BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:America/Vancouver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Vancouver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:820@nanaimomuseum.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220201T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220228T000000 DTSTAMP:20220307T165521Z URL:https://nanaimomuseum.ca/events/family-day-2022/ SUMMARY:Family Day 2022 - Reaching Out DESCRIPTION:Our families are all shapes and sizes: people we have grown up with\, people we have chosen\, and people who have made impacts on our liv es. The Nanaimo Museum is celebrating Family Day this year by encouraging our community to send a letter by mail or email to someone important to th em. \n\nSend your letter by mail or email\, using our Google Docs template to type your letter directly on the computer to then email\, or print the template to handwrite your message. \n\nReaching Out is a virtual progra m - everything is right on this page! You can find a letter template\, tip s for how to write a letter\, a historical BC handwriting standard\, and e ven some local letters\, sent to or from Nanaimoites in the past. Use the links below to jump to specific sections on this page more easily!\n\n Le tter Templates (Google Docs and PDF) \n\n English | French | Korean | Man darin | Tagalog\n\n\n Parts of a Letter\n The MacLean Method of Handwrit ing \n To Nanaimo\, With Love\n\nLetter Templates\nChoose the Google Doc ument template to edit online before printing or emailing\, or download th e PDF version for printing.  \n\nTranslations are available! A big thank you to the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society for collaborati ng with us to present Reaching Out in multiple languages.\n\nTo use the Go ogle Doc template: \n\n Sign into a Google account on your browser \n Click the link to the template\, then select “Use Template”  \n To email your letter\, type your message onto the template\, then click “Save As”. Name your file however you’d like and save to your down loads. You can now attach your letter to your email \n To mail your let ter\, type your message onto the template then print\, OR print the t emplate blank and handwrite your message \n\nTo use the PDF template:  \n\n Click the link to download the PDF \n Print the template and han dwrite your message \n Mail your letter!\n\nEnglish\nGoogle Doc | PDF \n French\nCette année\, le Musée Nanaimo célèbre le Jour de la Famille e n vous encourageant à envoyer une lettre à quelqu’un(e) important(e)\, par poste ou par courriel. \n\nPrenez-vous le temps et les nouvelles de vos familles et amis en personnalisant un modèle de lettre avec votre p ropre message. C’est aussi facile que cliquer sur lien suivant et sélec tionner “Use Template”. Ensuite\, vous pourriez enregistrer sous un au tre nom\, faire une copie et ajuster\, ou imprimer la lettre. Ou\, vous po urriez vous inscrire au-dessous pour un kit de lettre timbrée. \n\nGoogl e Doc | PDF\nKorean\n나나이모 박물관에서는 올해 패밀리 데이를 보내는 새로운 방법을 제안합니다. \n\n보고 싶고\, 만나고싶은 가족에게 편지나 이메일로 안부 를전하는 방법을 제안합니다. 아래 링크를 클릭하시 면 미리준비된 편지초안이 나옵니다. 그대로 쓰실수 도있고\, 원하시는대로 편집\, 인쇄도 가능합니다.  아니면 아래에 등록하시면 미리 인쇄된 편지초안을  박물관 gift shop에서 직접 받으실수도 있습니다. \n\ nGoogle Doc | PDF\nMandarin\n那耐磨博物馆今年庆祝家庭日这个 节日是通过鼓励我们的社区写一份信给我们认为重要的 人，可以是邮信或是邮件。 \n\n用我们提供的信件格式 写出你自己的信息，花一些时间联络你的家庭。非常简 单地点击下面的链接，然后选择“使用样板”。这样允 许你另存为，复制和编辑，或是打印信件。亦或，你在 下面注册并前来领取已经付过邮票的信件套装。\n\nGoogle Doc | PDF\nTagalog\nIpinagdiriwang ng Nanaimo Museum ang Family Day ngay ong taon sa pamamagitan ng paghihikayat sa ating komunidad na ma gpadala ng sulat o email sa isang taong mahalaga sa kanila. \n\nM aglaan ng kaunting panahon upang mangumusta at mag-check in sa iyon g pamilya gamit ang aming template upang mai-personalize ang iyong  sariling mensahe. I-click lamang ang link sa ibaba at piliin ang 'Use Template'. Maaari mong i-save as\, kopyahin at i-edit\, o i-pr int ang liham. Maaari ka ring magparehistro sa ibaba upang makakuh a ng letter kit na pre-stamped.