Please come and experience Taidam culture, enjoy the scenic lake and rolling hills. Meet new friends, free admission and free-will donation for parking, cultural displays and dance performance, live music with multiple bands and free evening concerts. Food vendor and activities for the whole family.
Congratulations to all the volunteers for making this year's Festival such a wonderful event, we also would like to thank the board of directors for setting aside the budget for the festival. A volunteers appreciation party is in the planing, more detail will be posted later. If you have any questions, comments, please sign in the Guest book at the bottom of this page.
Quick updates:The 400 foot of concrete road, water line, sewer line and electricity are on hold for now.
Thank you Double Dragon Food Market, Sophie Vlassis, Thai Grocery, Jung's Oriental Food Store, Sun Wong, John & Suot Baccam, the Pella group and the Marshalltown BBQ group for all your donation to the Festival.
What a view!
The gazebos are looking good!!!
On behalf of Tai Village, I want to thank everyone for
helping out with the gazebos.
Thank you to those that helped organnize and were able to spent their Friday evening taking down fences and trees to get the ground ready for our garage/storage. (New location for the garage)
Again, thank you very much for those that were able to attend the festival meetings, everything is finalized. More volunteers are still needed for this Friday, we will do all the last minute cleaning, setting up all the tents, tables and chairs. If you would like to volunteer, please contact us or come out this Friday during the day or after work.
Next Tai Village Board of Directors meeting- Thursday, November 19, 2009, 5:30pm at the office.
[Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings, we want your inputs and ideas]
Dear
Friends,
Khan lor kua pi nong? Our upcoming event "Boun Banh Tai" is set for October 3, 2009; I have been asked to
Co-Chair along with Steve Baccam for Tai
Village, to organize the
festival. I am honored to have been
chosen to be a part of the planning. I
would like to take this opportunity to ask for your assistance to insure we
have a successful event.
We
are inviting everyone to join us for the forth meeting at Banh Tai(Tai
Village ), Sunday September 27, 2009 at 3:00 pm. Please,
feel free to bring a food dish to the meeting, as we will be enjoying each
other’s company and generating great ideas. We are open to all ideas,
suggestions, and your participation in this meeting will be an asset to our
event.
Our
goal for the 3rd Annual Tai Village Festival, are to involve the
community as a whole, to insure a grand success. All the donations and proceeds from the
festival and future fund raising events will be an asset to our Tai
Village. With successful events we
will be able to apply the proceeds towards construction of roads, facilities,
and more; to insure a rich heritage for our future generation to come.
Let’s
pull together and build a legacy of the Tai people, so our children will
benefit and be proud of their heritage. I
know together as a community, we can make a difference! Yes we can and Yes we
will! If you have any question or
suggestion feel free to call myself at 974-6762 or e-mail thmproduction@yahoo.com or Steve Baccam at 205-0933
e-mail SteveBaccam@TaiVillage.org
Bring the whole family and your favorite food to share with others, come out and
join us also don't forget to bring your lawn chairs to enjoy the festive music
and the beautiful scenery.
For more info contact:
Bangchay (Huey) Baccam (515)974-6762 xkzqpidx@hotmail.com
[The picnic event raised $1,216.00 for Tai Village to purchase tables and chairs.]
Saturday, May 16th 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Des Moines State Capitol Complex-East Campus.
Tai Village display booth at the State Capitol Thursday, March 19th, 2009.
Appetizers at Tai Village booth were provided by: Pho' Ha Dao (Asian Cuisine) 1521 2nd Ave. Des Moines, Iowa (515)288-1277 Thank you Thong and Lori Baccam for your support.
[March 5, 2009]
THANKS!!!!
Tai Village, Inc is pleased that our organization has been designated to receive a charitable contribution through the Wells Fargo 2008 Community Support and United Way Campaign.
Thanks to Bo Luong and Anita VanLo Guy for coordinating and sharing the contribution information to the other team members at Wells Fargo. Eight (8) individuals have designated Tai Village, Inc to receive charitable contributions through their payroll deductions.
Tai Village, Inc recognizes and thanks the following individuals from Wells Fargo for their contributions:
Kellie Chandavong Stan & Ashley Lovan June Kelley Christy Lem
Hannah Louvan Anita VanLo Guy Lotchana Nguyen Bo Luong
INVITATION:
You are invited to be a partner of the Tai Village, Inc in fulfilling our dream of building a replica of a traditional Tai Dam village in North Central Des Moines.
The mission of Tai Village is to:
Create a working replica of a traditional Tai Dam village to honor the thousands of Iowans who opened their hearts to refugees. Recognize the legacy of the Tai Dam people: their beautiful culture, history, sacrifices, and dreams for the future.
Please consider making a charitable contribution, or a donation to this worthy project in order to make our long-awaited “dream” become a reality.
-The creation of a replica of the Tai Village will be a unique opportunity to provide cultural and educational experiences for visitors from throughout the nation. *You can count on me!* I will partner with the Tai Village, Inc. My donation is enclosed in the amount of:
Tai Village, Inc 1620 Pleasant St, Suite 245 Des Moines, Iowa 50314
Or
Designated Tai Village to receive charitable contribution through your company payroll deduction. [Donations of any amount to Tai Village is greatly appreciated, thank you very much for your support.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tai Village [Land]
4200 M.L. King Jr. Parkway
Des Moines, Iowa 50310
Direction: From Interstate 235 East or West, Exit (M.L. King Jr. Pkwy) going North toward Tai Village entrance. Click for Map:
If you have any comments, please sign
in the Guestbook at the bottom of this page.
What a view!
The gazebos are looking good!!!
On behalf of Tai Village, I want to thank everyone for
helping out with the gazebos.
Thank you to those that helped organnize and were able to spent their Friday evening taking down fences and trees to get the ground ready for our garage/storage.
