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APIA Community Day and Culture Fair – August 2019

Au Pair In America has the best cross cultural child care community out there.  Yep, I said it.  (and I used alliteration for bonus points…).  This WA community gathered to celebrate our connections – people who are globally minded, adventurously spirited and just good ole’ kid fans.  And boy did those kids party.  We were 165 people and 12 nations strong in Redmond with our multi-cluster day: sharing culture in a culture fair put on by hard working and proud au pairs, throwing water balloons, scavenger hunting, tattooing, face painting and crown making.

Host Family Day and Culture Fair – August 2018

Over 100 people- parents, au pairs and kids joined our casual picnic and culture fair this year on the east side!  We had a wonderful location this year and as a J-Day add, donated clothes and shoes to Treehouse.   All this alongside the amazing contributions by the au pairs from Thailand, Brazil, Germany, Austria and The Czech Republic, our APIA host kids got stickers for their passports, tattoos, face paint and dined around the globe. We ended the day with some diversity bingo and our enthusiastic water balloon toss.
This year is the best thus far in their young lives say 85% of our APIA au pairs and events like these with cultures and families coming together, are a big reason for this.

US Government Cluster Event – February 2018

How many branches does the US government have?  How often are Senators elected?  What date is the President sworn in every 4 years?  These and many other questions were answered in our video presentation and trivia game last weekend in Redmond.  Au pairs walked away with more knowledge, but were admittedly impressively wise from the start!  Then we ate pizza…