Sister Cities

Approved Idaho Falls Sister City Youth Meeting-Minutes April 3, 2019 Attendees: Kylie Eaton Carolina Jensen Jorge Paron Aurora Mahoney Alazandre Jensen Nathan Peck Anna St. Michel Abby Gallegos Nicholas Cebull Whitney St. Michel Aidan Gallegos Melinda Cebull Charlotte Combs Jo Gallegos Stephanie VanAusdeln Laura Combs Sam Hawker Rebecca Smith Heather Medema Lori Kidwell Kendra Peck Charlie Medema Gabe Padron Aaron Doyle Abel Doyle Kaia Sperl David Eaton Katie Eaton Approval of minutes: March 11, 2019 meeting minutes was motioned by Lori Kidwell and seconded by Kendra Peck. Reminder: Idaho Falls Sister City Youth will meet April 15, May 1 and May 15, 2019 at 7:00 in the library. Treasurer Report: The Treasurer’s Report was given by Lori. March shows $4,118.90 and increase of $1,215.00.. Friendship Garden Clean up Judy Seydel contacted David Eaton and asked for a date the Youth group could help with clean-up and the application of linseed oil to the bamboo posts. The group agreed to May 4, at 3:00 pm weather permitting. Bylaws: The group agreed to wait until the next meeting to approve the Bylaws. Bylaws will be emailed to the group and voted on next meeting. Cultural Event: Janet Youngblood’s Taiko Drumming group will be one of many groups performing at Idaho State University on April 13, 2019 beginning at 5:30 PM. Dinner is included in the price-$7.00 for students and $9.00 for adults for tickets ordered before the event. Please contact David Eaton or Katie Eaton if you wish to order tickets from Janet Youngblood. Cost of tickets at the door the day of the event will be slightly higher in cost. Fundraisers: Garage Sale is scheduled for May 18, 2019. Kendra volunteered to have her garage be used for storage of items for garage sale as well as for the garage sale. The Cherry Blossom Festival is schedule at the Snow Eagle April 25. Janet Youngblood’s Tokoi Drumming students agreed to perform at the Snow Eagle at 5:30 PM. Jorge Padron agreed to contact Mr.Clarke Kido to get Koi fish banner and hang it up for the Cherry Blossom event. Lori Kidwell sent a sign up sheet around to ask for volunteers to sit at the ticket table during the Cherry Blossom Festival at Snow Eagle. Lori also asked if students would send her pictures of Cherry Blossoms. Lori sent a paper around for student wanting to take tickets for presale. She asked each person to help her track tickets by writing the range of numbers on the tickets (beginning number and ending number). She stated that each purchased ticket have the name and phone number of the person you are selling the ticket to. Every ticket entry needs to be placed in the appropriate box (corresponding to the basket/prize of interest) before the drawing which will take place at around 8:30 pm at Snow Eagle. Lori passed out a form to each student so they can keep track of customers wishes for the basket they desire. She stated that winning ticket will be delivered by the person who sold the ticket unless of course the winner is present at the drawing. Points are awarded based on money turned in from ticket sales (1 point for each $80). Ticket pricing is 1 ticket for $1, 6 tickets for $5, or a wingspan (nominally 40 tickets) for $20. The wingspan is a really good deal, so you may find you need a lot of tickets to earn as many points as you can. At the next meeting the adults will finalize plans for the Cherry Blossom. Koi Pond: Discussion on planning will be at the next meeting. Student Exchange: Discussion on planning will be at the next meeting. Kendra and Whitney will meet with all students to create plans for the summer student exchange. The meeting with students will be in a room separate from the adults. Banner: Students are asked to create a design for a banner and bring it with next to the next meeting. Abby Gallegos. Aurora Mahoney, and Sam Hawker were interested in sending ideas to Jorge Padron. Some suggestions for the banner included: Idaho Falls Sister City Youth Group Community Cultural Experience Idaho Falls/Tokai Mura Open to area youth ages 12 to 18 Web address  Student Activities Newsletter: The newsletter is nearly complete. Two students need to submit their paragraphs to Kendra before it can be finalized and on the webpage. Logo: Students are asked to create a design for a logo and bring it to the next meeting. T-shirt Design: Students are asked to create a design for a logo and bring it to the next meeting. Game: Students were divided into two teams and challenged each other on Japanese alphabet sound/letter correspondence, words and phrases. Rebecca Smith motioned to that the meeting be adjourned and seconded by Charlie Medema.