Community Connections/BFR News

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-CC/BFR in the News
-IVCGC Prepares for #30
-Thanks to Community Connections #26 Hosts & Volunteers

CC/BFR in the News

January 29, 2002
IVC Names New Business for Russia/Community Connections Program Manager

April 20, 2001
Russian franchisee-to-be gets advice in Tri-State (Business Courier)

February 20, 2001
Russian museum administrators listen, learn (Cincinnati Enquirer)

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IVCGC Prepares for CC #30
The IVC is looking for friendly families to volunteer to host international visitors who are part of the Community Connections Program for May 2-23rd.. The visitors are between 27-53 years of age and are from Karshi, Uzbekistan. The week homestay placement will take place starting May 2nd. Participants English is poor.

The Community Connections program provides an opportunity for Uzbeks to learn how Americans administrate educational facilites. In business meetings and seminars, participants will receive information on American culture, social and political issues, and educational planning.

The homestay opportunity is a valuable opportunity for the program participants to gain first hand insight into American life.

please contact us.

For a complete list of Community Connections #27 participants and their professional interests, click here.

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Thanks to Community Connections #26 Hosts & Volunteers
Nine non-governmental organization experts from the Azerbaijani city of Lankaran left Cincinnati on July 26, 2002. They are grateful for all the opportunities they had to learn about non-governmental organizations practiced in Greater Cincinnati. The group, in the Tristate for nearly three weeks, met with a range of companies. They were well received everywhere they went and boarded their plane home full of new ideas to implement in their companies and organizations.

Companies and professional hosts that opened their doors to the group included:

Applied History Dan Hurley
Mayor of Wyoming Dave Savage
Community Shares, Ms. Mary McCoy
Free Store/Food Bank, Ms. Jan Seidel
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Ms. Jennifer Ebelhar
People Working Cooperatively, Ms. Kathy Campbell
Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Eugene Langschwager
International Family Resource Center, Mr. Carl Rayburn
Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council, Mr. V. Daniel Radford
American Red Cross, Mr. Vince Costello
Manley Burke, Mr. Tim Burke, Esq.
Sierra Club, Miami Group, Mr. Standish Fortin
City Hall, The Honorable David Crowley
Rumpke Recycling, Mr. Benjamin Pedigo
Congressman Steve Chabot, Mr. Michael A. Cantwell
Ms. Angie Carl
Dr. Ernie Barbeau
Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Ms. Vickye Payton
University of Cincinnati, Prof. Jane Anderson

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