CISV Jacksonville September 2006

President’s LetterW

e are off to a great start to our 2006-2007 year. TheA

dult and Junior Branch Boards participated in a joint retreatin A

ugust to reflect on the past year's programs and activities

and to plan for the coming year.

•A

s you can see from the contents of this new

sletter,our Faces of Jacksonville and Peaceful Song Village this sum

-m

er were a trem

endous success. •

It is so exciting to see the positive impact of C

ISVprogram

s on our youth--see what they have to say about their experiences this sum

mer on pages 8 and 9 of this new

sletter. •

In honor of our 30th anniversary in Jacksonville we w

ill present the first CISV Peace Builder Aw

ard at a luncheonon O

ctober 12 at the Wyndham

Jacksonville Riverwalk. W

e hope you will be able to join us.

• W

e are pleased to sponsor what w

e hope will be an official CISV

Mosaic program

in conjunction with the Peace

Builder Aw

ard luncheon: Mr. K

imm

ie Weeks w

ill be with us for three days, speaking at the luncheon and to various

comm

unity groups and ending his visit with a day long w

orkshop with our Junior Branch on O

ctober 14.Isn't it am

azing what w

e are able to do as a dedicated and comm

itted group of volunteers?In C

ISV,Val Chritton,President, CISV

Jacksonville

Kim

mie W

eeks hasw

orked to alleviate povertyand hum

an suffering in Af-

rica and around the world

since he was fourteen. A

tthe young age of nine, hecam

e face to face with civil

war, hum

an suffering, anddeath. A

t age eleven, hecom

mitted him

self to creat-ing a better w

orld for children. Ever since, his life has beena journey tow

ard fulfilling this comm

itment. O

ver the years,W

eeks has formed partnerships and led organizations that

have provided education to thousands of students in West

Africa, lobbied the disarm

ament of child soldiers and pro-

vided health care and recreation supplies to children. VisitKim

mieW

eeks.com and YouthActionInternational.org for

additional information.

Kim

mie W

eeksC

hild R

ights A

ctivist

Kim

mie W

eeks in Jacksonville:

Thursday, October 12:

Keynote Speaker at Peace Builder Luncheon

Afternoon: U

niversity of North Florida (tentative)

Evening: Schultz CenterFriday, O

ctober 13:M

orning: Jacksonville University

Afternoon: M

andarin High School

Saturday, October 14:

All day w

orkshop with CISV

Junior Branch

Additional information and details will be available

soon on our website at www.jax.cisvusa.org.

Please join us forThe 2006 C

ISV Peace Builder Aw

ard Luncheon

Keynote Speaker

Mr. K

imm

ie Weeks

Acclaim

ed Children's Rights Activist and Founder

of Youth Action International

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Luncheon and Program - 11:30 a.m

. to 1:00 p.m.

Wyndham

Jacksonville Riverwalk

1515 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32207

Art work by

Sarah Crooks Flaire

"Bird Buddies",2005

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Children's International Summer Village

P.O. Box 16472Jacksonville, Florida

32245jax.cisvusa.org

Please join the Jacksonville Chapter of Children's International Summ

er Villages for an important G

eneral Mem

bershipM

eeting and dinner. Your entire family is w

elcome to attend. Com

e get energized with the Junior Branch and see all of

your CISV Friends! For m

ore fun and fellowship, the business m

eeting will be brief.

Sunday, September 24, 2006 • 5:30 PM

- 7:30 PMLocation: South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church

Harvin H

all • 2137 Hendricks Avenue

Jacksonville, Florida 32207(South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church is located at the intersection of Hendricks Ave and San M

arco Blvd.)

