Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting May 3, 2017 Attendees: Jenna Bauer Jackie Corbridge Karen Finnigan Laurie Retallic Karen Bauer Tate Corbridge Elly Finnigan Jacobi Retallic Elliott Boring Brennan Corbridge Ian Finnigan Brooke Simpson Maggie Boring Victoria Estrada Fawn Molyneux Whitney St. Michel Melinda Cebull Mario Estrada 2 Gabe Padron Ian St. Michel Peter Cebull Dave Eaton Kendra Peck Anna St.Michel Nicholas Cebull Katie Eaton Nathan Peck Garrett Corbridge Kylie Eaton Dallin Peck Business Section of the Meeting Minutes: The April 14th meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. Kendra motioned to approve the minutes and Mario 2 seconded her motion. The April 26th board meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. Kendra motioned to approve the minutes and Mario 2 seconded her motion. Treasurer’s Report: Peter provided the treasurer’s report. Balance: $11,358.15 Income: $2409 Raffle, $830.16 Dinner, $3500 City, $300 Town & Country, $50 membership fees Dividends: $ 1.00 Fundraisers:  Garage Sale: A sign-up sheet was passed around for people to help with the garage sale. We will have a bake sale along with the garage sale. If you would like to help and did not get a chance to sign-up, contact Wendy Boring at 520-0229 or boringwindy505@gmail.com. Wendy will also arrange for donation pick-ups if needed.  Team INL Donation: Katie or Dave will check with Misty Benjamin to see if she is willing to request a team INL donation again. If not, we will see if another INL employee is willing to fill out the donation request.  Town & Country Gift Cards: Melinda mentioned we receive 20% of the sales amount for any Town & Country gift cards we sell. Let her know if you need gift cards in any $5 increment from $5 to $500. Friendship Garden: Kendra said Judy will get back to her on a date for the group to help in the Friendship garden. Hosting Preparations: Whitney passed around the hosting signup list. She told the group there will be 16 students coming and only 2 of the students are boys. A host family responsibilities document and host family preference forms were passed around for members to read and fill out. Whitney provided a calendar with the dates of the visit and a list of activities we had proposed at the previous meeting. The activities, dates, and people responsible for getting more information are listed below.  July 27th – Japanese arrive in Idaho Falls at 5:58pm. After arrival have a potluck dinner at one of the parks in town. Parks suggested were Freeman, Reinhart, and the Friendship garden.  July 28th – 9:30 am meet at city hall for a visit with the mayor at 10 am. Victoria will check on a tour of the police station. Katie will check on a tour of the new fire station. It was suggested we have lunch at a park near downtown. The Museum of Idaho was suggested as another activity. The welcome dinner will be in the evening probably at a city park.  July 29th and 30th – Family Days  July 31st – Yellowstone  August 1st – Museum day – Suggestions were Shoshone Bannock Tribal Museum at Fort Hall, Fort Hall replica near Ross Park in Pocatello, Potato museum, Idahoan Food tour, and Melaleuca tour.  August 2nd – Lagoon  August 3rd – Zoo and rodeo  August 4th – Water day – Suggestions were Mack’s Inn float trip, canoeing at Warm River, Palisades lake, Rigby lake, or Ririe river. The group decided to look into Warm River.  August 5th and 6th - Family days with the farewell party the evening of the 6th  August 7th – Japanese flight will leave at 6:59 am. Student Section of the Meeting At the end of the meeting we listened to a new version of Head Shoulders Knees and Toes Here is the new link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSHIe2gqa4o We also have a new song that we need to work on. It is the theme of Totoro. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woi1mnktNjo We would like for everyone to fill out a spotlight for themselves. This first link is to one template with all the information needed: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1y6EqdQAC7Wd1AZL2u2_PyXpmQCUJ10ZrMT_ux0seW8Y/edit ?ts=590a96f6#slide=id.p4 This next link is to other ideas that need to have the information: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mUUxsh4VwOhEsyZSp4gBjk42z89mPJGlVuHwj3- zjyA/edit#slide=id.p15 Please put your finished spotlight into this slides doc (copy and paste a template into this doc and edit it in here. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19n1z3jYSg4AVFAN1MljNxT4YMMw_p32S9p1lWxDk_W8/edit #slide=id.g2182ed8128_0_0 Motion to adjourn was made by Whitney and seconded by Elly.