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September 2009

CISV Jacksonville

Extravaganza

2009

Looking forward toExtravaganza 2009 onOctober 8, committeemembers have been busywith preparations. Itpromises to be anotherexciting, fun-filled evening.Proceeds fromExtravaganza willunderwrite our own CISVVillage 2010 and otherCISV Jacksonville chapteractivities.

Since we left off inApril, more tickets havebeen sold for this specialnight of CISV camaraderie.

Nonetheless, there are stillmore tickets to be sold.Anne Lufrano, Ticket SalesChair, has requested that theticket stub and money fromany tickets previously soldbe returned to the CIVoffice as soon as possible sothat an accurate count canbe made. Also, if you haveunsold tickets in yourpossession, pleaseremember that it is still yourresponsibility to sell these.With an entry into a reversedraw with a $5000 grand

prize, EVERYONE shouldwant one of these tickets!

The second importantaspect of Extravaganza isthe Silent Auction. Manyextraordinary items havealready been donated andcataloged. There’sdefinitely somethingavailable for everyone butthere’s always room formore! As a friend of CISV,please consider makingYOUR contribution now.Suggestions include:sporting, cultural or otherevent tickets, art, wine, a

travel package or weekendat a vacation home youown, sports memorabilia,small electronics, giftcertificates…the list isendless! And if you have aspecial talent or business,we’d love to help youshowcase it. Please contactJeannie Blocker at 223-7989 or Peggy SueWilliams at 389-8098 foradditional information.

We’re looking forwardto seeing YOU atExtravaganza!!

October 8, 20096:30 PM

San Jose Country Club

We'll see you there!

Mayor Peyton, Mayor Beto Richa (Curitiba,Brazil) and our own Helen Parker (now a RotaryExchange student) at the April 3rd sister cities

ceremony.

CISV’s Annual Extravaganza Approaches!

CISV Newsletter September 2009

L to R: Adrienne Divertie, Kelly Spencer, LizzieUtset, and Ben Blackshear at NYM

Junior Branch is off to a rockin’ good start. SouthRegional Mini Camp (SRMC) is scheduled for 9/25-9/27 in Folkston, Georgia. We will be taking a bus ofJax JBers to have a great time exploring the theme of

censorship and free speech“Speak no evil, Say no evil, Hear no evil”.

The JB board will be meeting 9/6 to plan the 2009-10calendar; Stay Tuned!

Junior Branch BoardKatie Stewart, President

Marie-Claire Levy, Vice PresidentBrooke Robinson, SecretaryMurphy Williams, Historian

David Drew, TreasurerConner Austin, Chase Divertie, Halle

McClure, Mia Zanghetti, Members at LargeViky Divertie & Leah Donelan, Advisors

Ben Blackshear andAdrienne Divertie

represented the U.S.at the InternationalMeeting in Guate-

mala. They areshown here withUSA Committee

Youth Trustee Elect,Daniel Pritty.

Congratulations toAdrienne Divertiewho has joined theInternational JuniorBranch Committee

and the America's Regional Member's Team.

CISV Jacksonville’simmediate past-

president, KenzieCrane was namedas one of 12 fresh-men to the Service

Scholarprogram at FloridaState University’s

Center forLeadership and Civic Education. The purpose of thescholarship is to recognize students with outstanding

records of service and leadership, and to prepare themto become active leaders in their communities. ServiceScholars follow their own paths of individual community

service, participate in group projects with fellowScholars, attend educational sessions, and train in

leadership and advocacy skills.Congratulations!

Extravaganza 2009!

$5,000 Grand Prize

Don’t let it get away!


The National YouthMeeting (NYM) for 2009had around 15 delegates fromJacksonville. This is specialbecause any one chapterusually does not have many

people attend a mini camp.Our very own Jacksonville,FL always has one of the bestturnouts for local and nationalmini camps. This year inAtlanta, GA we hadanother successfulrun at NYM.

The theme was“bring your spork”,which dealt withcompetitive eating.This showed the kidswho attended whatthe negative effects ofexcess consumptionare. Excess is notonly dealing with toolittle of something, butalso too much. Theactivities that werecreated for thisyear’s themeconsisted of onesthat emphasized theimportance of

National Youth Meetingbalance. The activitiesdone were followedup by discussions thatmade each individualthink about what hadjust happened andhow that relates to life.