\n\nGoogle Doc | PDF\n\n\n\nParts of a L etter \nHere are some tips on what to write in your letter\, and how to a ddress your envelope!  \n\nMost letters have:\n\n a heading (return addr ess and date) \n a greeting (Dear...) \n a body (the main part of the letter) \n a closing (Sincerely\, With love\, etc.) \n and your signat ure \n\nThe template shows you where the parts of the letter belong. Tr y it out! \n\nWondering what to write in your letter? Let your loved on es know about what you’re doing\, local places you’re visiting\, ho bbies you’ve picked up\, and your fun experience visiting the Nanaimo Museum \;-) . If you’d like a response to your letter\, ask about what they’re up to and how they’re doing. \n\nAn important part of maili ng your letter is the addressing the envelope. \n\nOn the front of your en velope\, you will need: \n\n The address of your recipient in the centre \n The return address (your own address) in the top left hand corner\n A stamp in the top right hand corner.\n\nYou can also decorate your envelo pe to add a personal touch! Just make sure the addresses are clear and the stamp is uncovered.\n\nCheck out the Canada Post website for how to addr ess mail properly HERE \n\nFor example: \n\n \n\n\n\n The MacLean Meth od of Handwriting\nThinking of writing your letter out by hand? Try doing so using the MacLean Method of Handwriting! \n\nThe MacLean Method of Ha ndwriting was developed in Victoria in 1921 by elementary school principal H.B. MacLean. At the time\, the teachers in his school were complaining o f students’ messy writing. The new standardized method of writing ensure d legibility and was used across Canada in seven different provinces.  \ n\nThe practice of cursive handwriting has declined and has since been rem oved from most school curriculums. While it may be mentioned or introduced \, it is not mandatory for the majority of students in Canada to know how to write in script.  \n\nThe image is a page from a MacLean Method of Han dwriting workbook. Do you remember learning how to handwrite using this me thod?  \n\n\n\nCheck out our social media posts on Instagram\, Facebook\ , and Twitter to see more images from MacLean Method workbooks.\n\n\n\nTo Nanaimo\, With Love  \nBefore the Internet and emails\, Nanaimoites wr ote letters to connect with each other\, and with people around the world! Here are some examples\, courtesy of Nanaimo Archives.  \n\nIn this let ter\, William "Bud" Bray writes to his mother in Nanaimo from Edmonton\, u pdating her on his new\, warmer\, living arrangements. William would later return to live in Nanaimo. \n\n\n\nWhen you haven't seen your family for some time you may have a lot to share with them. This is true for Nanaimo resident Sarah Wright when she wrote to her cousins using a method called cross-hatching or cross-writing on the last page\, where she ran out of r oom. Writing like this became popular in the 1800s in order to save paper and postage costs.  Can you read her P.S.? \n\n      \n\nAlice and Ar thur Leighton were Nanaimo residents\, but in 1916\, Arthur left for Europ e to fight in World War I\, and Alice was in the process of moving to Eng land to be closer to him. She caught a ride on one of the few passenger sh ips across the Atlantic in 1916. Over the years\, they regularly  wrote s weet letters to each other\, with affectionate nicknames like "Dear Heart" "Little Pal" "Arfy" "Darling heart" and "Girlie." You’ll be glad to kno w that there is a happy ending to this story: Arthur survived the war and was “struck of strength” in 1919 after general demobilisation of the C anadian troops. Alice and Arthur resettled in Nanaimo after the war.\n\n     \n\nA letter to John Doole from his sister\, Lizzie\, in Ireland. Sh e asks about his “brave” new stock of pigs! \n\n\n\n\n\n \;\nThank you for participating in Reaching Out! Happy Family Day! 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