Columbia Pacific News Letter
AFS PICNIC
SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 @ 3:00 P.M.
At the home of Garry and Marilyn Hays, 1122 SE Barnes Road, Gresham, ORPhone: 503.665-2830Host families, students, liaisons, returnees and volunteersJoin us in welcoming our great group of AFS students and families!Come meet the Portland Metro AFS Family!
Welcome home our American Returnees! Returnees, bring your memory books andphotos!!Bring a dish to share, chairs or a blanket to sit on.Beverages, flatware service and fun and games will be provided.Volleyball, Croquet, Frisbee, Horse Shoes and Tetherball
Tour the Hays Rose GardensWinner of the 2004 Royal Rosarian Rose Garden Contest
Shuttle available from Gresham MAX Cleveland Station (East termination) foranyone riding the MAX.RSVP by email to Bernice Schuchardt atbmschuch@aol.comor call 503.775.4161
By August 22, 2004.
(Maps available)
PLEASE NOTE …
There was a typo on the flyer that was included in thepackets for host families… The date is correct, August 29, but it is
Sunday
,not Saturday.
August 2004
HOST FAMILY-FINDING --AN ON-GOING , NEVER-ENDING PROCESS
Heart felt thanks to everyone who has helped with this year's placements. We're notquite finished. Speak AFS, every chance you get. We would all love to take back our summers and get all our students placed before school is out. Every kid deservesto know where they are coming, who their family will be and have the opportunity tocommunicate with their new famil before they arrive in their new country. The onlyway we can achieve this goal (100% placed by June 1) is to take advantage of opportunities all year long.I urge you to invite new families into your life with your hosted student this year.Talk about your experience with church friends and business associates. Leavebrochures in your dentist office and speak peace and AFS every chance you get!We hope to have 52 students, 2 FLEX and 3 YES, and 4 Visiting Teachers linked toschools and at least welcome families before this newsletter goes to press. There willstill be a need for permanent families in several different districts--Sandy, Beavertonand Hillslboro, Lakeridge; The Dalles; North Clackamas. If you know familiesanywhere, we need to get their information and cultivate themfor replacement families, interim homes and next years host families. This is acontinuous mission--promoting peace person by person.This year Columbia Pacific will be hosting 32 girls and 20 boys from Argentina,Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia,Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand,Turkey and Venezuela. Great diversity and wonderful kids, everyone.Our students are sprinkled through out the area team with Tillamook hosting another4 students this year; as is Camas-Washougal; Vancouver has outdone themselves witheight students and 1 teacher; Northeast Portland with an amazing 7 students and 1teacher; Southeast Portland with 5 students and 1 teacher; Sandy/Estacada with fourstudents; Beaverton with 4; 2 students up in Onalaska and the rest sprinkled inParkrose, David Douglas, Reynolds, Lake Oswego, North Clackamas and West Linn.Thanks to all of you who have worked so tirelessly to get these kids situated! Let'swelcome them with open arms at arrivals August 14th!Sally AnnVolunteer Hosting Coordinator
Student News
NOTE FROM A HOST MOM
From Scott Hume (AfsUsa@afs.org I would like to share with you a brief note we received from a host mom inWisconsin who welcomed Nadia fromSwitzerland last year, and who will hostanother student this coming year:"My husband, Tim, and I live inWisconsin. During the 2002-03 schoolyear, we made the important decision tohost Nadia, an AFS Exchange Studentfrom Switzerland. This feeling of havingmade a difference in someone's life insome small way is why we want to be ahost family again. Words can't alwaysdescribe this feeling, but those who havebeen host parents know what we mean.When Nadia left our family, shepresented us with a collage of picturesand a poem that, to this day, bring tearsto our eyes. Here is an excerpt that wehope, in some small way, helps toillustrate how Americans can make acontribution to building peace in theworld simply by sharing their daily liveswith a teenager from anothercountry. Please share this with AFS asyou see fit. We would be honored, andso would Nadia."Sincerely,Roxanne LutgenFrom Nadia:
"Leaving my home was not easy and theirst couple of days were endless but as myheadache and my sleeping problem faded awaythe journey could begin and my home washere.So many "first times" I experienced here: My first time flying over Milwaukee. My first time standing on a ski jump fiftymeters high. My first time pronouncing 'literature' right. My first Christmas without real candles. My first time skiing on real Wisconsin'mountains'. My first and only 18th birthday. My first and sadly only, PROM. My first time wearing one of those coolhats at graduation... And every first time was a first timeThat I wouldn't want to miss for theworld."
ATTENTION STUDENTS AND HOSTFAMILIES
The following are Orientation dates youshould put on your calendar.All students are required to attend theseorientations:Post-Arrival October 16-17Mid-Year January 29Pre-Departure May 21
Outdoor School Counselors
Columbia Pacific AFS strongly urgesour exchange students to enroll inLeadership Training for Outdoor School.Students who have participated in thepast have benefited immensely with newfriendships, new leadership skills andthat special feeling that comes frombeing looked up to by younger students.These sixth graders will become animport part of our students' lives. Westrongly encourage all students to signup for Outdoor School in the Fall and inthe Spring. Contact your schoolcounselor or high School OutdoorSchool representatives for details. Do It! "It was the greatest week of my wholeyear. The younger kids called me"brother" and really looked up to me. Iwish all AFS students would do this inthe beginning—it changed my life andthe way I think about me."
"I learned about leadership, how to beorganized, how to deal with difficultsituations, and I learned a lot aboutanimals because I had to teach it."