Presentation of Delegates and L

eaders 2006D

enver VillageN

orway Village

Faces of JacksonvilleBrazil Interchange

Slovenia InterchangeG

ermany Sum

mer Cam

pCosta Rica and Luxem

bourg Seminar Cam

ps

Fall General M

eeting CISV

Jacksonville September 2006

Page 2CISV

Newsletter

September 2006

Hello every-

one. I'm Em

ily Hyde and I

am the new

Junior Branch

president. I was brought

into CISV

by my parents

Whit and K

aren Hyde. A

ndafter m

any camps and years

on the board I feel that I amready for this position. I'mlucky

to have

Ben

Blackshear as m

y vicepresident. W

e have beenw

orking together since we

went to village. (W

e also didan interchange, w

ent to asum

mer cam

p, and were

Faces JCs together.) H

e is ajunior at Episcopal and I'm

asenior at Paxon.

In this past year, ourJunior B

ranch has donethings that set us apart fromother JBs. W

e had two m

ini-cam

ps. Our new

Coffee

House events w

ere a suc-cess. W

e had two represen-

tatives on the National Youth

Meeting

Com

mittee

(NY

MC

). Also, our JB

board updated our by-laws

and started succession plan-ning that w

ill make the tran-

sition from Vice President to

President a lot smoother.

This new year has al-

ready started off well w

ithour first regional m

ini-camp!

And to follow

are many

more exciting activities

planned by the new JB

Board, including the eventssurrounding the 30th yearcelebration of the Jackson-ville Chapter.

With another year

passed we are sad to see

our high school graduates

and JB legends go on to col-lege. O

ur past-presidentA

drienne Divertie has

graduated from Paxon and

is on her way to U

F. And

long time m

ember of our JB

and board, Cory Stallings,

has graduated from Stanton

and is attending UC

F. We

thank them for their years of

hard work that have m

adethe Jacksonville JuniorBranch so strong.

I hope to see you all atthe upcom

ing events, so we

can dare to make our

DREA

M a fact.

Emily H

ydeJB President

Sa

ve th

e d

ate

for th

ese

excitin

gu

pco

min

g JB

eve

nts!!

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soo

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Greetings From

the New

JB President

JU

NIO

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NC

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BR

ING

A F

RIE

ND

TO

CIS

V D

AY

!!!

Com

e and join us for an afternoon of funfilled activities!!

Where: South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church

2137 Hendricks Avenue

When: Septem

ber 16, 20062 PM

to 5 PM

What to bring: Yourself and a friend!

HO

PE TO SEE Y

OU

THER

E!!!

If you have any questions please contact, Brian Dughi

(braindughi@hotm

ail.com) of M

ackenzie Crane(tinydanceder004@

comcast.net)

JB ANNOUNCEMENT

Page 9CISV

NewsletterO

ur summ

er camp in

Ham

burg was aw

esome!

We had

9 differ-ent coun-t

ri

es

wh

ich

consistedof

Co-

lombia,

Ge

r-

ma

ny

,U

kraine, Jordan, Austria,

Turkey, Indonesia, Nether-

lands, and of course theU

SA. The cam

p started onJune 21 and lasted throughJuly 14. It w

as the fastestthree w

eeks of our lives.The cam

p was in H

amburg,

Germ

any. We started off

the first weekend at a host

family's house and then from

there we w

ent to the CISVhouse. It w

as perfect forw

hat we needed at the

This summ

er, JoshJenkins, Langston W

itcher,A

nna Rea and I attended a

4 week Village in O

stfold,N

orway, along w

ith ourLeader, Joe H

ofrichter. Thenam

e of the village was

Soria Moria Village, taken

from a N

orwegian fairytale.

This past July, six del-egates from

Jacksonvilletraveled to B

razil for onem

onth. This was the sec-

ond part of the inter-change- our six Brazilianpartners cam

e and spentJuly 2005 w

ith us. Forthe m

ost part, we lived in

Sao Jose dos Cam

pos,a tow

n about half the sizeof Jacksonville, situatedbetw

een Sao Paulo andRio de Janeiro. W

e trulyhad an am

azing time

there, from trips to Sao

Paulo or Hopi H

ari's (anam

usement park), staying

in a ski resort in the moun-

tains (unfortunately nosnow

), visiting the Nestle

chocolate factory, or ourm

any trips to the local

USA

- Brazil Interchange 2006by Sarah Tow

ersm

alls, we learned a lot about

Brazilian culture. For family

week, w

hen everyone split

up to spend a week w

ith theirfam

ilies, my fam

ily took me

to many fun, exotic places.

