Children’s International Summer Villages

The Maine Chapter of Children’s International Summer Villages is accepting applications for young people ages 11-18 to participate as delegates in international camps and exchange programs next summer. Destinations abroad this year are Italy, Canada and France. In the United States, the destinations are Detroit, Cincinnati and Washington, D.C. The deadline for application is Dec. 15.

Children’s International Summer Villages offers international and local programs that foster global friendships and cross-cultural understanding. CISV is an independent, nonprofit, nonpolitical worldwide volunteer organization that promotes peaceful solutions to global problems. It is dedicated to making a world of difference and committed to the personal safety and welfare of all participants in its programs.

Applications also are being accepted for leaders 21 years and older to accompany the Maine youth delegations representing the United States. CISV-Maine will select delegates and leaders for the following 2007 international programs:

. Villages, four-week programs for 11-year-olds in delegations of two boys, two girls and an adult leader from 12 nations – in Bologna, Italy, June 26-July 26; and London, Canada, July 9-Aug. 5. A female and a male leader are needed.

. Junior counselor, age 16-17, to assist staff and leaders at a CISV Village in Forli, Italy, July 1-28, for a female delegate; and in Cincinnati, June 16-13, for a male delegate.

. Interchange, a cultural exchange for boys and girls age 13-14, to spend two weeks with CISV peers and their families in Lyon, France, and for the French CISV interchange delegates to spend two weeks in Maine with their CISV-Maine counterparts. Dates to be announced. A leader is needed to accompany the U.S. delegation.

. Summer Camp, for 14-year-olds, two boys and two girls, July 6-28 in Detroit, Mich. A male or female leader age 21 or older is needed to accompany the Maine delegation.

. Seminar Camp, a three-week camp with individual delegates age 17-18 from up to 20 nations, in Washington, D.C., June 30-July 20, for a male delegate.

For applications for CISV-Maine’s international programs or for more information, call Maine Chapter President Penny Lamhut, 942-3558, or e-mail plamhut@adelphia.net. To learn more about Children’s International Summer Villages, visit www.CIScisvusa.org.