Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting March 14, 2018 Attendees: Cameron Archer David Eaton Deslina Matranga Nathan Peck Anna St.Michel David Archer Katie Eaton David Matranga Dallin Peck Ness Villasen Max Benjamin Kylie Eaton Gabe Padron Laurie Retallic Melinda Cebull Victoria Estrada Jorge Padron Jacobi Retallic Peter Cebull Mario Estrada Kendra Peck Curtis St. Michel *Action items in red Business Section of the Meeting Minutes: The March 7th meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. Kendra motioned to approve the meeting minutes and Deslina seconded her motion. Treasurer’s Report: Peter provided the treasurer’s report. The initial balance was $9623.19. The group received $200 in airline ticket deposits, $35 in dues, and $0.81 in dividends. Expenses were $640 to Mack’s Inn for this summer’s rafting. Japan Exchange: Whitney was unable to attend the meeting. David Archer provided information to the group about the Rosetta Stone license available through the library. If interested get the user name and password from David Eaton. Cherry Blossom Raffle/Dinner Fundraiser: The raffle and dinner will be on April 26th at the Snow Eagle Brewery. Victoria and Mario are putting together raffle items this year. Please arrange to bring any raffle donations you collect to Victoria as soon as possible. You can text her at 208-589-8591. We would like to have pictures of the raffle items on the website by the April 4th meeting. Please fill out the Donation Request form for all items donated and give the bottom part to David Eaton. Ness reported Misty has started on the advertising. If you would like to get raffle tickets to sell in advance contact Rebecca Smith at 208-221-6381. Town & Country Fundraiser: The fundraiser involves selling gift cards. For each gift card sold the group pays 80% of the price of the card to Town & Country and keeps 20%. Dave Eaton volunteer to lead this fundraiser. Garage Sale: The garage sale is usually at the same time as the Shamrock Park, Cedar Ridge, and Stonebrook garage sale. The date for this sale is May 19th. People should start collecting items for the garage sale. Wendy Boring and Kendra Peck both have houses with good locations for the garage sale. Jorge offered his work location as a possible location too. 4th of July: Victoria volunteered to organize the 4th parade judging and line painting. Student Meeting Mario held a kahoot test about Japanese holidays. Dallin taught the students how to fold cherry blossoms. Stephanie also took some extra paper home to fold some more. Motion to adjourn was made by Victoria and seconded by Kendra.