Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister City Youth Approved Meeting-Minutes This meeting was conducted using the platform Zoom ​May 18, 2020 Attendees Maggie Boring Nicholas Cebull Melinda Cebull David Eaton Katie Eaton Kylie Eaton Abigail Gallegos Aiden Gallegos Izabel Kelley Laura Kelley Sam Hawker Lori Kidwell Charlie Medema Mike Medema Heather Medema Jorge Padron Nathan Peck Kendra Peck McKenzie McIsaac Ed McIsaac Anna St. Michel Whitney St. Michel Carter Thompson Jenn Thompson Rebecca Smith Stephanie VanAusdeln Approval of minutes ​Whitney St. Michel motioned to approve the May 6, 2020 meeting minutes. It was seconded by Lori Kidwell. No objections. ​Student Exchange to Japan A video of favorite places in and around Tokai-Mura was shown. A proposal to have “Getting To Know You” Zoom meeting with at least five students from Idaho Falls and five students from Tokai Mura. These students are asked to be prepared to ask questions and possibly to play Kahoot!. For Your Information Idaho Falls Public Library is not allowing group meetings at this time. When this policy changes David will inform the group. David Eaton will contact Judy Seydel to schedule a date for our group to help clean up in the Friendship Garden. He will let us know by the next meeting, June 3. Reminder The next meeting is on June 3, 2020 at 7:00. Everyone will be notified by David Eaton through email. Please put the June 3rd meeting on your calendar as well as the June 15th meeting. Videos ​David Eaton suggested that each person take pictures of their favorite sights in and around the Idaho Falls area. David will set up the site for each of us to post to. He will let us know where to post the videos and/or pictures. If any student is interested in creating the videos to Tokai-Mura please let David Eaton know. Fundraisers ​Cherry Blossom Festival Raffle Whitney St. Michel has been exploring with the software for buyers to purchase raffle tickets for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Whitney will email everyone when she has pictures/contents of each basket. The group agreed to the date of the raffle drawing approximately 30 days after Whitney emails each of us with the pictures/contents of each basket. Thank you notes will be sent out shortly after Whitney St. Michel sends out the email with the pictures of each basket. Reach out to all your friends and family members near and far and tell them about the IFSCY raffle that will be happening soon. ​ Student Activity On the 22nd, or this Friday: To stay connected with the Japanese group, we will have a small group of students talk with a small group of Japanese Students. The people we will have that will be talking with the Japanese students are , 1. Kenzie 2. Abbie 3. Aiden 4. Stephanie 5. Charlie 6. And if possible, Maggie. Tonight's lesson: The lesson was taught by Maggie Boring, on useful Kanji characters. The slideshow is below. Kanji presentation Meeting Adjourned Rebecca Smith motioned to adjourn the meeting. It was seconded by Lori Kidwell.