I am an organizer for the Lawrence, Indiana Service Unit of Girl Scouts.

Im putting together or Thinking Day celebration for 2/19/2011 and was hoping to
find a few volunteers that have worked in elementary schools around the world
and would be interested in speaking to our group about life/school/scouting in
the countries in which you have traveled and worked.

If you are available and could spend alittle time with our scouts we would
greatly appreicate it. I would gladly give you the foundation of Thinking Day
and what we will be doing during this event if you would like to contact me
either on the board or off.

Hope to hear from some of you soon.

Thanks,
Cindy

Good afternoon,

I received the message below about a speaking opportunity in Frankfort, Indiana
for this Thursday that I'm not able to make. If someone is able to speak with
Mandi then please contact her.

Thanks so much, Debbie


My name is Mandi Mitchell.  I am a co-leader for the 2nd grade brownies at Blue
Ridge Elementary School.  This coming Thursday is World Thinking Day and we are
in need of a speaker to come and share their mission experience with us.  We
meet at Blue Ridge Elementary School in Frankfort.  We would need you to share
your story with us from 6;30 to 7:00 or 7:15pm. We would be delighted if you
could join us and educate our girls on the different culture that you
experienced.  If you could let me know by email or by phone (765) 242-4720 as
soon as possible, I would greatly appreciate it. triplets1227@...

Thank you for your time.
Mandi Mitchell

Another site featuring Peace Corps on its 50th anniversary.  Read others
comments and add your own.  There is an interactive timeline of key points in PC
history with imbedded audio, video and photos (some of Kennedy's speeches, PSAs
over the decades etc.)

One of the hosts of "The World" radio program, Marco Werman was a PCV in Togo.

http://www.theworld.org/peacecorps/

Stephanie
Bolivia '96-'98

Are there any members that served in Sierra Leone?

Would like to say thank you for all of the thought and hard work that went into
it. It was quite enjoyable.  I will admit that since I've been back, I haven't
really had any contact with any other RPCV's.  I spent almost all of my time in
the bush (Sierra Leone Agriculture Program '78-'83) and very seldom even saw any
in country volunteers.  It would be nice to hear some creole again or maybe even
some Kono.

Order Making Peace with the World, a commemorative book celebrating the 50th anniversary of Peace Corps, at Other Places Publishing: http://www.otherplacespublishing.com/mpwtw.html

A portion of publisher proceeds from this title will go to Peace Corps projects around the globe.

Please see image below:

Richard Sitler 765.571.1088 P.O. Box 154 Knightstown, IN 46148

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Making-Peace-with-the-World/345091284182?ref=ts

Hello!  My favorite store in Indy- Global Gifts- is recruiting new volunteers.
RPCVs, AmeriCorps and SeniorCorps folks are the types of people they need--a
passion for non-profit and an understanding of what fair trade actually does for
artisans and their families.

Volunteers work two 6 hour shifts a month-- and you get 15% off all your
purchases! It is a really wonderful place with terrific volunteers.  Contact Jo
Ellen Buffie at joellenbuffie@... if you are interested or would like more
information!

My name is Cameron Cowell, returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Costa Rica/Central
America and documentary film maker.

We are asking all RPCV's to take the time to visit www.3wheatfarmers.com and
click on the "Jacks Children" page.

If you have any questions, please contact me at cameron@... and I
will get back by phone or email.

Thanks,

Cameron Cowell

• Call your local representatives (current location, hometown, college town, etc.) and ask them to co-sponsor the bill - If you need it, you can visit this link to find names and numbers for your House representatives and this link to find your Senate representatives.� You can visit our partner Kate's Voice, begun in memory of the murdered Volunteer Kate Puzey, to visit their guide to contacting representatives.� All of this information and more is available on a blog post here.
  
• Contact House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Affairs Committee members to ask them to co-sponsor the bill.� Visit our blog post here for contact names, numbers and emails for the representatives who have yet to sign on.
• Contact House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to ask her to bring this bill up for a vote before the August recess.� Call her D.C. office at 202-225-3931 and let her staff know that you are in favor of increased support for Volunteers who become victims of crime and those who report crime.

Order Making Peace with the World, a commemorative book celebrating the 50th anniversary of Peace Corps, at Other Places Publishing: http://www.otherplacespublishing.com/mpwtw.html

A portion of publisher proceeds from this title will go to Peace Corps projects around the globe.

 Please see image below:

 In June 2009, Richard Sitler embarked on an epic journey to document Peace Corps Volunteers serving communities around the world. Over the next two years, Richard would find himself traversing the planet while staying with Peace Corps Volunteers, experiencing their communities and work sites, and documenting what it’s like to be a Volunteer in the modern Peace Corps.

Richard discovered that the values President Kennedy had imagined for the Peace Corps in his famous 1960 speech at the University of Michigan continue to be evident in the organization today. However, the Volunteer has evolved over the years.

 Volunteers today are no longer required to conform to the stereotypical image of young idealists giving up their comfortable lives to live in a grass hut. Rather, Richard discovers Volunteers are using modern technology, such as laptops and cell phones, to not only enrich their experience, but to impact their community as well. He sees how retired professionals bring years of experience and knowledge to their organizations. And how, as it always has been, Volunteers are changing lives while being forever changed themselves.

 This is the story of Peace Corps and its Volunteers, fifty years after conception Please click "like" on the facebook page and share it on yours.

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Greetings �

The bill that passed the Senate last month has a �sunset� provision which would require the provisions in the act to end in seven years. The Senate is trying to pass a resolution to the amendment which would amend this sunset provision so that the provisions of confidentiality, training requirements and the extension of the Inspector General would not be affected by the sunset.� It's important that these key provisions remain standing to continue supporting victims in Peace Corps.

The bill needs your support to pass!� We are asking that you call your Senator(s) TODAY to ask for them to pass this resolution in support of victims and whistleblowers.

Once this resolution is finalized, the bill will go to the House.� This is a critical step in the passage of the Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act.� We appreciate any calls you are able to make!� We�ve included a sample script which you can use as a guide if you wish.

Sample script: