The 2010 Halloween Party and Poker Tournament at the Hampton Forest Clubhouse was again a huge success this year. We had 6 full poker tables, lots of karaoke and rock band, fun games and even the Ultimate Fighting Championship on for everyone to enjoy. A yummy dinner buffet prepared by Phoenix, tons of delicious desserts prepared by Terri and Phoenix, and killer drinks made by our three lovely bartenders Terri, Tiffany and Linda. DJ Irvin kept the party going for all the karaoke singers and rock band members. RD made sure all guests were photographed. And of course there’s no poker party w/o Augie Remy and his dealers Cliff Pak, Neal Huynh, Rick Stolpner, Ryan Tran, Tuan Van, and Thai Bright.

Board Members
Phoenix, Augie, Tammi

Winners below

Poker Winners
1st- Todd Tang winner of the iPad
2nd-Chi Dinh winner of the Olympus 14MP camera
3rd-Quyen Nguyen winner of the Sony CD/Radio/iPod Boom box
4th-Pat winner of the Blu-ray DVD Player
5th-David Westerman winner of the $50 Best Buy gift card

Raffle Winners
Chi Dinh winner of the iPad
Ryan Tran winner of $50
Vu Hoang winner of $50

Karaoke Contest Winners
1st-Linda Tunmatip
2nd -Irvin Kalugdan
Tied for 3rd-Garrett Ducker and Thai Bright

Best Costume
Best female-Terri Gray (Goth girl)
Best male-Neal Huynh (Reno 911)

This event and the 5K run/walk raised over $5,000 to help buy bicycles for some hundreds of minority Vietnamese children living in the mountains close to the border of Cambodia at Ha Tien, which is an 8 hr bus drive southwest of Saigon. These children currently walk barefoot across the mountain for 4-7 hrs to get to school. They have to carry enough food for 3-4 days, stay at the school, and when the food runs out, they walk back home. The living quarters at the school are poorly equipped for the 600 kids that attend school there. There is 1 bathroom for girls, 1 bathroom for boys and 1 for the teachers. With the bikes, we estimate it will take them 1-2 hrs each way, which is a do-able daily commute, and they can use the bikes to run errands, go to the market, etc. to help their family. The cost of each bike is $40-50 for 24″ wheels. It is our goal to raise enough money to provide 100 bicycles for the children.

Big thanks to all our volunteers: Irvin Kalugdan, Sam Yi, Terri Le Gray, Tiffany Truong, Linda Tunmatip, Richard Don Sayoc, Jon Lane, Cliff Pak, Neal Huynh, Rick Stolpner, Ryan Tran, Tuan Van, and Thai Bright, as well as all the on-the-spot helpers. Also big thanks for the judges Mikado Buiz, Jeff Stucker, Wendy, and others who helped judged all the events. Big thanks to Thai Nguyen and Thuy LeNguyen for being the perfect hosts and renting the awesome space for us. Thank you all–volunteers and attendees! You make it all possible for us to continue to provide for the children of Vietnam. Happy Halloween!!

For more pictures:
http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid= 2389854fd4766c00&sid=0ActGjhm4aNmbiw

http://public.fotki.com/Tammi/2011/fcvn-halloween-party/

We hope to see you all again at the next FCVN event!

If you would like to volunteer to the events, please email us so we can add you to the volunteer list.

Sat Oct 23, 2010; 5:30pm – Midnight; Poker @ 6pm Hampton Forest Clubhouse; 5492 Ashleigh Rd; Fairfax, VA 22030

Lots and Lots of Prizes!– Texas Hold ‘Em Prizes: 16gb iPad, Blu-ray DVD Player, Olympus14MP camera, Sony CD/Radio/iPod Boombox, $50 Best Buy gift card

Prizes for Best Male & Female costumes, karaoke contest, games galore at no extra cost!

$40.00 poker and $20.00 non-poker if paying online. $5 more at door, if available. 60 players only.

Tickets online: childrenvietnam.org; Contact/Donate; Donate Now; Name, Email, indicate poker/non-poker, how many tix.

Free food buffet; Drinks extra.

Also, dying to get your hand on a brand new Apple iPAD??!! For only
$1 you can win a chance to have the latest and greatest Apple gadget!
See attached flyer for information and contacts for whom to buy the raffle tickets from!
halloweenpoker2010.pdf
ipadraffle2010.pdf

Please join FCVN for the “Walk for Wheels” 5K next Saturday 10/2/10 at 9AM!

