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Supplies Required
CISV Calgary is hosting over 12 delegations, 6 Junior Counsellors, and a handful of staff this summer and we don't have enough beds!! We are currently looking for the following donations for the Village:

  • 20 beds/mattresses/cots
  • Pillows (to replace some of our older ones)
  • 2 Stoves
  • Paper (arts & crafts, construction, flipchart, post-it notes)

If you have a connection to a supplier or know someone who is able to donate, please contact Bob at localprograms@cisvcalgary.com.
Got something else that you'd like to donate that isn't listed here? Let Bob know and he will let you know if we can put it to use!
CASINO UPDATE

Thank you to all that have volunteered so far.
We need 42 shifts covered to run a casino, and I still need more than a dozen people to fill those shifts.  
We have shifts on Tuesday March 6, and shifts on Wednesday March 7, at Cowboy’s Casino (near Stampede Grounds). 
All the daytime ones are spoken for. Shift times are from 7:00 pm - 4:00 am, and 11:00 pm - 4:00 am. Must be 18 years of age or older. 
 
Some positions have large breaks in them (bring your knitting, homework, or books to read). You will receive a complimentary meal from one of their restaurants, so this could be  date night  with your significant other !
 

Positions required are: 
• General Manager (anyone can sign up for this, it's an entry level position)
• Banker (sounds big, but it's easier than being one in a game of Monopoly)
• Cashier (you receive casino chips, and give out cash)
• Count Room (where you can brag to your friends you felt approximately ¼ million cash go through your finger tips, and some of you will play with money counting machines)
 
Please,  ASAP , contact  harvey.taphorn@shaw.ca   or 403.241.6161, for any questions, or to sign up
CISV Calgary Available Programs for 2018
 
Village (11 year olds)
El Salvador – full
Italy - full
Guatemala Dec 27, 2018 – Jan 23, 2019
1 Female
2 Males
 
Interchange (12-13 year olds)
Full
 
Step-up 14 & 15
Greece – full
Spain – full
 
JC’s (16/17 year old)
South Korea – full 
Brazil – Dec 23, 2017 – Jan 19, 2019 
1 Male
 
Youth Meeting (16-18 year old)
Mexico - full
Florida, Dec 27, 2018 – Jan 3, 2019
1 Male or Female

International People’s Project (19+)
I am pleased to inform you that a new IPP has been added to the 2018 IPP List, hosted by CISV Italy (P-2018-010).    You can find out more about this IPP, and all the other 2018 projects, in the ‘Upcoming IPPs’ area of the website:  http://www.cisv.org/cisv-programmes/international-peoples-project/upcoming-ipps/
Inquire to Jill  Jnuckles@telusplanet.net
 
National Camp (12-21 year old)
Inquire at JB Activities
 
Peace Bus (14-18 year olds)
Inquire to Jill  jnuckles@telusplanet.net

CISV Calgary is also looking for local staff for our Village that we're hosting this summer. This is a great opportunity to get resume and CISV experience! Training is provided and the food is incredible! Please contact Bob or Jill if interested.
Seminar Camp (17-18 year olds)
Round 2 – 1 st  come, 1 st  serve

Winter Camp! Winter Camp! Winter Camp!

Every year CISV Ottawa hosts a week long mini-camp! This year, I had the pleasure of attending! It takes place from January 2 nd to January 6 th, annually. The camp is for participants 14+, allowing us to discuss more deep topic and have more in-depth debriefs! If you live outside of Ontario and Quebec, all camp fees are dropped. You just have to get yourself there and back! While there, you do all your own cooking and cleaning, which, as someone who hates doing dishes, actually wasn’t that bad! Although Winter Camp is one of the lesser known programs, it is by far one of the most fun I’ve ever been on. It allowed me make friends with more CISV Canada members, and see old friends that live across the country! If you have any questions, please email me!

Kierah Patterson
Peace Bus Co-Chair Wanted
CISV Canada is actively recruiting a new Peace Bus Co-Chair. If one cannot be found by then end of January, this amazing national programme will be cancelled for 2018.

Contact Clare Ellison at  peacebuschair@ca.cisv.org if you would like more information about how you can contribute to this widely popular and successful programme.
UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb 4 - JB Planning
Feb 11 - Activity
Feb 21 - Board Meeting 

March 4 - JB Planning 
Casino March 6&7 
March 11 - Activity
March 21 - Board mtg