The NationalYouth meetingbenefits the kids inexposure to CISVand the greatmessages it sends tothe world’s up andcoming generation,and it benefits them inthe ways offriendships. Kids fromJacksonville are close withthose of Maine, and Texas.This sort of thing is hard tocome by with people still inelementary and high school.CISV is an opportunity forchildren all over the world toshare ideas for the world.

Alex Kaplan and MurphyWilliams go to NYM

by Murphy Williams

Conner Austin and Leah Simpson at NYMMarie Claire Levy On the rock at

NYM


On the warm summermorning of July3rd, 7 Americanteenagers waitedexcitedly for theirBrasilian friendsto arrive. Aftermuch chattingand jumping upand down, theyfinally came andbombarded uswith hugs. Themonth continuedwith a bevy ofactivities fromIslands ofAdventure andWet n’ Wild, atour of JaxPort,and a dance-filled NationalNight. Some otherhighlights includeIchetucknee and minicamp,a Suns game that was thefirst baseball game for all ofthe Brasilians, and just beingtogether as a group. TheBrasilians also absolutely

loved the shopping here and

the SUVs they thoughtlooked like buses. We wereall able to bond more andlearn many new things abouteach other, like the fact thatG can cook and Kylieknows the lyrics to everysingle song imaginable.Unfortunately, the Brasilians

Brasil Interchange by MC Levy

Megan (Brazildelegation leader)

and Annabelle Grace

had to leave sometime, butbefore they leftwe gained anew additioninto our littleinterchangef a m i l y .CongratulationsMeghan andAndy Ewanykon the birth ofA n n a b e l l eGrace!

Brazil Delegation National Night

L to R – Kevin Kozik, Brook Robinson, MarieClaire Levy, Kylie Leuthold, Murphy Williams,

and Henry Osborne.Not Picuted: Megan Ewanyk,

traveling portion of interchange andEleanor Fails, leader for hosting

portion of interchange.

International JuniorCounselors: Shelby Banks

and Katie Stewart

WantedJob market got you down? Need to beef up your resume?We have jobs providing experience in Project Management,Team Coordination, Publications, and Non-profitmanagement.Available positions:NewsletterInterchange ChairVillage PlannerFaces PlannerMosaic (LMO/Community Service) Chair

No experience necessary. Comprehensive training andongoing support will be provided. Questions: CISV Office306-0820

Train The Trainers

This is for YOU!Do you have trouble explaining

CISV to your friends? Yes,your child had a life-changing

experience….why?Come learn more about thelearning theory, purpose and

mission statement.Guess what?....It’s CISV so the

learning will all be FUN!September, 29 6:30-9:00

South Jax Presbyterian Church.All members strongly advised to

attend!


by Maggie Fitzroy reprinted from theTimes Union, Beaches Shorelines.

When 30 kids withfamily ties to Korea, China,Peru, Venezuela, Cuba,Burma and Africa met twoweeks ago at FletcherMiddle School, they werestrangers.

When they leave to-day, after attending aChildren's InternationalSummer Villages residentialcamp at the school, manywill be lifelong friends.

They've bunked to-gether in classrooms con-verted into bedrooms. Theyate meals together. And theyplayed games that exercisedthem socially, emotionallyand physically.

The aim was for thekids, who are all 11 yearsold, to understand other cul-tures in ways that few kidstheir age ever could.

"It changes your per-spective on things," saidBetty Lu, 17, a junior coun-selor whowas born inChina andnow lives inJacksonville.

S i n c eshe partici-pated as acamper fiveyears ago,Lu saidshe's kept intouch withthe friendsshe made.

" T h epeople you meet are amaz-ing," she said. "Everyonelooks different and are fromdifferent countries. But in-side, they all want the samegoal: love, peace and hap-

FACES of Jacksonville 2009piness."

Children's InternationalSummer Villages is a volun-

teer-based nonprofit organi-zation that promotes peaceeducation.

The organization offersseveral camp programs inthe Jacksonville area everysummer.

One of the camps is afour-week program for kidsfrom a variety of foreigncountries.

Various community or-ganizations nominate camp-ers for the program, said di-rector Susan Gordon.