The event will take place at:
Glen Carlyn Park, Shelter 2
301 S. Harrison St.
Arlington, VA

Event details below:

FCVN’s fall fundraising project this year is to raise money to buy bicycles for some of the hundreds of minority children living in the mountains close to the border of Cambodia at Ha Tien, which is an 8 hr bus drive southwest of Saigon. These children currently walk barefoot across the mountain for 4-7 hrs to get to school. They have to carry enough food for 3-4 days, stay at the school, and when the food runs out, they walk …back home. The living quarters at the school are poorly equipped for the 600 kids that attend school there. There is 1 bathroom for girls, 1 bathroom for boys and 1 for the teachers.

With the bikes, we estimate it will take them 1-2 hrs each way, which is a do-able daily commute, and they can use the bikes to run errands, go to the market, etc. to help their family. The cost of each bike is $35-40 for 24″ wheels. It is our goal to raise enough money to provide 100 bicycles for the children.

Therefore, please come out on 10/2 for a 5K fun run/walk to help us get to our goals of 100 bikes!

Individual Registration before 10/2 - $25 On-site individual Registration on 10/2 - $30 Children under 12 - $10; 12-18 - $15 Teams of no more than 5 ppl — $100

Registration includes: light snacks, small gifts/coupons, and more…!

Please pay online before 10/2 at:
https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx  ?ORGID2=541961097
and then email: FCVNAdmin@gmail.com to get registration confirmation

Check-in will start at 8:30AM on 10/2.
9:00 - Runners start (Those who plan to finish around 30 min) 9:30 - Joggers/Walkers/Children/Pets start

Directions/Parking Instructions
Glen Carlyn Park, Shelter #2 (Directions from Eden Center, Falls Church, VA) Take 50 East for less than 2 miles Right at Carlin Springs Road Take 3rd left on 3rd Street South At the very end make a right onto S. Harrison St.
Park Entrance will be on your left.
Address: 301 S. Harrsion St; Arlington, Va

Parking instructions:
Parking is limited so we suggest carpooling.
You will see the park entrance to your left on S. Harrison Street.
There is very limited parking next to the shelter so you will have to park in the residential area and walk down.

Despite the sweltering heat and threat of thunderstorm, FCVN’s third annual family picnic day and volleyball tournament at Fort Hunt Park was the place to be Saturday June 5. Twenty teams competed for six prize levels and trophies. Plenty of hamburgers, sausages, chicken and watermelon for our participants’ ravenous appetites.
We raised over $5500 for the children in Vietnam. Yay!!

Volunteers: Tammi Kalugdan, Patrick Do, Augie Remy, Phuong Bui, Michelle Le, Terri Le Gray, Neal Huynh, Tim Connolly, Philippe Cicchini & Ria, Jim Housel, Jack Nguyen, Cam Nguyen, Vickie Nguyen, Christine & Steve Portobanco, Amy Le, Tram Nguyen, Chan Duong & Cory and Irvin Kalugdan. Please let us know if we’ve left off any volunteers so we may add them.
Special thanks to Tammi Kalugdan for organizing the v-ball tourney and Michelle Le for organizing the picnic and recruiting volunteers. Each and everyone of our volunteers play a crucial role in making our biggest fundraiser event of the year a huge success.

Sponsors: Speedy Tuna www.speedytuna.com, Booz Allen Hamilton www.boozallen.com and TNT Insurance. Thank you sponsors for believing in our cause and supporting us.

A link to the pictures is attached.

http://public.fotki.com/Tammi/2011/fcvn-volleyball-tou/

Thank you for choosing to make a positive difference. See you next year!

Level A 1st Place-Friends with Benefits

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Brian Whitney - Captain
Tyler Freheit
Britany Westphal
Logan Westphal
Ryann Lowery
Kevin Moore
Miguel Solano

2nd Place-Rock Stars
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Zen walker-Captain
Jon Sang
Chris Baltazar
Mike Doan
Celine Alasomuka
Elysse Richardson

Level BB 1st Place: License to Kill

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Team, License to Kill, BB first place winners

Tammi Kalugdan-captain
Irvin Kalugdan
Jerry Chaves
Brett Titus
Andrea Jensen
Fabien Pedretti
Juan Uribe

2nd Place: Safe Sets

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Team Safe Sets, BB second place
David Vu-Captain
Chuck Lee
Ed Nubla
Ko O.
Anne Vinh
Mimi Tran
sub: Tony Huynh

Level B: 1st Place:Sets on the Beach

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Tasha Tran - Captain
Cliff Park, Nate Haddon, Carla Tharnish, Mark Mitchell, and Patrick Do
sub: Trinh Nguyen and Matt Luby

2nd Place: Sexiful

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Ryan Tran-captain
Sovann Huynh
Vu Vuong
Sue Wong
Marisa Arbuaratna
Debbie Bonilla
Anne Littman