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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gh U
nderstan
ding
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ville Ch
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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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atu
rda
y Se
pte
mb
er 1
6is b
ring
a frie
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to C
ISV
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rida
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da
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orksh
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with
Kim
mie
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imm
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ee
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mie
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Kim
mie
We
ek
s
Mo
re in
form
atio
n a
nd
fun
eve
nts
com
ing
soo
n!!!
Greetings From
the New
JB President
JU
NIO
R B
RA
NC
H
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