We w

ent to Ilha Grande (Big

Island), which w

as like an is-land resort, R

io de Janeiro,

Our delegation in N

orway. From

left toright: Langston W

itcher, Leah Jimenez,

Josh Jenkins and Anna Rea.

where

we

stayed on

Copacabana B

each, andPenedo, a Finlandish colony

in the mountains (w

here theym

ake excellent ice cream).

During our m

ini-camp, w

estayed at a luxurious m

oun-tain resort, and there w

e didm

any CISV

activities, and

grew closer as a group again

(several of our partners arehoping to com

e and visit usthis w

inter). We learned

about different ways to com

-m

unicate our thoughts andfeelings, because som

etimes

our Brazilian parents spokeno English at all- not neces-sarily a bad thing, becauseit forced us to step outsideof our com

fort zones. We

also realized what a close

culture it is (they kiss and hugw

hen greeting each other).W

e overcame our cultural

differences, and we had a

great experience because ofit. D

uring my tim

e in Brazil,I grew

close to my fam

ily,and I m

iss them very m

uch-I hope to go back to B

razilsom

eday.

The Village w

as held in aschool and the cam

pus was

awesom

e. W

e m

adebisquits and gravy and gritsfor our N

ational Night

"breakfast" and we w

atchedLooney Tunes cartoons inour PJs. W

e made lasting

friendships with other Vil-

lagers fromA

rgentina,B

ra

zi

l,

Ca

na

da

,France, Ecua-dor, G

ermany,

Italy, Leba-

non, Sweden,

Thailand andN

orway. W

eall had a w

on-derful tim

e butI never got to

see a moose!

Ham

burg Summ

er Cam

p 2006by Jack M

orancam

p because it had a bigarena to do activities in and

also a lot of space outside touse. O

ne of the best partsduring the cam

p was w

henw

e were able to go out one

night and do a bonfire. Theleaders had set it up so thatw

e were able to have s' m

o-res and roast m

arshmallow

sand w

e even had hot choco-late! The bonfire w

as hugeand w

e sang songs and when

we w

alked home there w

asa full m

oon. We all had the

time of our lives!

Norw

ay Village 2006by Leah Jim

enez

September 2006

Page 3CISV

Newsletter

The JacksonvilleJB

hosted its secondRegional M

ini-camp at

Cam

p Suwannee on

August 18 - 20. The

camp w

as attended bynearly 20 JacksonvilleJB

ers and about 20youth from

the Atlanta,

Gulf C

oast, Smokey

Mountain, and Chatta-

nooga chapters. Them

ini-camp

was

planned and run by thepresidents and presi-dent-elects from

thechapters including ourow

n Emily H

yde and Ben

Blackshear. This was a great

opportunity to make friends

with the am

azing kids from

JB South Regional "Grocery Store" M

ini-camp

the other chapters.The them

e of theM

ini-camp

was

"Grocery Store." A

llof the activities w

erebased around preju-dices based on gen-der orientation. A

t-tendees w

ere dividedby age for selectedactivities so that dis-cussions w

ere ageappropriate. N

otonly w

ere there greatm

eaningful activities,but there w

ere also aton of fun ones keep-

ing in the true CISV spirit in-

cluding some running gam

es

and a "Dance Party."

Thanks again to Emily

and Ben w

ho did an awe-

some job planning and run-

ning the mini-cam

p, to ourgreat chaperones, and toJody D

ughi and Joyce King

who did all of the arrange-

ments for the cam

p!

