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OUTREACH ARCHIVE:
2002 - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE SILK ROAD GO DEMO. Click here to view photos of local Go volunteers in action at the fabulous Silk Road Folk Life Festival. The Festival took place on the National Mall and lasted from June 26 to July 7.
2002 - FENG YUN, 9-DAN, IN GAITHERSBURG, MD. This site shows photos from a September 29, 2002 dinner at the New Fortune Restaurant.
2003/4 - CHEVY CHASE GAMES. The Chevy Chase Community Center (CCCC) at 5601 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC held free game meetings every 1st Monday of the month. Host Todd Heidenreich ran the meetings from 630-900 PM. Chess, Go, Quinto, and Carcassonne were among the games available. This program closed in fall 2004. Contact Todd at todd@capitalgo.org for more information.
2004/5 - SMART MOVES SUMMER CAMP. The Montgomery County Recreation Department launched a pilot summer camp program in 2004 to introduce a variety of challenging strategy board games for children ages 8-12. The program was called SMART MOVES and attracted 45-50 children. The games inventory included several sets of starter Go games. SMART MOVES is a part of the county's 2005 Summer Camp program. For camp information, call (240)777-6926.
2004/5 - YORKTOWN ES GRANT. The Yorktown ES in Bowie, MD received an education grant in October 2004 to start an after school strategy games program. Go sets are part of the games inventory.
2004/5 - ST. COLUMBA AFTER-SCHOOL GAMES. The St. Columba School in Oxon Hill, MD started an after school strategy games program in 2004 that included Go.
2004/5 - TAKOMA PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL GAMES CLUB. The Takoma Park MS transformed their chess club into a strategy games club in 2004. Go is one of many different games now played there. 2004/5 - GAMES SUPPORT TO SENIORS. Outreach programs were initiated with several local assisted living facilities and with various senior community houses to expose their residents to new games and fresh ideas. Monthly, and even weekly, support was provided to the Kingshire Assisted Living Facility, the Sunrise Senior Living Center, the Leafy House Retirement Center, and the Takoma Tower Retirement Center. 2005 - GREENBELT STRATEGY GAMES CLUB. The Greenbelt (MD) Strategy Games Club opened in January 2005. Sponsored by the Greenbelt Recreation Department, this activity has starter Go sets on site. 2005 - BAUER DRIVE CC STRATEGY GAMES CLUB. The Bauer Drive Community Center (Rockville) started a new Strategy Games Club in January 2005, with Go sets as part of their inventory. 2005 - SUPPORT TO THE JAPAN AMERICAN SOCIETY. Go volunteers Juan Pablo Quizon, Chiemi Mori and her son Keiju Takehara, Kori Fisk, Ching-Sung Chin, Kabe Chin, Kevin Chin, and John Goon taught Go to competitors at the annual national finals of the Japan Bowl on March 26 in the Washington Hilton. On April 9, over a dozen area Go players demonstrated and taught Go at the annual National Cherry Blossom Sakura Matsuri event. Over 500 tri-fold flyers and 100 Way to Go booklets were distributed. 2005 - TAKOMA PARK INTERGENERATIONAL STRATEGY GAMES CLUB. A Takoma Foundation grant provided the impetus to establish a Takoma Park Intergenerational Strategy Games Club on April 19, 2005. The club offers many games for young and old alike. Starter Go sets are available on site. 2005 - GREAT FALLS GO & CHESS CLUB. A brand new start in 2005 by Ching-Sung Chin. The meeting site is 1210 Forestville Drive, Great Falls, VA 22066. For details, call 703-757-0895 or write to chin8673@yahoo.com. General and Special Information: Help Wanted: DC AREA GO
VOLUNTEERS!!! Where
to buy GO books and equipment locally (MD/DC/NOVA). Recommended GO books
for the new player. Craig Hutchinson's Go Web Site. Craig is a Falls Church, VA resident and long time American Go Association (AGA) Archivist. His site offers a highly imaginative and unique vision of Go and includes an index of AGA historical items that is astounding in scope and depth. The historical items can be viewed by appointment. Contact craig.hutchinson@cox.net or 703-698-9811. Places to Play Go and Strategy Games: Annandale Korean Baduk Club, Annandale, VA - Seven days a week from 10 AM to 12 Midnight. 7369 McWhorter, Apt 411 in Annandale, VA. Phone 703-658-9277. Arthur
Lewis Go Club, Ashburn Go Club, Baltimore
Go Club, Barnes & Noble
Booksellers, Bauer Drive CC Strategy Games Club, Rockville MD - THURSDAYS at 600 PM. 14625 Bauer Drive. Generic strategy games. Includes Go. Call/write to Todd Heidenreich for details. 301-519-7386 or todd@capitalgo.org. Beltsville Strategy Games Club, Beltsville MD - MONDAYS at 630 PM. Columbia Chinese Language School Go Club, DC
Metropolitan Go Club, Dream Wizards
Game Store, Ellicott
City Baduk Club, Ellicott City MD -
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS from 730 pm to Frederick (MD) Go Club,
Frederick MD - Dormant. Greater Washington Go
Club, Germantown
Go Group, Great Falls Go & Chess Club Greenbelt Strategy Games Club, Greenbelt MD - TUESDAYS at 600 PM. Greenbelt Youth Center in Old Town Greenbelt. Generic strategy games. Includes starter Go sets. Call Karen Haseley for details, 301-397-2208. Alternate contacts: Tom Teutsch, tmt2024@yahoo.com, and Paul Sabol, sabolpaul@msn.com. The Johns Hopkins Go Club, Baltimore, MD - WEDNESDAYS
from 8 to 11 PM. Contact jhu_go@yahoo.com for more information. Lake Walker Go Club, Long Branch Strategy Games Club / Hillandale Go Club, Silver Spring MD - THURSDAYS
from 630 to 900 PM. Lake
Forest Mall Chess & Go Club, Gaithersburg,
MD - Casual play at the food court. Chess is played daily on weekday
evenings ( ROCKVILLE
GO & CHESS GROUP, Rockville Chinese
Cultural and Community Service Center (Tilden MS), Northern Virginia (NOVA) Go Club at George Mason University Arlington Campus, Arlington, VA - MONDAYS starting at 7 PM. George Mason University Go Club in Fairfax, VA - THURSDAYS from 430 to 730 PM. Contact Ms. Quynh Vo at qvo@gmu.edu for more information. Northern Virginia
Korean Go Club , New World Bilingual Institute Go Club , Takoma Park Intergenerational Strategy Games Club, Takoma Park MD - TUESDAYS at 700 PM. 7051 Carroll Avenue in the Victory Tower Retirement Center. General strategy board and card games, including starter Go sets. Call Mary Feldman, 301-270-3217, or John Goon, 301-613-8297, for more details. University of MD Go
Club, University of MD, Baltimore
County Go Club, Created For
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