BCA-USA MIRROR
BCA CAROLINAS Growth and Resilience During the Pandemic By Ni Colins Doh
President, Carolinas Chapter
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he Carolinas Chapter is made up of North and South Carolina. Membership continues to grow steadily. We have 15 registered members. During the pandemic we did not collect local chapter dues from members. We also switched to holding meetings via Zoom. In-person meetings were resumed in the Fall of 2021 and local chapter membership registrations in January 2022. As of April 2022 we have fifteen registered members. We are quite certain this number will continue to grow. In fact, we are growing not only in numbers but in family sizes too. We’ve had five babies in the last two years and are looking forward to welcoming three more in 2022. Ahem! The Carolinas are fertile ground.
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BALI CULTURAL ASSOCIATION - USA
Fun Activities During the Pandemic
During the pandemic Bali Carolinas continued meeting via zoom. We came up with fun games to play on Zoom like riddles and jokes - Ŋkwalè e? Lèŋkwa. Outside of Zoom, we had other fun activities we did as a group. One of these activities was the ‘step challenge’. The idea came about as we sought ways to keep our members fit and active. Using a step counting device like a Fitbit watch or even a phone, we tracked our daily steps and posted these to motivate others. We gave prices to the highest steppers. Our senior citizens also took part in this challenge. It was a lot of fun.