In 1980 Eartha Napo-

leon was selected to be the

leader for our Village D

el-egation bound for W

ashing-ton, D

C. That w

as the be-ginning of a long term

friend-ship betw

een CISV

andEartha and her fam

ily. It was

among m

any "firsts" forEartha; she w

as our first Af-

rican Am

erican leader. Shew

orked many hours on Vil-

lage, recruitment and alw

aysdid everything w

ith cheerful-ness and energy. Shebrought m

any friends andfam

ily mem

bers into CISV as

a result of her hard work.

Eartha lost her six yearbattle w

ith cancer on August

16, 2006. Our sym

pathygoes out to her husband,Beryl, and her children, O

lga,A

ndre and Mahalia, as w

ellas her extended fam

ily.

CISV

Loses FriendE

artha N

apoleon

Hi, this is Rev D

arraghcom

ing at you fromC

osta Rica. Well, I'm

home now, but hey! This

seminar cam

p was

awesom

e, doubtlesslythe best C

ISV experi-ence I yet have had.

Thanks to the chapterfor giving m

e thisopportunity.

-ruthven darragh

Fall General M

eeting

Sunday, September 24

5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

South Jax PrebyterianChurch

by Mackenzie C

rane

CISV

- Peace T

hroughU

nderstandingC

heck out the Photo of this year’s

Village on page 5

September 2006Page 8

CISV N

ewsletter

My experience

at the "Rockin' the

Rockies" CISV Vil-

lage in Denver w

asone of the bestthings I have everdone in m

y life.M

eeting other kidsfrom

all around thew

orld was a very

fun experience and Ilearned a lot aboutother cultures, otherreligions and otherw

ays of life. At our

camp, there w

ere kidsfrom

Austria, Italy, Ice-

land, Germ

any, France,Brazil, Canada, G

uatemala,

Norw

ay, Indonesia, Thai-land, and U

SA. Everyone

was friendly and w

anted to

"Rockin' the Rockies" Denver V

illage Was A

wesom

e!by M

ia Zanghetti

by Linzee Ott

share information about their

country with everyone else.

Our V

illage was held at a

large public school in

Littleton,Colorado.T

he

weather

was very

sunny andw

arm. A

tnights atthe Village,w

e would

have activi-ties, andsom

etimes,

we w

oulddo funny,

cr

az

ydances. In

addition to ourregular C

ISV gam

es andactivities, w

e went to a pro-

fessional soccer game in

Denver, and since our Vil-

The Denver Village delegation on the evening of

their National N

ight at Village. They have justfinished perform

ing the "ChaC

ha Slide"!From

left to right: Mia Zanghetti, Stacy Young,

Quenton W

right, and Adam Tate.

lage was held at the sam

etim

e as the World Cup, ev-

eryone was really into soc-

cer. During our host fam

ilystay, w

e went on a big al-

pine slide down a m

ountain,and a m

ountain train ride.W

e also went to a big w

a-ter park called "W

aterW

orld". The last night atV

illage was very sad be-

cause no one wanted to

leave the new friends that

they had made. But w

e allagreed to stay in touch viaem

ail and through CISV

programs. Everyone in our

Jacksonville delegation hada great tim

e at Village and Ihope that w

e will be able

to participate in other CISVprogram

s in the future.Slovenia Interchange 2006

You know how

over the course of your life you collect “thebest days ever?” I had m

y best day ever in July this summ

er. Ifyou w

ere to ask me w

hich day in July, I’d probably laugh. My

whole m

onth of July was an am

azing experience. I had a girlfrom

Slovenia come to stay w

ith me, as did seven other kids

from Jacksonville. In A

pril, as soon as I got the matching form

for my partner, I started counting dow

n the days until she ar-rived. W

e emailed every day, regardless of the seven-hour tim

edifference. In M

ay I felt like I had known this girl forever. In

June I had ants in my pants. W

hen July finally rolled around, itdidn’t stop—

it just kept rolling on by. Even though July was the

most fabulous m

onth of my life, it felt like three days. That’s

because time really does fly w

hen you’re having fun, and in thiscase, this w

as the most fun I’d ever had.

My trip to Luxem

bourg was one that I w

ill never forget. The experi-ences I had there and the friends I m

ade will stay w

ith me forever. I learned

so much from

the people I lived with and it w

as fascinating to become

educated about so many different cultures. The political discussions w

ehad changed m

y perspective on many issues and I now

read the newspa-

per with real interest about w

orld events. My best friends w

ere from Sw

e-den, England, and Canada and I hope w

e can find a way to see each other

again soon. I would highly recom

mend the Sem

inar Camp experience to

any seventeen or eighteen year old who is looking for a sum

mer they w

illalw

ays remem

ber.

Luxembourg Sem

inar Cam

p 2006by C

aitlin Moran

September 2006

Page 4CISV

Newsletter

Faces Reunion! Saturday, Septem

ber 16 from 11 A

M to 1 PM

in APR Park

1096 A. Philip Randolph Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32206

The Boys and Girls Club invites us all to celebrate Day for Kids with a great deal of fun.

CISV/Faces will have a booth and we will be there to hand out information on CISV and Faces, see all

the friends we made during Faces and again celebrate the diversity of Jacksonville.

All chapter m

embers are invited to join the fun and festivities. See you there!!

With participants from

China,

Korea, The Bridge, India, Lutheran

Social Services (Liberia, Lebanon,and Sierre Leone), C

ISV, Peru andBoys and G

irls Club the spirit of peacew

as alive and well at Faces. To quote

some of the participants about w

hatthey learned, "Its w

hat matters on the

inside that counts, and that peoplelook different on the outside, but arethe sam

e on the inside", " Trust,caring, and how

to change the world

with positive things", "I learned how

to obey others, respect the flag of theU

SA, learned to go to bed on tim

eand w

ake up on time and be good to

other friends", "I learned not to fightso w

e will not have w

ars in the fu-ture", "Trust, friendship, responsibili-ties, be nice to one another, bring thew

orld peace, try to avoid war". The

things they liked included the food,JC

s (four were C

ISV JC

s), games,

being in the same room

, the beds, thepool and the beach and to quote onecam

per, "Everything; I would never

forget a mom

ent".A

big thanks goes to our Jack-sonville staff, Eleanor Fails, A

my

Conarton, D

avid Price and, fromB

randywine, PA

, Sharon Sweitzer.

Also Beth and Ed Jenkins , along w

iththeir com

mittee, m

ade those bedsand that food happen!

Faces of Jacksonville 2006by C

arol Daniels

September 2006Page 7

CISV N

ewsletter

Recruiting for the com-

ing year is already off andrunning. To date w

e knowthat w

e have the following

opportunities for youngpeople in N

ortheast Floridathis sum

mer:

1. Austria Interchange

for 14-15 year olds.2. Sw

edish Inter-change for 12-13 year olds.

3. Faces Junior Coun-

selor Positions for eight 16-17 year olds.

4. One international

Junior Counselor position fora 16-17 year old.

5. A m

inimum

of two

international village opportu-nities for a total of eight 11

CISV

Opportunities for 2006-2007

year olds.6. A delegation of four

11 year olds to Faces ofJacksonville.

7. At least five adult

leader positions for ages 21and up.

We w

ill be passingalong m

ore information on

each of these opportunitiesalong w

ith (hopefully) ad-ditional opportunities for thecom

ing year.O

ur recruiting strategyfor the com

ing year is todeal directly w

ith schoolsand teachers in order toidentify young people w

how

ould be a good match for

CISV. We are speaking to

parent groups at the schoolsand talking to faculty. If youknow

of a good event forC

ISV to attend, please let

me know

!The B

oard of Direc-

tors has set a goal of two

applicants for each CISV

position available and we

are working hard to exceed

that goal. In order to dothat, w

e need everyone'shelp. If you know

a family

that would be a good fit for

CISV, talk to them

! Youcan direct them

to ourw

eb

si

te

at

ww

w.jax.cisvusa.org orhave them

contact me

di

re

ct

ly

at

moranlaw

@bellsouth.net.

When a young person ap-

plies, they are also applyingto becom

e a mem

ber of ourJunior Branch w

hich has lotsof terrific activities plannedfor the com

ing year.CISV

is not only a life-changing experience for ayoung person, it is a w

on-derful opportunity for fam

i-lies in N

ortheast Florida tom

eet and become friends

with other fam

ilies theym

ight not otherwise get to

know. Tell your friends theCISV

story!

Audrey M

oranRecruiting Chair

plies to get us started. We

may have enough paper tow

-els for next year :. The H

ydefam

ily, Cam

ille and Darrell

Ott, the N

ovakoski family,

Sarah and Bill Leuthold, B

illand K

im Tate, K

athleenB

albona, Alice M

ickles, LaniRedington and fam

ily, the Pazfam

ily, Jody Dughi, the

Chrittons, the Jenkins, the

Daniels, and the B

reedlovefam

ily, and all the other fami-

lies who donated anony-

mously.

Thank you to our hostfam

ilies for arrivals and de-partures as w

ell as Open

Weekend. W

e hope you en-joyed getting to know

our in-ternational visitors. A

n extraspecial thanks to SuzanneB

ass for coordinating thisH

erculean effort.A

my C

onarton, Rich

Zangetti and Pam Phillips,

Ann Lucas, Sally Young, A

my

Hyde,

the R

ea fam

ily,Lorraine Lee, the Tilbrookfam

ily, Max and H

eather

Weiss, the Tersaks, B

ill andK

im Tate, A

udrey Moran, the

Clarkes,

Marianne

Sypniewski, Chris and W

ayneLester, D

arlene and Barney

Spann, Val and Kirby Chritton,

Suzanne Bass and Fred

Parker, Chris and H

elenM

ueller, Ann Lufrano, the

Barbours, the D

urdens, theB

lackshear fam

ily, the

Jenkins, the Dughi fam

ily, LizSharpe, R

oseanne Ennis,

Terry Yip, Teenya and C

hrisLaPorte, Liz and Paul Figura,Sarah Leuthold, K

im G

ray,A

nn Marie M

aige, Andrea

Spadafora, Thirza Duensing,

Am

y Crane, Lisa B

olling, LizB

lackwell, Terri W

alton,Chuck Paulsen and Joy Sm

ith,and Theresa Levy.

Village Planning C

om-

mittee M

embers

A great deal of apprecia-

tion goes to our Village Plan-

ning Comm

ittee Mem

bers notpreviously m

entioned andthose w

ho helped them do a

fantastic job at their varied

tasks:Lorraine Tersak, Lead-ers' N

ight out coordinator forFaces and Village, and the sit-ters for Faces Leaders' N

ightO

ut, Leah D

onelan, theD

aniels, Jenkins, Moran,

Breedlove, and C

larke fami-

lies.Teenya LaPorte, Open

Day C

oordinator for Facesand V

illage, and her husbandC

hris and

daughterM

acKenzie and those w

hohelped clean the cafeteria andprepare for the big event in-cluding: Val C

hritton, Keith

and Zack Jenkins, L

ukaTodorovik, C

arol Daniels,

Vickie Breedlove, Mariko and

Tiffany Clarke, and all of you

who cam

e and brought foodto share.

Karen M

ueller, Disney

coordinator; K

athleenB

albona Leaders' Welcom

eParty; D

eb Stewart, M

edicalD

irector; Ashley R

ea, Risk

Manager; A

my C

rane, Pub-licity; Paul Figura, Photogra-

pher; Ann Lufrano, Trea-

surer; Chris and W

ayneLester, Supply coordinators;Terry Y

ip, Snack coordina-tor; and finally Chris M

erritt;Technology coordinator andall around go-to guy!

Finally, we are ever

grateful for our corporatedonors G

ustafson's Dairy,

Panera, Aram

ark, Baptist,

Aaron's R

entals, FletcherM

iddle School, Publix, andW

inn-Dixie.

