS, OR INDUCEMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE WHOSE NAMES APPEAR IN THE WRITING OF THIS LIABILITY RELEASE.
Name:Address:
Date:
Signature:
* This release must be signed in order to participate in Holt Happy Trail.
Photo/Video Release
Holt Children's Services, Inc.
Holt Children’s Services, Inc believes that participation in HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA will create lifelong memories for all participants and staff.Many of these memorable moments will be captured in photos and videos.By signing this form, you agree that Holt Children's Services, Inc has the right to publish any pictures in which you appear that are taken during the duration of the HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA by Holt staff. We also ask for your permission to publish pictures and videos taken by you as a participant. When releasing pictures and/or videos you have the right to share those pictures you feel comfortable with for any possible publication.
I, the undersigned, hereby consent to the reproduction, use, and/or exhibition of my photo/s or videotapes of myself by Holt Children's Services, Inc. I further release Holt Children's Services, Inc from any and all claims for damages for defamation, slander, invasion of privacy, or any other claims by the use of materials described above.Neither Holt Children's Services, Inc nor anyone associated with Holt Children's Services, Inc has made any monetary compensation in relation to this release.
Holt Children's Services, Inc may use photos/video footages from Happy Trail in the following: (Please check the box(s) if you approve of the use.)
HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA promotional materials
Holt Magazines (Korean and English)
Holt Korea website (holt.or.kr)
All means of media, including unrestricted use for purposes of fundraising and promotion.
I do further consent to the use of my photograph(s) by any other organization approved by Holt Children's Services, Inc including any other publisher, periodical, news media outlet.
Name: Birth date:
Address:
Contact Number:
Date: Signed:
* This release must be signed in order to be able to participate in HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA
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Medical Consent Form for HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA
(Must be completed by your physician.)
Patient's Name /Date of Birth / / Gender / M F
Date of Examination /
......
Above-named patient was examined for the clearance of illnesses listed below:
/ Any previously diagnosed major illness and/or disability:if yes, please explain
/ Please check below with any finding of the listed symptom(s):
......
( ) / Tuberculosis, Active / ( ) / VDRL, Positive( ) / HIV / ( ) / Hepatitis B
( ) / Epilepsy / ( ) / Skin Disease
( ) / Diabetes / ( ) / Depression
( ) / Any ailments being controlled by medication :
For female only / Pregnant now? / Yes / No
......
Diagnosis and Recommendation:
......
This is to certify that the patient above has been examined and tested.
Doctor's Name: Signature:
Name of Hospital: Location:
Contract to HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA
Name:
Date of Birth:
Nationality:
I, , fully understand that as I am accepted to participate in HAPPY TRAIL IN KOREA 2014, the following agreements are made with Holt Children’s Services:
1. I understand that by submitting the medical consent form, I am physically and emotionally healthy enough to participate in the program as a team player without the needs of professional medical attentions.
2. I understand that I have a full medical liability.
3. I understand that I may be asked to leave Korea at any point if I am responsible for any behavioral, verbal or substance abuse during the camp. (Even possession of illegal substances is a felony in Korea.)
4. I understand that by submitting this application, I am expected to participate in the entirety of programs during the camp, and to respect other participants.
5. I understand that the registration fee is not refundable.
6. I will refrain from drinking and smoking during the camp, and I will only smoke at designated areas.
7. I will respect and uphold all the regulations and guidelines given during the camp.
DATE:
Signature: