KALENTERI (Calendar)

WINTER 2025 Events:

FOOD, CELEBRATIONS, LANGUAGE CLASSES, and FFN FINNPOSIA (Please read down)

Cleaning out? Eino Kauppi is now accepting items for our April 26 flea market to benefit the scholarship fund. Items can be brought to any breakfast or by special arrangement. Eino can be contacted at ekauppi@verizon.net. Please no glass, clothing, or large furniture.

Saturday 02/15 , 9:30am. Winter hike at Saima Park: Join membership secretary Marci Haneisen and board member and naturalist Mike Potsaid for a guided hike along Saima’s wooded trails and fields. The hike will be
less than a mile with gentle hills, with an option to continue hiking on a steeper trail. Participants are asked to meet outside the Function Hall at the end of the driveway. Footwear selection should be based on the day’s conditions. Snowshoes, micro spikes, and/or hiking poles may be appropriate. After the hike,guests are welcome to warm up in the hall with a cup of hot chocolate, coffee, or tea. Finnish Center at Saima Park, 67 Scott Rd, Fitchburg. http://www.saima-park.org;

Saturday, February 15, 10-2. Ski Trail Open House: Saima Park’s trails will be open to the public for skiing and snowshoeing, or hiking. WISH FOR SNOW! Free admission. Donations welcome. A limited supply of equipment is available to borrow. .Finnish Center at Saima Park, 67 Scott Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. https://saima-park.org/calendar2024.html#current

Saturday, February 22, 8-10am. Pannukakku Breakfast: Celebrate National Sauna Week! Finnish oven pancake, bacon, sausage, fruit, Finnish coffee bread, juice, coffee/tea/cocoa. $13, or 2/$25. Loaves of coffee bread for sale. Vendors of arts, crafts, and bee products. Visit our sauna museum and library/museum. A program will follow the breakfast at 10:15 in the Function Hall. Finnish Center at Saima Park, 67 Scott Rd., Fitchburg.

Saturday, February 22, 10-2. Ski Trail Open House: Saima Park’s trails will be open to the public for skiing and snowshoeing, or hiking. WISH FOR SNOW! Free admission. Donations welcome. Finnish Center at Saima Park, 67 Scott Rd., Fitchburg. Facebook Friends of Saima Park. https://saima-park.org/calendar2024.html#current

Sat 2/22.  National Sauna Week Celebration at Finnish Center at Saima Park. First, from 8-10am, enjoy a delicious Pannukakku Breakfast: Finnish oven pancake, bacon, sausage, fruit, juice, Finnish coffee bread, coffee/tea/cocoa, $13 or 2 for $25. Loaves of Finnish coffee bread for sale. Vendors include Son of a Bee, Lark Knits, and artist Karen Kemp.  67 Scott Rd, Fitchburg. Following the breakfast, at 10am, a video about sauna history and traditions will be shown in the Function Hall. In addition, Saima’s Sauna Museum will welcome visitors from 10am-2pm, and the Library Museum, which holds Finnish and Finnish-American books and artifacts, will be open from 11am-2pm.  67 Scott Rd, Fitchburg. http://www.saima-park.org; Facebook Friends of Saima Park

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Now On Line Forest Finn Finnposium  recorded and posted thru FFN Finlandia Foundation National, in partnership with FinnFest, invites you to join the online “Finnposium” webinars that continue in 2024, highlighting the nationally recognized Forest Finn minority abroad and their current affairs in both Norway and Sweden.  The webinar is moderated by Sarah Kammlah from Facebook’s Forest Finns in America, …. . Missed it? Tune in to the recorded sessions: https://finfoundation.wpengine.com/programs/welcome-to-finnposium/

Finnish language classes with Saija:

Finnish lessons will continue in February again. Time to register!

If you are a Beginner, the one course you are waiting for starts in April, on Thursday nights.

If you already have some of the basics covered, Sundays will be good for you when Suomi-koulu of New England continues on January 12th.

For everyone else there will be plenty of options! Especially for Suomen Mestari 1 chapters 6-8 on Thursday nights are perfect for Advanced Beginners.

In-person classes and baking clinics are listed at the end of this email.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yKqz8ct7mMCePj-uxFiU3zacRuVd_DO0/view and email it to : saija.laurla@gmail.com.

Terveisin

Saija

Here are the classes offered IN ZOOM (online)

New texts with syllables helping your pronunciation and getting your emphasis right when speaking Finnish.