***************W

e have tried to be asthorough as possible in thank-ing everyone involved in thistrem

endous team effort but in-

evitably, we have failed to men-

tion someone, so thank you to

the entire Jacksonville Chap-

ter of CISV. W

hat a fantasticbunch!W

ith heartfelt apprecia-tion for all of your help andsupport,

Beth and Ed Jenkins

Village Planners 2006

Thanks to V

illage Helpers.,,,,,.continued from

page 5

September 2006

Page 5CISV

Newsletter

Faces and Village VolunteersA

sante, Muchas Gracias, M

olte Grazie, Takk, Hvala, M

erci and THA

NK YO

UFaces of Jacksonville

and the Peaceful Song Villagew

ere both successful in bring-ing together children from

dif-ferent cultural backgroundsand uniting them

throughpeaceful, interactive C

ISVactivities led by experiencedStaff, Leaders and JC

s. Tothat end, w

e are thankful forour

Faces co-directors

Eleanor

Fails and A

my

Conarton, and for our local

JCs, B

en Blackshear, Jam

ilB

ryant, Yang G

e, Lizzie

Lufrano, Emily H

yde, Caitlin

Moran, M

endy Liu, and

Carolina Iberos. W

e aregrateful as w

ell to our Village

staff, Valerie Maurais, B

rucePerlm

an, Danny Poellot, our

own Petti M

aloney, andStephanie D

onelan and ourVillage JCs, A

dam, Fernando,

Trishla, Eirin, Kayla, and

James for giving so m

uch tothe delegates w

ho participatedin our V

illage.T

hanks to those who

helped with set-up at Fletcher

and then clean-up and who

helped with the change over

from Faces to V

illage. Therew

ere tons of desks to move

and beds to make and w

herew

ould we be w

ithout: Vicki

Jimenez, her daughters, Leah

and Kelsey, Lorraine Tersak

and her sons, Chris and Nicho-

las, Mariko and Tiffany Clarke,

Sheila Andrew

s and her sonsM

arlon and Langston, Ashley

Rea, C

arol Daniels, V

ickiB

reedlove, Christine and

Wayne Lester, Joyce K

ing,V

iki Divertie, Stephen Y

ip,B

en Blackshear, the Slovenia

Interchange delegates (Casey

Bailey and Lara, John Edw

ardB

albona and

Ivo, K

ylie

Leuthold and Nina, M

aryK

elley Moran and Tina,

Linzee Ott and A

ja, Katie

Stewart and Tjasa, W

illiamThom

pson and Jan, Keith

Jenkins and Luka) and oursons Zack and Josh.

A special note of appre-

ciation to our cook, Denise

Pauley for her tireless effortsin the kitchen at Fletcher.A

lso, a hearty thanks tothose w

ho helped with food

needs by providing meals or

snacks, picking up bakedgoods from

Panera, solicit-ing donations, serving foodand helping cleanup in thekitchen, and/or running to getall those last m

inute National

Night necessities:

Liz and Nick Figura,

Terry Yip, D

avid and Vicki

Breedlove, C

arol and LadD

aniels, Am

y Conarton,

Alice K

imbrough, M

arikoC

larke, Muffet Tussey, V

ikiD

ivertie, Kirstie Stew

art,Jody D

ughi, Karen, W

hit andEm

ily Hyde, N

ancy Anchors,

Audrey M

oran, the Norw

ayV

illage mom

s (Ashley R

ea,V

icki Jimenez, B

eth Jenkins,and Shelia A

ndrews), Leah

Donelan, C

hris and Helen

Mueller, N

icole Novakoski,

Shirley Lancaster, Debbie

Blackshear,

Andrea

Spadafora, Anne Lufrano,

Pamela W

right, Theresa

Levy, Am

y Hyde, Lorraine

Tersak, B

arb M

addern,D

arlene Spann, Janie Jones,Christine Lester, Cam

ille Ott,

Keith and Z

ack Jenkins,H

enny Schoonover and Valand K

irby Chritton.

