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CISV ROCKY MOUNTAIN DENVER FALL 2006
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NEWSLETTER
Rockin’ the Rockies 2006 by Josh Rau, Director and Caryn Cheyvitz, Planner
The Rockin’ the Rockies Vil-
lage which was held at Collegiate Academy in Littleton this summer was a great success thanks to the hard work of the planning committee and staff -- Shane Frank, Martin Rottler, Josh Rau, Aleah Rose-Gonzalez and Luiza Pieres de Oli-veira (from Brazil).
Collegiate Academy
was a fantastic site and the staff welcomed and appreciated the work of CISV. Our international guests were treated to many delicious meals coordinated and cooked by Tom Sullivan, as well as the dona-tions of treats and wonderful meals from local restaurants and South Metro Chamber of Commerce
members. Thank you to all the members of our chapter who helped make this village a suc-cess by hosting, donating food and supplies, working on site and driving our guests. Please know that all gifts of money, time, items and good wishes made a difference. We can all be proud of doing something meaningful to create a more peace-
ful, loving and tolerant world. On a personal note, I feel so privileged to have been given the opportunity to help direct this won-derful camp, to get to show off our beautiful state and country and most importantly how wonderful the people here involved with this chap-
ter are. Many lasting friendships
were made and wonderful expe-riences had. I am sure we made a huge difference in the lives of many people young and old. I hope the smiles, laughter and even the tears shed will be cherished for a long time to come. Plus, I hope we build off of the success of this village, as we did from the first, to create even
Message From
Our President
Thank you all for the opportunity to serve as the president of the Rocky Mountain this past year. We had an amazing year of growth, change and adventure. We were able to send delega-tions to Spain, Norway, Atlanta, and Germany. We sent JC's to Detroit and Washington and we sent teens to Se-minar Camps. We also hosted a very successful and very diverse Village here in Denver, thanks to the leader-ship of Caryn Cheyfitz, Gabe Rose-Gonzalez, and Josh Rau. We added many new families to our CISV "family" here in Denver. We raised enough money to host the Village for 2006 and to contin-ue our programing for next year. We have amended our bylaws to help us run a bit more efficiently, and we have put in place a very strong board for next year under the capable leadership of Jeff Rauschbacher and Tom Sulli-van. Thanks to everyone who lent their support, their advice and their wisdom. It was a great pleasure for me to lead this wonderful organization this year and I look forward to seeing the amazing things to come for Denver CISV! Elisa Moran
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better and more successful villages in the future. Remember whenever you are out eating Thai Chicken, think of the Rockin‟ the Rockies village. (If you are wondering why, be sure to ask either the Norwegian inter-change or someone else who was involved with the village.)
Journey to the South!
CISV Atlanta Mini-Camp,
June 7-9,
Emory University
Eleven new members of Denver‟s CISV Chapter had the unique opportunity to participate in a Mini-Camp in early June hosted by CISV Atlanta, and were accompa-nied by Leaders Brittany Sandberg and Greg Ciluzzi.
Other chapters attending included Cincinnati,OH, Chattenoo-ga,TN, and the hosts of Atlanta and their unique group “which added some very cool diversity to the pro-gram with some kids from Russia, Afghanistan, and Burma,” added Greg Ciluzzi.
This group broke the trip into two parts beginning with seeing and experiencing Atlanta and the southern culture in and around the city; followed by spending a few days at the campus of Emory Uni-versity for the CISV Mini-Camp.
Participants included Nick
Klinger, Max Bechtold, Emma Bulba, Adriana Denault, Dana Egleston, Maddie Hughes, Ca-thy McKinnon, Maia McCoy, Phoebe Drenkpohl, Erin Ems, and Emily Gast.
Participant Maddie Hughes said, “The most memora-
ble part of the camp for me was making new friends because I like meeting new people. My favorite activity was the crazy Olympics be-cause I liked working as a team to complete the activities. I enjoyed the Atlanta mini-camp experience because I got to meet new people from all over the U.S.”
Cathy Mckinnon, who
also traveled with the group added, “My most memorable moment about minicamp was when all of the camp was dancing the Macarena--because we were all doing the steps together and laughing and having fun. It felt like we'd known each oth-
er forever. After that dance, we were very close. I loved the feeling of meeting all these new people and becoming close friends at the end.”
While exploring around At-lanta, the group learned of the city‟s progressive news and media pres-ence in visiting the CNN Headquar-ters. “I liked the CNN tower the most because I liked seeing how a news studio worked. It was really interesting to see all of the people working,” added Hughes.