Guided by a live-in staffof counselors and junior

L to R: Vanessa Celis-Mata (staff), Maria Stam,Mary Moran, Betty Lu, (Faces JCs), Cory

Stallings (staff), Stephen Yip, and Bobbie Baek(faces JCs). Faces JCs not pictured: Keturah

Brown, Brooke Robinson, and David Weinstein.

Matthew McCully, Stephanie Donelan (leader),Anne Arden Pomar, Charlotte Puopolo, and

Cameron Fontaine, not pictured, Jensen Alex

counselors, the kids partici-pated in daily planned activi-ties, including silly games

such as "Jungle Fe-ver" Wednesdaymorning.

They ran aroundshaking hands, andone person, who was"it," infected others,causing them to keelover "dead."

Other activitieswere more "intense,and serious."

That afternoonthey were slated toparticipate in a role-playing game that

teaches how it feels to be ste-reotyped.

The kids were to wearsigns on their backs, label-ing them as "homeless," or"rock star" or "new immi-grant."

The game features fourfestive parties, and each kidhas to try to join the parties.

Some kids get upset,Gordon said. Some mightcry.

"For an 11-year old, it'shard to understand theworld," she said. "But thisway, they feel it."

Huge THANK YOU to our major FACES donors

Robert and Anne LufranoRandy and Amy Erickson

White Wave FoodsPrudential Insurance

Rotary Club of MandarinBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida

Lad and Carol Daniels


July 2009, a monthunlike any other. Afterweeks ofanticipation, afrenzy ofcleaning andpreparation,and muche x c i t e m e n tfrom thedelegates andtheir families,the plane from Guangzhou,China arrived at theJacksonville airport on July12th. The tension wasmounting in the air, weclutched the welcomebanner, and watched thepeople stroll out of security,continually scanning thehallway for signs of our

partners. People wouldcome up to us and say, “Wejust saw them. They’recoming now!” and ourdelegation would scream.When I first saw mypartner, Linda, I couldhardly believe what was

China Delegation Experiences Jacksonvillehappening. But the initialshock soon wore off and

L i n d ac l a p p e dher hand toher mouth,and I ranover togive her abig hug!The rest ofthe month

flew by in a haze!It was a little hectic,and there wereobstacles we hadto overcome, andproblems along theway, but I cannotimagine anythingmore worth it!Linda was the bestpartner, I couldhave ever askedfor. She was

enthusiastic, crazy, fun and ayounger sister. She lovedspicy food, gorillas, and fruitsalad!

Linda’s visit was notonly an AMAZINGexperience, but also a greatlearning opportunity for my

by Elizabeth Utsetfamily. Throughout the monthwe went kayaking,

vacationed inthe NorthC a r o l i n amountains,walked thebeach, taughther how toswim, wentb o w l i n g ,

floated down theIchetucknee, shopped theSt. John’s Town Center,toured downtownJacksonville and Disney. Iwill never forget both of ourdelegations (we are like onebig family), shaving creamgames at minicamp, Kobe’sMichael Jackson dancing,Sindy and Linda’s crazy

antics, andso muchmore. Sofar, this hasbeen thebest monthof my life,and I wouldnot trade itfor theworld. Ican’t waitto go toChina nextyear!

An excerpt from an email to theMcClure's from the mother of the Chinesedelegate they hosted this summer:".........Because Bosco's flight delay oneday, he had arrived home last night. Hetold me he very very miss you and Connorand your family. He said when you saidgoodby at airport, after he turn he feelsad and want to flow the tear .When heheard the flight delay, he hope can re-turn your house to meet you again. Andhe told me he want go to US universityto study. Then he will buy a house to livenear you house......

Maybe Bosco don't know how to ex-pression his sentiment, but I sure he willremember this holiday forever. I wantto say "thank you very much" as Bosco'smom, thanks for you take care him sowell, thanks for all people in your familygive him so much laugh."

L to R - Taylor Robinson, KatieMackoul and Elizabeth UtsetNot pictured: Quinn Magevneyand Ryan Gober and Sharyn

Allen, leader.


Even before weboarded the plane toGermany, Ithink we allknew it wasgoing to be ag r e a ts u m m e rcamp. Wehad met mostof theparticipantso nFacebook inthe weeksleading up toour three-week stay, so we already feltreally close. Our hopes for afun time were assured by thefirst night, as we all stayed uplate singing, learning eachother’s languages, andgetting to know eachother….

