Peace Corps Visits Club
Thomas Teeter was the guest of Janet Stanley. Siblings Lindsay and Ethan Lack visited the club. They are two of our three representatives to RYLA this year. It was announced that we would be selling beer at the Harvest Festival, September 1-3 as a major fund raiser.
President Ardin Wright announced that in two weeks, July 26, we would be visited by District Governor Nancy Pettis and her husband who is a Past District Governor. Ardin also announced that next year, the District will be hosting both a Group Study Exchange Team and a Friendship Exchange Team from Finland. We will reciprocate and slots are open for the Friendship Exchange trip. The cost for the trip is $2000 per person and provides in-home visits for 18 days in Finland.
PROGRAM
We were honored to have a representative from the Peace Corps as our speaker for the week. Carl Hammerdorfer has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa and served as the director of the Peace Corps in Sofia, Bulgaria. He speaks seven languages and has also worked in Warsaw Poland as the Director of Agribusiness and Trade for the ACDI/VOCA.
Hammerdorfer told us that to date, 190,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps since its inception in the early 1960’s. He said there are currently about 8,000 people in the Peace Corps. The average age is 41, but there is a large group in their 50’s and 60’s. The Peace Corps is actively trying to recruit seniors as well as a broader spectrum of the community. He noted that in countries where the Peace Corps are placed, the image of the US is much higher than in other areas. (We need all the help we can get).
One anecdote of interest is that he and his wife are both musicians, so while in Mali, they wrote and produced a tape of songs about dysentery, and other public health issues. He said it was interesting to hear it played on Male National Radio.
QUIZ
The story I prefer about the origin of the term hitchhike comes from the California Gold Rush in 1849. The story goes that two men would pool their resources and buy a horse. When they struck out across the prairie, one would walk and the other would ride the horse. The one on the horse would ride ahead about a mile, get off and “Hitch” the horse. He would then take off “hiking”. The following man would catch up to the horse, get on and ride past his partner for about another mile and repeat the sequence. All came out ahead as each was allowed a rest several times during the day, yet the progress was significant.
Next Question: Where was the US Capitol when George Washington took office?
President Ardin Wright announced that in two weeks, July 26, we would be visited by District Governor Nancy Pettis and her husband who is a Past District Governor. Ardin also announced that next year, the District will be hosting both a Group Study Exchange Team and a Friendship Exchange Team from Finland. We will reciprocate and slots are open for the Friendship Exchange trip. The cost for the trip is $2000 per person and provides in-home visits for 18 days in Finland.
PROGRAM
We were honored to have a representative from the Peace Corps as our speaker for the week. Carl Hammerdorfer has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa and served as the director of the Peace Corps in Sofia, Bulgaria. He speaks seven languages and has also worked in Warsaw Poland as the Director of Agribusiness and Trade for the ACDI/VOCA.
Hammerdorfer told us that to date, 190,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps since its inception in the early 1960’s. He said there are currently about 8,000 people in the Peace Corps. The average age is 41, but there is a large group in their 50’s and 60’s. The Peace Corps is actively trying to recruit seniors as well as a broader spectrum of the community. He noted that in countries where the Peace Corps are placed, the image of the US is much higher than in other areas. (We need all the help we can get).
One anecdote of interest is that he and his wife are both musicians, so while in Mali, they wrote and produced a tape of songs about dysentery, and other public health issues. He said it was interesting to hear it played on Male National Radio.
QUIZ
The story I prefer about the origin of the term hitchhike comes from the California Gold Rush in 1849. The story goes that two men would pool their resources and buy a horse. When they struck out across the prairie, one would walk and the other would ride the horse. The one on the horse would ride ahead about a mile, get off and “Hitch” the horse. He would then take off “hiking”. The following man would catch up to the horse, get on and ride past his partner for about another mile and repeat the sequence. All came out ahead as each was allowed a rest several times during the day, yet the progress was significant.
Next Question: Where was the US Capitol when George Washington took office?
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