CISV Denver‟s mini-camp participants were also exposed to a diverse population of Atlanta they were not so accustomed to seeing in their hometowns here in Colora-do. Hughes was surprised by the immersion of different cultures in this area that co-exist in their daily routines, “…..because usually the South is thought of as „racist,‟ but there were lots of people from dif-ferent cultures living there, which kind of surprised me.”
Overall, the group walked away with many new friends and a new perspective of the South.
The group pictured at Olympic Park
In front of the Civil War Museum
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CISV DENVER
Interchange with Norway
Summer 2006
The Norwegians
show off their
heritage as they
present a “National
Night”
THE DENVER
CISVERS AND
THEIR NORWE-
GIAN COUNTER-
PARTS!
CISV DENVER’S DELEGATION TO VILLAGE IN SPAIN
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Madrid Airport
Revealed!!!
By Ethan Kotel Spain Delegation
The Madrid Airport in Spain has caused nothing but trouble for the 2006 U.S.A. delegation to Spain. “Flying in was no hassle,” stated one very well
placed insider.
Delegates are: Jacqueline Kimmel, Catherine Puga, Wilson Hughes and Ethan Kotel Leader: John Brinton
“They ran into their main trouble when they were flying out, both ways.” Here’s what happened. The delegation flew from London to Madrid (where they were schedule to have a 5 hour layover), no hassle. In the Madrid airport, they passed the time at their gate, playing cards, reading, playing Ethan’s DS, and just staying awake. Then, their gate was changed to J42, a good 13 minutes away from where they were. After waiting for 3 hours at that gate, an info desk revealed that their gate was now J13, where over 50 people were already waiting to get to Santiago, the delegation’s destination. After the group fought their way to get onto the plane, they fell asleep almost instantly. Nine hours in an airport can do that to some people.
Now I will tell you about the trip back. In the beginning, it wasn’t as excruciating. The plane ride
to Madrid arrived smoothly, as usual. And as usual, the plane ride out was horrid! Here’s the scoop: the flight from Madrid to London was delayed 2 hours, causing the delegation to miss their London/Denver connection. The delegation and leader Adam decided to take an alternate route: from London to Toron-to, from Toronto to Cincinnati, and from Cincinnati to Denver. In total, the delegation spent 44 hours on planes and in airports to and from Spain. In spite of all that traveling, the group had a “bueno” time at their village in Spain!
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CISV DENVER - DELEGATION TO GERMANY VILLAGE
Memories......
“One was staying with Niels-Ole during the host weekend because he was the boy we hosted during the Denver Village. Next, I loved the pranks that we were able to pull. Saran wrapping Bruce‟s room and hanging the girls clothes from the flagpole. I also loved playing hand ping pong ball with my friends and riding the rollercoaster at Heide Park.”
By Alec Weiss
Delegates: Ryan Greenway, Ian Peterson, Lane Edwards and Isabell van Paasschen Leader: Bruce Miles
“My most memorable moment was when we went to Heide Park. That was the first amusement park I„ve
ever been to in my whole life. I was afraid to try new rides, but my friends told me that the rides seem so scary at first, but once you go on it, you‟ll want to go on it again. They also said we‟ll go on the ride together to make me feel comfortable. At the end of the day, I didn‟t want to leave because I was having so much fun.
-Ian Peterson
“I really enjoyed the game Chinese Masters because the JC‟s gave us a lot of funny chores to do. I liked the Phil-ippines national night a lot. I think that it was very amazing
how the girls balanced candles on their heads.”
Tia non ob ea soluad
incommod quae egen ium
improb fugiend.
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-Lane Ed-wards
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NEWS FROM THE JUNIOR BRANCH!
Hey Junior Branch! Welcome back to everyone who traveled this summer. We hope you had a truly fantastic CISV expe-rience, and we're excited to see you at JB events this year!
If you haven't done so already, please send an email to [email protected] to subscribe to the Denver Junior Branch mailing list. We use this mailing list so we can get in touch with all the JBers easily, and it's a great way for eve-ryone to communicate. However, if everyone isn't a member of the group it's not an effective communication tool, so please join! Thanks!
Keep a look out for emails and notices about upcoming events - we're planning another Winter Solstice party for December, and there will be a few board meetings between now and then. As before, everyone is invited to the board meetings, so if you're interested in taking a larger role in the junior branch and helping to plan our JB activities, please come!