Listen & Understand 

Finnish Basics VOL3

Thursdays  1/2-2/6 at 7.30-8.30 PM EST $120

Beginner-level online class using the book Suomen Mestari 1. Chapters 6-8. Location endings, word types and imperfect. (Living and eating for vocabulary)

SUOMI-KOULU OF NEW ENGLAND

HELMIKUU/ FEBRUARY

Sanakirja 

Sunday Evenings 2/2-2/23 at 7.00-7.30 PM EST  $35

30 minute weekly class about vocabulary given, making your own sentences. You will be given sentences in English and you will translate them in Finnish.

Listen & Understand 

Sunday Evenings 2/2-2/23 at 7.30-8.00 PM EST $30

30 minute weekly class with listening exercises, texts and questions provided a week ahead. You will hear the same text 3-4 times, and then you can  answer the questions.

MAALISKUU/ MARCH

Sanakirja 

Sunday Evenings 3/2-3/23 at 6.00-6.30 PM EST  $35

30 minute weekly class about vocabulary given, making your own sentences. You will be given sentences in English and you will translate them in Finnish.

Listen & Understand 

Sunday Evenings 3/2-3/23 at 6.30-7.00 PM EST $30

30 minute weekly class with listening exercises, texts and questions provided a week ahead. You will hear the same text 3-4 times, and then you can  answer the questions.

Finnish Basics VOL3 jatko

Thursdays  3/6-3/27 at 7.30-8.30 PM EST $80

Beginner-level online class using the book Suomen Mestari 1. Chapters 8-9. Continuing where Finnish Basics was left in chapter 8.

HUHTIKUU/ APRIL

Sanakirja 

Sunday Evenings 4/6-4/27 at 6.00-6.30 PM EST  $35

30 minute weekly class about vocabulary given, making your own sentences. You will be given sentences in English and you will translate them in Finnish.

FINNISH FOR BEGINNERS 4/3-5/29 at 7.30 PM

Suomi-koulu of New England additional class starting from the Beginning! 

If you missed the first round, here is your second chance! We will start Suomen Mestari 1 from the beginning on Thursday nights. 9 weekly lessons in April-May. 

$150 FFB members, $180 non-members

Easy Reading

Sunday Mornings 4/6-4/27 at 10-11 AM EST , $80

New texts with syllables helping your pronunciation and getting your emphasis right when speaking Finnish.

Finally here are the classes offered IN PERSON. Fitchburg, Weston and West Newton.

If you are interested in any of the below, please email me to sign up!

SCANDINAVIAN CULTURAL CENTER, West Newton MA, January

Say it like a Finn! Pronunciation work-shop on 1/10 Friday night at 6.30-7.30PM

$20/person, $15 for members.

SAIMA PARK, Fitchburg MA, March-June

3/31-6/9, 3 groups!

Advanced 3-5:00 PM (includes 4:30-5:00 coffee)

Beginners 4:30-6:30 PM (includes 4:30-5:00 coffee)

Advanced Beginners 6:30-8:15 (includes 6:30-6:45 coffee)

TUITION $80, members $75

SUOMI-KOULU of NEW ENGLAND, Weston MA, March

Saturday 3/29 at 10-12 Baking Korvapuusti!

$30/ person

Join us to bake traditional korvapuusti from scratch and go home with warm baked goods!

SCANDINAVIAN CULTURAL CENTER, West Newton MA, April

4/4-4/25 Off to Finland!, Fridays 6-7.30 PM, $150, members $100

Travel phrases, Helsinki hotspots ja Handy tips. If you are planning to travel to Helsinki/ Finland this Summer, this is for you! 

SAIMA PARK, Fitchburg MA, May5/4 at 10-1 Baking Nisu/ Pulla/ Kahvileipä

$30/ person, $25 for members. Join us to bake traditional nisu! We will be doing this from scratch, going over the history of this lovely baked good while we bake.If you wish to try to bake korvapuusti (cinnamon roll) as well, please let us know and it will be added to the list!

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FINNISH CENTER at SAIMA PARK, 67 Scott Rd, FITCHBURG MA, 

Saija Laurla will teach all classes.

Saima Park in person lessons start on Monday 3/31.

Advanced at 3-5.00PM

Beginners at 4.30.-6.30 PM

Advanced Beginners 6.30-8.15PM

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