The Leaving FootprintsSummer Camp 2009 in Kiel,Germany was the mostincredible experience of my

Summer Camp in Kiel, Germany by Rachel Buff

lifetime. Between simulationactivities, excursions,

scavenger hunts,discussions, and plenty oftrips to the market, Ibecame best friends withpeople from Brazil, China,Germany, Italy, Lebanon,Norway, Spain, andSweden. We playedChinese Masters, TheKilling Game, and House ofFeelings. Of course we hada Gala Night, where we all

dressed up and escorted ourdates to a night of dancing

and fun. The games andactivities were bothentertaining and eye-opening, and our campincluded a reoccurringtheme of frogs and cows.

Through our ups anddowns we stuck together,even when the Staff yelledat us to clean our rooms,even when we wereforced to perform a

L to R: Chase Divertie, Halle Pritchard, RachelLufrano (leader), Halle McClure, and Rachel Buff

L to R: Halle McClure, Rachel Buff, HaleyPritchard, and Chase Divertie

dance over and over againfor a German TV film crew,and even when we couldn’tconcentrate from lack ofsleep. In everyone’s opinion,the camp passed by way tooquickly, but was worth everyminute. Thanks to CISV forbringing together so manyamazing people for such awonderful event. I beginevery day with high hopes toone day visit my friendsagain.

Kimberly Griffin (village 96, IC 98) isworking in Shanghi working for Walt

Disney Company after receiving her MSin International Affairs.Way to go

Kimberly!

If you have announcements pleaseemail the editor, Viky Divertie at:[email protected]

Save your Junk CISV is having a Garage Sale!October, 17 at the corner of San Jose and EmersonDonations may be dropped off at the Mango officebetween 9-5 Monday through Thursday.Volunteers needed for the day of the sale.Call Suzanne Bass: 398-9005.More info to come!


L to R - Elisa Pena, Erin Wiggins, CassidySpencer, Leader: Amy Conarton (not pictured).

Dallas Village

There were a lot of things I liked about village. I loved eatingunusual foods, especially the pasta. I learned a lot of new energizers;my favorite was “Brown Squirrel”. My host family took us to thestock yards and I saw real cowboys. I’m staying in touch witheveryone from camp, but my favorite new friend was from Denmark.

2009 Village Delegations by Erin Wiggens

Jackob Blaudow, Jonathan Mackoul, CarolineMcMullen, Shannon Manuel, Leader: Cory

Stallings (not pictured)

Village was a blast! It was an inspiring and extremelymemorable experiencethat definitely changedthe way I look atcountries and cultures. Imet lifelong friends andthe site (Ford Castle)made the village “comealive” with new things. Ihope that anyone thathas the opportunity to goto village goes and hasas great of a time as Idid (although that ishighly unlikely, becausewords can’t even explainthe experience.)

England Villageby Caroline McMullen

Elisa Pena, ErinWiggins, and

Carolyn Sterns

Cassidy Spencer


Congratulationsto Chris (village91, JC 96, leader2001) and HelenMueller on the

birth of their son,William JamesMueller “Will”.(Chris was the

2008 CISVsecretary).

Don’t forget tovisit Patty

at the office! Monday -

Thursday 9-52148 Mango

Place(behind SouthJacksonville

Presbyterian Church)306-0820

Please contact JeannieBlocker at 223-7989 or PeggySue Williams at 389-8098 for

additional information onExtravaganza 2009!

Want to have a fun morning at village?

Bring a prospective village aged kid tocome to a play day and re-live the

village excitement!

October, 17 - 9-12South Jax Presbyterian Church Gym.

Info meeting for parents will be heldjointly at the adjacent Mango Office.

Congratulations toKathryn Seigler for

receiving the Neil Hall“Above and BeyondAward” awarded toteachers for their

community involvementand for exceptional

effort in bringing theworld into their

classroom.

Extravaganza 2009$5,000 Grand Prize

Reverse Draw Raffle & Silent Auctionto Benefit the

Jacksonville Chapter of CISV

Presentation of the 2009 DelegatesSouth Jacksonville Presbyterian Church, Harvin Hall

October, 11, 2009 - 2-3:30 pm

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