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If you have any questions or comments, or just want to say hi, please send us an email or give us a call!
Peace, Catie (303-956-1527; [email protected]) and Moira (303-522-1802; [email protected])
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MARTIN ROTTLER ATTENDS
CISV AMERICAS REGIONAL
MEMBERS MEETING IN JON-
KOPING, SWEDEN
Martin with a group of Latin American ARMM participants outside a Church in Jonkoping.
There are times in my CISV
life where I have to step back and say
“whoa…in 2002 [when I joined CISV] I
never would have imagined doing
_____.”
This phrase was the theme of
my experience attending the Americas
Regional Members Meeting in Sweden
in late July.
To give a brief background:
CISV Rocky Mountain is a part of
CISV USA which is in turn a part of the
multinational Americas region.
Every year Junior Branchers
from each Americas country gather
before the Annual International Meeting
(AIM) to discuss how things are going
in their country, brainstorm new ideas
for programming and development,
discuss current CISV issues, as well as
network and have fun. The location of
the meeting follows wherever the AIM
goes…this year it was in Jonkoping,
Sweden; next year it will be in Bogotá,
Colombia. My reasoning for attending
was that I was already in the country
meeting up with old friends from Semi-
nar Camp nearby at the time and it
sounded like an interesting CISV activi-
ty.
I arrived two days early in the
city with a fellow Swedish ex-seminar
camper and had the opportunity to meet
up with the members of the Canadian
delegation and stay at a big house with
the host staff “on the hill” in Jonkoping.
We did all the touristy stuff
(shopping, eating, playing traditional
Swedish games in our host family’s
backyard, etc.) and then helped gather
participants at the train station on the
day the meeting started. Our site was
well off from the city and was very
nice.
We spent the first day get-
ting to know everyone else and catch-
ing up with those we did know (which,
as it turns out in my case, was quite a
few!). Activities were led by
the program staff or by individual par-
ticipants. They ranged from chapter
development to volunteer utilization
with many more to boot.
The last part of the meeting
was spent in “working groups” where
we split up into groups dedicated to
fixing areas of CISV that we felt needed
improvement with time to solve, create
and innovate new ideas for the organi-
zation.
I participated in a group fo-
cused on chapter development; my par-
ticipation was more specifically on
ways to foster a better relationship be-
tween the Junior Branch and adults
within the chapter.
I look forward to continuing
this effort with the group beyond the
meeting. There was also time for plenty
of camaraderie and fun and making
friends. As it turns out, I actually got to
spend time with people from each of my
three prior international camps!
The experience was amazing
and it felt very good to actually have a
say in and develop new things for the
international group, region, country and
local chapter.
Next year the meeting will be
on our “home turf” in Colombia and I
hope to attend if I can work my finances
right. This would be a great experience
for any JBers interested in seeing how
CISV goes beyond the local and nation-
al level and those interested in making a
difference in how CISV operates. See
you next year in Bogota!
Contacts Co-Presidents:
Tom Sullivan
303.979.7655
Jeff Raschbacher
303.331.6925
Recruiting
Betsy Henry
303.798.8472
Junior Branch
Catie Gliwa
303.956.1527
Moira Cassidy
303.522.1802
Calendar
October
CISV National Meeting
Cincinatti, Ohio
Nov 2006 - February 2007
RECRUITING!
Jan/Feb 2007
Selection for Programs and
AUCTION FUNDRAISER!
April 2007
Spring Meeting
May 2007
National Youth Meeting
CISV ROCKY MOUNTAIN DENVER FALL 2006
A Busy Denver CISV Year ....
This year was quite busy for
CISV Denver. In addition to
holding a village here in Denver, we
also sent Village delegations to
Spain and Germany; and
interchange to Norway; a Village
delegation to a mini-camp in
Atlanta, two junior counselors to
Washington, D.C. and Detroit,
Michigan.
Locally, we held a major fall
silent auction fundraiser, held
numerous fun and educational junior
branch activities.
Keeping CISV Denver alive and
kicking is a lot work for numerous
volunteers.
Please remember to “give back”
to the organization throughout the
year....our children, teens and adults
have amazing experiences and are
hosted royally when they
travel...let’s keep our chapter strong
with strong volunteerism and
participation.
Reminders
• Please renew your membership;
form is in this newsletter
• Make sure all junior branchers (or jb
wanna bes) are subscribed to the
junior branch contact list. Just e-
mail:
cisvdenverjb-
• AUCTION EVENT COM-
ING THIS WINTER!
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