BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Vancouver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Vancouver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1119@nanaimomuseum.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220831T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231231T000000 DTSTAMP:20230206T165105Z URL:https://nanaimomuseum.ca/events/reaching-out-letter-program-2022/ SUMMARY:Letter Writing Program - Reaching Out DESCRIPTION:When was the last time you got (or sent!) a personal letter? Th e Nanaimo Museum is encouraging our community to send a letter by mail or email to someone important to them. \n\nSend your letter by mail or email\ , using our Google Docs template to type your letter directly on the compu ter to then email\, or print the template to handwrite your message. \n\n Reaching Out is a virtual program that was started for Family Day 2021\, a nd is continuing into 2023. Everything is right on this page! You can find a letter template\, tips for how to write a letter\, a historical BC hand writing standard\, and even some local letters\, sent to or from Nanaimoit es in the past. Use the links below to jump to specific sections on this p age more easily!\n\n Letter Templates (Google Docs and PDF) \n\n English | French | Korean | Mandarin | Tagalog\n\n\n Parts of a Letter\n The Ma cLean Method of Handwriting \n To Nanaimo\, With Love\n\nLetter Template s\nChoose the Google Document template to edit online before printing or e mailing\, or download the PDF version for printing.  \n\nTranslations ar e available! A big thank you to the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society for collaborating with us to present Reaching Out in multiple lan guages.\n\nTo use the Google Doc template: \n\n Sign into a Google accou nt on your browser \n Click the link to the template\, then select “U se Template”  \n To email your letter\, type your message onto the t emplate\, then click “Save As”. Name your file however you’d like and save to your downloads. You can now attach your letter to your email  \n To mail your letter\, type your message onto the template then pri nt\, OR print the template 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 handwrite your message \n Mail your letter!\n\nEnglish \nGoogle Doc | PDF \nFrench\nCette année\, le Musée Nanaimo célèbre le Jour de la Famille en vous encourageant à envoyer une lettre à quelqu ’un(e) important(e)\, par poste ou par courriel. \n\nPrenez-vous le tem ps et les nouvelles de vos familles et amis en personnalisant un modèle de lettre avec votre propre message. C’est aussi facile que cliquer sur lien suivant et sélectionner “Use Template”. Ensuite\, vous pourriez enregistrer sous un autre nom\, faire une copie et ajuster\, ou imprimer la lettre. Ou\, vous pourriez vous inscrire au-dessous pour un kit de lett re timbrée. \n\nGoogle Doc | PDF\nKorean\n나나이모 박물관에서 는 올해 패밀리데이를 보내는 새로운 방법을 제안 합니다. \n\n보고싶고\, 만나고싶은 가족에게 편지나  이메일로 안부를전하는 방법을 제안합니다. 아래 링 크를 클릭하시면 미리준비된 편지초안이 나옵니다.  그대로 쓰실수도있고\, 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 ngayong taon sa pamamagitan ng paghihikayat sa atin g komunidad na magpadala ng sulat o email sa isang taong mahalaga  sa kanila. \n\nMaglaan ng kaunting panahon upang mangumusta at m ag-check in sa iyong pamilya gamit ang aming template upang mai-pe rsonalize ang iyong sariling mensahe. I-click lamang ang link sa iba ba at piliin ang 'Use Template'. Maaari mong i-save as\, kopyahin  at i-edit\, o i-print ang liham. Maaari ka ring magparehistro sa i baba upang makakuha ng letter kit na pre-stamped.\n\nGoogle Doc | PDF \n\n\n\nParts of a Letter \nHere are some tips on what to write in your l etter\, and how to address your envelope!  \n\nMost letters have:\n\n a heading (return address and date) \n a greeting (Dear...) \n a body (t he main part of the letter) \n a closing (Sincerely\, With love\, etc.)  \n and your signature \n\nThe template shows you where the parts of the letter belong. Try it out! \n\nWondering what to write in your letter ? Let your loved ones know about what you’re doing\, local places yo u’re visiting\, hobbies you’ve picked up\, and your fun experience visiting the Nanaimo Museum \;-) . If you’d like a response to your let ter\, ask about what they’re up to and how they’re doing. \n\nAn im portant part of mailing your letter is addressing the envelope. \n\nOn the front of your envelope\, you will need: \n\n The address of your recipi ent in the centre\n The return address (your own address) in the top lef t-hand corner\n A stamp in the top right-hand corner.\n\nYou can also dec orate your envelope to add a personal touch! Just make sure the addresses are clear and the stamp is uncovered.\n\nCheck out the Canada Post websit e for how to address mail properly HERE \n\nFor example: \n\n \n\n\n\n  The MacLean Method of Handwriting\nThinking of writing your letter out b y hand? Try doing so using the MacLean Method of Handwriting! \n\nThe Ma cLean Method of Handwriting was developed in Victoria in 1921 by elementar y school principal H.B. MacLean. At the time\, the teachers in his school were complaining of students’ messy writing. The new standardized method of writing ensured legibility and was used across Canada in seven differe nt provinces.  \n\nThe practice of cursive handwriting has declined and has since been removed from most school curriculums. While it may be menti oned or introduced\, it is not mandatory for the majority of students in C anada to know how to write in script.  \n\nThe image is a page from a Mac Lean Method of Handwriting workbook. Do you remember learning how to handw rite using this method?  \n\n\n\nCheck out our social media posts on Ins tagram\, Facebook\, and Twitter to see more images from MacLean Method wor kbooks.\n\n\n\nTo Nanaimo\, With Love  \nBefore the Internet and emails\ , Nanaimoites wrote letters to connect with each other\, and with people around the world! Here are some examples\, courtesy of Nanaimo Archives.   \n\nIn this letter\, William "Bud" Bray writes to his mother in Nanaim o from Edmonton\, updating her on his new\, warmer\, living arrangements. William would later return to live in Nanaimo. \n\n\n\nWhen you haven't s een 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 us ing a method called cross-hatching or cross-writing on the last page\, whe re she ran out of room. Writing like this became popular in the 1800s in o rder to save paper and postage costs.  Can you read her P.S.? \n\n      \n\nAlice and Arthur Leighton were Nanaimo residents\, but in 1916\, Ar thur left for Europe to fight in World War I\, and Alice was in the proces s of moving to England to be closer to him. She caught a ride on one of t he few passenger ships across the Atlantic in 1916. Over the years\, they regularly  wrote sweet letters to each other\, with affectionate nickname s like "Dear Heart" "Little Pal" "Arfy" "Darling heart" and "Girlie." You ’ll be glad to know that there is a happy ending to this story: Arthur s urvived the war and was “struck of strength” in 1919 after general dem obilization of the Canadian troops. Alice and Arthur resettled in Nanaimo after the war.\n\n     \n\nA letter to John Doole from his sister\, Liz zie\, in Ireland. She asks about his “brave” new stock of pigs! \n\n\n \n\n\n \;\nThank you for participating in Reaching Out! 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