Summer is fast approaching and we have a wealth of activities planned.  Your Board members have been working very hard on events for our organization.  See details below. 

Steve Beauch, with the help of Cathy Herndon, Wilbur Brown, Bob Antozzi, Bill Beck, Mandy Carr, Judy Hansen, Lori Kissinger, Patsy Prud'homme, and Craig Vasey, is orchestrating a "Pan"- cake breakfast June 4^th for the membership.  Patsy Prud'homme has worked with chaperones Abigail Haymes and Brian Ours on the bi-annual student trip to Fréjus in July.  Lori Kissinger is in charge of our fund-raiser raffle, a trip to Nice on the French Riviera, and Judy Hansen is preparing for our Bastille Day Picnic.  And of course Samantha Thomason and Kevin Koziol are doing a fabulous job on our newsletters and updates.

It proves to be an exciting summer and we hope you will join us when possible!

The Board of the Fredericksburg Sister City Association invites you to a pancake breakfast!!!

As a membership drive activity and a THANK-YOU to our current members, you are invited to come to a free pancake breakfast cooked in the Giant Omelette pan!  The only thing we ask is that you bring potential new members!!!!!  Any prospective member may sign up at discounted prices and then enjoy a special pancake breakfast with FSCA members.  We are halfway through the year so our membership dues will be $5 for an individual membership and $10 for a family!  What a deal!  For more informationplease contact Steve Beauch at 540-659-0477 or  steve.joanbeauch@gmail.com

WHEN: Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 9 am

WHERE: Hurkamp Park in downtown Fredericksburg next to the Farmers Market.

Bring your own blanket or chair!  Beverages will be for sale.

We hope to see you there!

The raffle for Nice

Lori Kissinger and her husband Roy are running our raffle for a trip for two to Nice, France in the fall.  The trip is valued at $3300 (destination and date of travel are flexible, to be worked out with travel agent).  This is very flexible and the trip could be to anywhere if you do not prefer Nice.  It is valued at $3300. 

Raffle tickets are $20 each or 6 for $100.  The membership was mailed a packet a couple of  months ago and you should have by now either purchased, sold, or passed on your tickets to whoever would enjoy this valuable opportunity.  The drawing for the winning ticket will be at our Bastille Day Picnic, July 14, at Old Mill Park.   If you need more tickets, please contact Lori at loriandroykissinger@msn.com or 540-972-4406.

The summer student trip to Fréjus

This summer, 20 local students and 5 adults will be traveling to Fréjus. The selected students, two of whom have received scholarships from FSCA, are from Colonial Beach, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Fredericksburg City.  Organized by Patsy Prud'homme and led by chaperones Abigail Haymes, an elementary French teacher at Fredricksburg Academy, Brian Ours, a French and Spanish teacher at Stafford High, and Patsy Prud'homme, our students will arrive in Fréjus on July 11^th and return Monday July 25^th.  

With a multitude of activities and trips arranged by Maryse Rigoulot, Fréjus /Fredericksburg sister city President, and Mr. Andre Olivier, President of the five sister cities of Fréjus, the students will be hosted by families with students of their own age.  Many of these families had students who came to Fredericksburg last summer for our 30^th anniversary and were hosted by anAmerican student family.  After 10 days in Fréjus, students will travel to Paris for a three-day exploration of the City of Light! The student exchange is our most important endeavor as a Sister City because it truly allows the total immersion into the country's language and culture, our main mission!  For more information about this program contact Patsy at 540-903-1444 or patsy@jaysix.net.  

We thank student George Knight, a scholarship recipient, for his volunteer work on our membership and the Constant Contact Newsletter listings!

Megan Barron is our American Intern in Fréjus this summer.  Megan will travel to Fréjus May 31, and work for 3 weeks in various arranged work places. She will work at the new Books on the Beach project of the Fréjus Library, as well as other service jobs.  We know she will be having fun as well.

French classes

Judy Hansen and Lori Kissinger are teaching French classes to 13 adults. Severalof these adults will be traveling to France in the future and many are using this opportunity as a refresher course in the language.  We thank both of these wonderful retired French teachers for their expertise and volunteer service for the organization.  These classes add greatly to our fund-raising efforts for scholarship students to go to Fréjus.