Will held on June 26 in the morning after kids fetch their reports cards at schools in the morning. We have invited all Turnov kids to come and show their report cards, and gave out treats/ prizes/ rewards. All 550 kids, who came, got ice cream.  Bouda wants to encourage them that life is not...

A big b-b-q party was held for groups involved in Bouda Projects this year: attendees of the English weekend;  teachers who helped during the Spring Break service project and other friends of Bouda/New Hope.  Besides great food and fellowship, we ended watching a movie [We Are Marshall,...

This year, we held the Family Camp in the Jizerske Mountains [north of Liberec], and  45 people attended.  We organized some mountain. hikes, sport matches, summer sledding on roddelbahn, soccer, barbequing a 40 lb. turkey, and of course talking about family values, solving family issues,...

Together with our friends Ken and Linda Stapleton (Seattle), we organized our first English Weekend in the Krkonose Mountains [one hour NE of Turnov, near the Czech Polish border]. This weekend followed months of weekly English conversation lessons, with about 35 high school and college...

The Bouda Czech Brothers “unexpectedly” triumphed 7 to 3. The most important thing was not the score but fun and friendship.  The good atmosphere was not only during the game, but also long after the final bell.  We are looking for a rematch and other meetings in the local tea...

During one week, we did 88 English conversations;  prepared for afternoon clubs for kids in public schools., played 10 matches in soccer, basketball and badminton;  attended cooking classes (Czech potato pancakes, and US cookies),  and helped with different manual work. ...

As a part of our long-term project for Semily, this year we prepared the Bouda Children’s Day also for Semily.  It was held in front of their elementary school (ages 6-15 yrs. old). For more than 200 kids from the school and the area, we prepared huge bubbles, face-painting, carnival...

At the end of the Bouda Service Project, we prepared a Thank You Evening, hosted by Petr Gruber.   At this event, American students, the local Moravian church and New Hope wanted to say Thank You to all the Czechs who helped us to finish the week project successfully; especially to school...

Blow-up attractions: space ship, firetruck slide, jumping tiger, bungee running, Jacobs ladder (just two points to hold it, and it twists to climb),  big trampoline, foam machine.  Small kids through high school kids and parents came to have fun. Fifty Czech volunteers helped to run the...