Thank you for donatingthe staggering am

ount of sup-continued on page 7

Participating Countries: Argentina, Brazil, C

anada, Costa Rica, G

ermany, G

uatemala,

India, Indonesia, Italy, Norw

ay, Philippines, and USA

September 2006Page 6

CISV N

ewsletter

CISV

Jacksonvillestepped up the chapter'sR

isk Managem

ent proce-dures this past year. In or-der to com

ply with C

ISVN

ational and for the overallprotection of our children,a crim

inal backgroundscreening and driving his-tory is required for everyadult that participates in

Risk Managem

ent Report by Ashley Rea, Risk M

anagerC

ISV activities w

ith ouryouth. D

uring the 2005-2006 activity year, over 90screenings w

ere pro-cessed. This is a great ac-com

plishment for our

Chapter and I appreciate

everyone's understandingand w

illingness to providethe required inform

ation forthese screenings. The

screening results will be

valid for up to three years.The Chapter also instituteda requirem

ent of LiabilityRelease and A

uthorizationto Treat a M

inor paper-w

ork for all CISV

Jack-sonville youth participants.This covers all JuniorBranch activities, selectionovernights, m

ini-camps, etc.

for a one year period fromA

ugust to July. We had over

65 youth releases for thepast year. Please check onthe CISV

Jacksonville web

site under Junior Branch forthe form

s. We need them

forthe A

ugust 2006-July 2007year.A

gain, thanks to every-one for your cooperation.

Help Wanted

CISV Jacksonville is looking for an

Adm

inistrative Assistant / Volunteer

Coordinator. This w

ill initially be apart-tim

e position that could transitioninto full-tim

e based on the work load

requirements. W

ork will be conducted

at the CISV

office on Mango Street in

San Marco. G

eneral duties will include

managem

ent of the CISV

Jacksonvilleoffice and chapter paperw

ork, arrange/coordinate chapter activities, m

aintainm

embership/donor lists, m

anage volun-teer/recruiting program

s, etc… W

e arelooking for som

eone that is very orga-nized, detail oriented and dedicated w

ithadm

inistration/office managem

ent ex-perience. M

aybe you know the perfect

person.Please contact A

shley Rea for more

information at 535-7321. R

esumes can

be faxed to 241-0640 or e-mailed to

area@drum

mac.com

. We are looking to

fill this position imm

ediately.

CISV Jacksonville is hosting a Sem

inar Camp

in July 2007. Seminar C

amp is a program

for ap-proxim

ately 30 participants, 17-18 years. The par-ticipants conduct the cam

p with local and interna-

tional staff acting as their resource personnel and fa-cilitators. They are encouraged to discover and formopinions about individual, international and intercul-tural m

atters and positive conflict resolution. Semi-

nar Cam

p fosters interest in the world as a w

holeand develops a sense of responsibility for its peace-ful survival.

At this tim

e, we are looking for 1 m

ale and 1fem

ale to serve as home staff.

CISV International appoints the Cam

p Direc-

tor and international staff. Hom

e staff applicants will

need to be 25 years old by the start of camp and

licensed to drive. Because the International Seminar

Cam

p Com

mittee has to approve our selection of

home staff, w

e ask that applications and referencesbe subm

itted no later than September 30, 2006, to

the local CISV

Seminar C

amp C

omm

ittee, 2148M

ango Place, Jacksonville, FL 32207.You w

ill find the forms at w

ww.cisvusa.org.

Dow

nload the Leadership Application, Supplem

entfor Staff A

pplicants, and Confidential Reference Formfor CISV

Leadership/Staff Position.If you have any questions or need any addi-

tional information, please contact Patty Pritchard.

E-mail: pdpritchard@

bellsouth.netO

ffice: 880-2139H

ome: 260-5270

Seminar C

amp H

ost StaffN

eeded for July 2007

September 2006