AN E-MAIL FROM A FLEXSTUDENT
Maggie Frieske, FLEX Coordinator,received the following e-mail from YuliaFabrovska (2003-2004) and is sharing it with us. Yulia lived with the Eure familyin S.E. Portland.
“Thank you so much for everything thatyou are doing! It's so unbelievable, timeflies so fast! When I remember lastAugust it seemed to be a dream. Howcould that year go buy so fast? I hopethat new students will be as much fun aswe were. But we are incomparable, thebest of the best, right? :)))I am going to the seaside again in aweek, so I'll be enjoying sun, sand andsea soon. Hope, you're having fun too.Love, JuliaPS. Tell new students that their exchangeyear will be fun and that they shouldn'tbe afraid of anything. They should do allthe things they couldn't dare to do athome. And wish them luck too!”
DANIELA TIMON (Italian AFSer –1978-79) RETURNS AFTER 25YEARS
By Bernice Schuchardt (her host mom)In February of 1978, my husbandLawton and I were skiing at Mt. Hoodand met an AFS student from Norway.We were hosting a boy from Costa Ricafor 5 weeks on a program called OregonPartners. This young lady informed uswe should be hosting for a year—not for5 weeks. The following Monday an AFSvolunteer was at our door with anapplication. We completed theapplication, submitted it, and thenquestioned what we had done. Manythoughts came to our minds…she isgoing to find out about all of ourfaults…she is going find out that I amnot the best housekeeper…she is goingfind out that I yell at and scold my fivechildren…in other words, she is goingto find out that we are not a perfectAmerican family.On July 28, 2004, Daniela Timon-Conte, returned to Portland, her firstvisit since she left 25 years ago. I askedher if she could remember her thoughtsafter she completed her application back in 1978. She laughed and then told meher concerns were very much the sameas mine. Accompanying her on thisreturn visit was her husband, Marcello,children, Andrea and Federica; a friend,Paola and her son LucaThey spent time with all my children—Linda and Glen took them rafting; Loriand BJ took them to a county fair; Rick and I took them to the beach and to themountains; and Steve and his wife spentan evening with us. They had dinnerone night with Pat and Ron Combs(their AFS student, Davide, lives in thesame town as Daniela) and brunch withGarry and Marilyn Hays (Marilyn wentto Europe with me in 2001 and westayed with Daniela and family). I willalways be thankful to the NorwegianAFS student who convinced us to host.Daniela graduated in 1979 fromFranklin High School, Portland, Oregon.
Student News
Scream at the Beach toHost AFS Students at 4thAnnual HalloweenExtravaganza
Scream at the Beachscreams back for its 4thyear as the Northwest’slargest and highest ratedHalloween event.Professional “scare-masters” have once againtransformed the JantzenBeach SuperCenter into anoriginal, in-your-face LIVEHalloween experience -36,000 square feet of livinghorror that continues to setnew standards in adultscare entertainment.This year Scream at theBeach is once againopening its doors to AFSstudents and their hostfamilies on Friday, October22nd for a fun night of thrills. All AFS students willreceive free admission tofeatured attractions andtheir host families will gettwo tickets for the price of one.The folks at Scream at theBeach are also interested insharing the spotlight withstudents over 16 years oldwho wish to get somehands-on experience withthis uniquely Americanholiday by taking them inas members of the cast.Cast members arethoroughly trained inweekend rehearsals inSeptember, they may pickthe nights they willperform, and all costumesand makeup are provided.See website for details onbeing a monster at Screamat the Beach.Guests to Scream at TheBeach are thoroughlyentertained by themedattractions, live shows, agame and activity zone,tarot card reading sessions,and are served by aMonster Snacks & Souvenirs Shop.The horrifying walk-throughattractions include the all-new “Elshoff Manor,” “AlienInvasion,” and “ForbiddenTemple.” Also included is aspecial haunt for “littlescreamers” hosted by NigelD. Rat where children tooyoung to venture into thescary attractions are setfree to roam throughout aminiature hauntedplayhouse filled with hands-on activities and which alsoincludes a coupon good fora ride on the historiccarousel in the mall.The featured scaryattractions are notrecommended forimpressionable children.For additional information,please visitwww.screamatthebeach.com.
Let the screamsbegin…again!
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
Entertainment 2005 books are nowon sale for $30. They are packedwith 50%-off and 2-for-1 offers atthe best places in town as well asdiscount offers from local andnational restaurants, hotels andresorts, entertainment venues andmuch more.If we sell 10 books or more, wewill earn $6.00 per book. The morebooks we sell, the more we makeper book. Books will arrive theweek of August 23, 2004. Fundsearned on this fundraiser will helpus keep down the costs on some of our optional activities.CONTACT: BerniceSchuchardt, 503 775-4161 – e-mailbmschuch@aol.com. You mayorder and pre-pay by sending acheck to Bernice at 4806 SE Long,Portland, OR 97206. Checksshould be made out to AFS.
GRAPEFRUIT SALE
In late October/November AFSsells grapefruit. The grapefruitcosts between $13-15 per box.Delivery is usually the first week in December; deadline for orderingwill be in mid-November. Watchfor more information in theOctober issue. If anyone is willingto help with this sale; i.e. takeorders, etc., contact Sally AnnWells at 503 452-1868 or e-mailsawells@teleport.com.
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FORA FUNDRAISER??
We need your help. If you have anidea and wish to coordinate thefundraiser, please contact RonCombs 503 777-8117 or BerniceSchuchardt 503 775-4161. Someof the optional activities that willbenefit from these fundraisers arePendleton Roundup, Jagow SkiTrip, and Ashland Trip.
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