Marika lives in Musashimurayama, Japan. She is coming to our neighborhood to study English for 4 months. Help welcome her to Tempe!
Preston and Kumiko participate in the OvECS Homestay program, which arranges host families for international students coming to the United States to study. The majority of these students come to study English, such as in ESL programs at Arizona State University.
These students are encouraged to participate in family dinners every day and participate in family activities. A new student will be coming from Japan and will study English as a Second Language (ESL) at Arizona State University for four months. She would love to meet some Arizona neighbors and practice speaking English.
Limited seating event. This dinner is planned for a relatively small group of people. Prior students who came here as part of this program looked forward to attending many neighborhood potluck events, large and small. But for this initial "welcome dinner" we keep the number of dinner guests relatively small, so as to not overwhelm the newly-arrived student.
On August 7, the day after she arrives from Japan, we want to give her a warm welcome.
Free event. Those who come to this event are asked to bring any kind of food, except for Japanese food. Main dish, dessert, salad, appetizer, etc. all welcome. (Drinks, utensils, plates, etc. will be provided by the hosts.)
Items guests have signed up to bring:
C. W: Veggie Pizza
D. K: con queso + chipspq
D. M: potato salad
G. L: snack
J. S: Cactus salad and homemade tortillas
J. M: A dessert of some kind
M. D: unsure
M. L: vietnamese jello
P. H: pizza
S. G: Main dish - TBD
S. M: A dessert item
D. K: ?
G. T: ?
J. H: ?
K. P: ?