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Mon, July 10, 2023
Click to view this email in a browser Welcome to 2023 Summer Snapshot #2!
We’ll publish weekly through our busy summer to keep you up-to-date on all things CISV Jacksonville! This Snapshot will feature our delegate back from Fortnight, our delegations traveling to Brazil and Norway, Interchange in Jacksonville, and Seminar camp in Jacksonville.
Join our Spanish interchange delegages for their National Night on July 13 Please invite rising 5th and 6th graders for our free FACES of Jacksonville day camp from July 24 to Aug 4. Share this information. Bring friends to Interchange National Night Taylor Home WELCOME SPANISH INTERCHANGE DELEGATES The 9 Jacksonville families hosting Spanish delegates for interchange have enjoyed a fun and busy first week, hosting their welcome party, celebrating the Fourth of July, bonding at minicamp and having adventures during family weekend.
Click to see what the Interchange has been doing!
OUR TRAVELING DELEGATIONS VILLAGE TO NORWAY Our delegation to Norway “Leave No Skillingsbolle Behind” Village is finishing its first week at camp. A skillingsbolle is a traditional pastry from Bergen, Norway. It is a bun filled with sugar and cinnamon. And just like people, no batch of skillingsbolle is the same. Each skillingsbolle has its own diverse set of qualities and differences that makes it special. Our goal is to help all skillingsboller find and explore their qualities and differences, and after this, find a way for them all to live together as one!
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The “Untold Stories” Step Up to Brazil explains that its theme is based on the samba song “História pra ninar gente grande” which talks about a concept called “The History that History Doesn’t Tell.” It means that sometimes the things we learn in school or from other people only show one side of the story, and some stories are left out or changed. These are the stories that the song tries to uncover. We were inspired by this song to choose “Untold Stories” as our camp theme. We want to hear from all of you the untold stories of your countries and yourselves. The song talks about people who have been silenced for a long time. It tells their stories of struggles and hardships throughout history and how it affected their lives. The song emphasizes the importance of telling these stories, not just for learning history, but also for healing and making peace.
THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED WITH OUR SEMINAR CAMP IN JAX
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We are so grateful to all the hard-working staff and volunteers that made our Seminar Camp a success!
So many great photos of Seminar Camp are here! If you missed Open Day, see what it was like here.
If you were not able to help, Make a donation here.
Seeking friendly 4th & 5th graders
for FACES camp
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We have space for additional kids for FACES of Jacksonville camp
from July 24 to Aug 4.
FACES is a free camp and
will be held at 191 Pecan Street, Jacksonville, FL 32211.
Youth should have just completed 4th or 5th grade.
June 19 to July 2
CISV USA wanted to create a new experience for our 16-17 year olds to connect, create, and inspire. Fortnight is a national CISV camp with a focus on community service. Fortnight gives participants the opportunity to discuss American identity, their individual identities, and how we can connect CISV within our communities. Participants think about ways in which they can positively impact their community in and out of CISV in order to make the world a better place.
CISV Jacksonville was proud to be represented by the Fortnight camp director Kerry McClure and Fortnight delegate Chloe Geoghegan.
See the CISV Jax Fortnight Photo Album here.
June 29 to July 14 – Spain Interchange delegates visit Jacksonville
July 13 – Spain National Night at 6:30pm – Riverside area – Register here
July 24 to Aug 4 – FACES of Jacksonville camp
Sunday, Aug 20 – Parent & Youth Debrief from 3:30p-6p.
This is a mandatory event for all 2023 delegates and their parents
RSVP Here
SENIORS: We are accepting senior quotes! How has CISV impacted you as a person first and as a leader?
Please send pictures and quotes to cisvjax@gmail.com
That’s all for our second week! We hope you enjoyed it!
If you have news you would like to share in a future issue, please
e-mail us at cisvjax@gmail.com.
See you next week!
“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”
— Maria Shriver
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