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Welcome to

F.C.S.P.

Fitchburg, MA


This website is dedicated to all the activities at
The Finnish Center at Saima Park.

Here, you will be able to find information about the organization, our activities, external and internal cultural events such as festivals, dances and art shows to name a few, meetings, and last but not least summer and winter sports events.

 

Saima, spring 2005 - click on the picture to get to the Beautiful Saima page ! ! !

 

Click on the Function Hall picture to go to the "Beautiful Saima" page, where you can visit the park in a picture cavalcade!

 

Please visit also our Winter Wonderland - and see what we are up to during the snowy season!

 

Upcoming Events

St. Urho's Saturday
Saturday - March 20, 2010
6:00am - 11:00am
 

 


Finnish Language Study Opportunity, summer 2010

 SISU (Suomen Innokkaat SISUkkaat Ulkosuomalaiset) is offering its eighth Finnish Language & Culture Seminar at the University of Minnesota, Duluth from July 18 to 24, 2010.  The seminar is a one-week course of Finnish language study (25-30 hours at three levels) directed by teachers Sirpa Tuomainen, Eija Ojala, and Anna Leppänen.  Presentations relating to specific aspects of Finnish culture, and other activies will be included.

SISU (Suomen Innokkaat SISUkkaat Ulkosuomalaiset) is an independent, non-profit organization formed in 1996 to foster study of Finnish language, heritage, and culture.  Its primary activity is to offer biennial Finnish Language and Culture Seminars. Membership and/or participation in seminars is open to all interested adults.  Current officers (elected volunteers) are Marie Godell Fowler, President and Treasurer; Myrna Wells-Ulland, Vice-President; and Kathleen Ristinen, Secretary.

Classes are interactive and informal.  Teachers are native speakers of Finnish, trained and experienced in Finnish language instruction.  Participants include adults of all ages and backgrounds from all areas of the U.S. as well as from other countries. 

The seminar fee is $375 plus $20 SISU membership; on-campus housing including food service is $300 (single room supplement:  $200).  Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) are available from UMD (approximately $25).

Registration deposits are due on April 17; for more information and registration forms please contact:  Kathleen Ristinen, Secretary:  kaisa@eurekanet.com or 740-592-1157

Finnish language course


Rent
F.C.S.P. Function Hall or Ravintola / Sirkka Liukkonen pavilion for your
birthday, company outing, family reunion, wedding, etc. !!!

Click [here] for more information

or call (978) 343-9883


For more info how to become a member of F.C.S.P. - click [here].
We now have an electronic membership application form!

 


More past events - 
they are on a separate page!

Click on [this link] to get there.

 



All material on this site, unless otherwise noted, is © The Finnish Center at Saima Park, Inc., 2001-2005.  All rights reserved.
This page was last updated on: 03/06/10

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