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Fall 2008 
The RPCVw Board of Directors for 2008-09 at their annual planning retreat.
 Annual RPCVw Holiday Party
Friday, December 5, 20086:30-9:30pmJosephine Butler House, Columbia HeightsMembers $25 ($30 after 11/14)Non Members $30 ($35 after 11/14) Buy tickets online at: http://www.rpcvw.org
Meet the 2008-09 RPCVw Board of Directors
President:
Jim Gore, Bolivia 03-05 
Vice President:
Molly Mattessich, Mali 02-04
Secretary:
  Joe Ford, Zambia 94-96
Treasure
r: Jeffrey Lovelace, Bolivia 95-97 
Membership:
 Bea Tijerina, Ghana 97-99 & Zambia06
New Members:
Elizabeth Olson, Burkina Faso 05-07 
Communications:
RaeJean Stokes, Ukraine 03-05 
Web:
Pei-Zei Lin, Burkina Faso, 04-06
Development:
Lindsey Johnson, Phillipines, 05-06
Special Events:
Tamar Schiffman, Uzbekistan 01 &Ukraine 01-03
Social:
Corey Taylor, Benin 97-99
Community Service:
  Jessica Benton Cooney, El Salva-dor 04-06
Programs:
Trish Calamari, Uzbekistan 04-05 
Dear RPCVs,As we reign in on the holiday season, all of us fromthe Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Washing-ton wish to send you our best. In July of this yearour membership voted to elect the RPCVw Board of Directors for 08-09. This is my 3rd year as Presidentof RPCVw, and I can sincerely state that this Boardis the strongest and most self-starting, go-getting,get-it-done group of Directors that this organizationhas seen in some time. As many of you have alreadyseen over the last few months through our listserv andother outreach materials, we have taken a power-ful stride into actively supporting our membershipthrough programs, events, and community buildinginitiatives, and this is only a start to what you will seecoming from RPCVw over the next few months.The following articles of this newsletter will introduceyou to your RPCVw Board of Directors and the initia-tives that they have and will continue to develop insupport of you, our members, in your efforts to liveyour 3rd goal activities to their fullest potential.Regards,
 Jim Gore 
President RPCVw
 
*NEW* RPCVw Partnership Award Program
 This year, RPCVw will award one Returned Peace Corps Volunteer with $1,000 to start or continue a thirdgoal initiative project. Our award will be similar to the Peace Corps Partnership program, but this year in-stead of granting an award to a current volunteer, we will select a worthy project from an RPCVw Memberwho continues to be involved in his or her community post-Peace Corps service. The award winner will berecognized at a reception in the spring. Please stay tuned for more information and for nomination crite-ria. If you have any questions please contact Molly Mattessich at vicepresident@rpcvw.org.
50 x 50 campaign
RPCVw’s exciting three-year membership plan went into ef-fect in September and will run until the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps in 2011. The Returned Peace Corps Volun-teers of Washington D.C. has launched a “50 by 50” mem-bership campaign to increase our membership by 50 newmembers each year between now and the 50th anniversaryin September, 2011.In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be reaching out tocurrent members, and looking to our community to spread
the word about the benets of membership:
FREE ADMISSION
to members-only events, from interest-ing seminars to talks with guest speakers, fun social gather-ings to community service activities, rewarding mentorshipsto networking events.
 ACCESS
to posting on our listserv that reaches a targetedaudience of over 2,000 internationally-minded and service-minded people.
DISCOUNTS
on ticket prices for our Holiday Party and An-nual Picnic. 
CONNECTIONS
to members of one of the largest and mostdynamic group of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in theworld!By the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, RPCVw hopesto play a leading role with Peace Corps and the NationalPeace Corps Association in the effort to celebrate the incred-ible legacy of the Peace Corps. We can only do so with anactive, motivated member base. Please recruit your friendsand group-mates living in the D.C. area, and be part of amonumental initiative!
For more information about becoming a member, contact Bea at membership@rpcvw.
On July 12, 2008, RPCVs young and not-so-young, recently and not-so-recentlyreturned gathered together for the AnnualPicnic. Good food and fun was enjoyed byall. Be sure to mark your calendars for nextyears’ celebration: July 11, 2009. More detailsto come in the spring.
Upcoming Events
 
11/13/08: RPCVw Thanksgiving Dinner**11/18/08: “War Dance” Private Screening11/22/08: Harvest Hike12/2/08: Peace Corps Hockey Night12/5/08: RPCVw Holiday Party12/17/08: Food & Friends Service Project**** Denotes members-onlyAnd after the New Year, look for:* Orthodox Christmas “Chow-Down”* RPCVw Ski Trip* Continued Monthly Happy Hours* and MUCH MORE!
For more information on these and other events,check your inbox every Wednesday for the RPCVw’s weekly listserv. You can also visit us on the web at http://www.rpcv.org or on Facebook.
 
“Swing State Ohio” is aSwinging Success
On October 16th, nearly 75 members of RPCVw and the greater DC communitygathered at
Busboys and Poets 
for a
special screening of the documentary lm,
“Swing State Ohio,” which covered the last30 days of the 2004 presidential electionin Ohio. With our own election only amonth away, the screening was extremelytimely.
Filmmaker and RPCV Jed Wolngton was
on hand to answer questions and give hisimpressions and thoughts about the 2008election. Joining him was 2-time Ohio Con-gressional candidate and RPCV BarbaraFerris, who shared her personal experiencewith the 2004 election and talked aboutOhio’s position as a swing state.
20 Intrepid Cycling RPCVw Members take to the C&O Canal
October 18, 2008By Jeffrey LovelaceIt was a beautiful fall day as we left Georgetown on the C&O Canal path to make our way out to Seneca Creek, Md., viaGreat Falls. As we headed out of DC we picked up a number of other RPCVw’ers. Finally, our contingent full, we proceed-ed along a slightly gravelly and sometimes bumpy road following the canal. We had riders of all abilities and styles: road
bike warriors with skinny tires, recently returned volunteers in ip ops, prior RPCVw board members and current RPCVw
board members. The trees were fantastic as they shed their leaves and contributed an orange, red and yellow glow toeverything, the sun was out and brightly shining and thewind was nonexistent, allowing us an easy ride along theslightly-elevated grade of 6%.At about mile 23 we reached Seneca Creek and withstomachs in overdrive, hankerings for biscuits and gravywe set out in search of a nice classic diner…what we foundinstead was Poole’s Store — perhaps the oldest continu-ally operating general store in Montgomery County. Whilethere were no biscuits and gravy, we did have some goodold fashioned sandwiches, ‘gorp’ and more!The ride back was all downhill — though the trail seemedto get a bit rougher and bumpier. We ended 50 miles laterat Tony & Joe’s for some well deserved food and drink.
Are you a member of the NPCA?
The National Peace Corps Association is a communityof individuals and groups informed by the Peace Corpsexperience. Our expanding network encompasses nearly35,000 individuals and over 130 member groups and in-cludes RPCVs and many others who simply support PeaceCorps values. In addition to staying connected to fellowRPCV’s, your membership dues helps support efforts toadvocate on Capitol Hill to promote a better and bigger
Peace Corps. Other membership benets:
RPCV Directories – providing names and contact informationfor membersWorldview Magazine subscriptionOpportunity to become part of the NPCA’s Advocacy Net-work - a grassroots lobbying network supporting the PeaceCorps and sustainable developmentDiscounts and special programsGEICO auto insuranceBank of America credit cardHospitality Network DirectorySchool for International Training Scholarships
To become a member today, please visit: www.rpcv.org.
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