Helping you to solicit donations for the Village

Please click on the resources tab - I have added links to both a request letter in word format that you can customize for any potential donor. There is also a printable news release that provides information about the Village.

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Village '11 Homestays

As most of you already know our chapter is hosting a Summer Village this year and all hands are on deck. A wonderful way for your family to give back to CISV is to volunteer to be a homestay family before, during or after the village.

The camp will take place July 3rd-31st in east Vancouver. We need families to host children and their leaders on the following dates:

· July 1 – July 3 – whole or part of delegations between arrival and beginning of camp

· July 15-17 – leaders weekend - host 2 or 3 boys or girls from different delegations

· July 31 – August 2– whole/part of delegations between end of camp and departure

For more info email mimirich@shaw.ca

Announcing the 2011 Children's International Summer Village in Vancouver

February 14, 2011 VANCOUVER, B.C.— This summer, 11-year-old delegates and their leaders from 12 countries, along with junior counsellors and staff, will gather for a four-week, multi-lingual, multi-cultural “Village” experience in Vancouver. The event, themed the “Thank You Village”, will welcome children and their adult leaders from: Australia; Brazil; Canada; Czech Republic; France; Germany; Israel; Jordan; Mexico; Norway; Sweden; and the United States as well as junior counsellors from: Italy; Finland; the United States; Turkey and Canada.

About 50 CISV Villages of this kind are hosted annually world-wide, bringing youth of different nationalities together to inspire global friendships and cross-cultural understanding. Every year, the Vancouver chapter of CISV sends 11-year-old delegates to Villages in other countries as well as to a variety of camps for older youth in the program.