Adventures in friendship

Here is the most recent updates on Adventures in friendship from Mary Baughman. A recent thank you letter should also be up shortly on the thanks section of our website.

Dear American and International Friends:

Planning ahead for 2009, we would like to eliminate some of the variation in our presentation to both Americans and Internationals. To that end, we’ve decided to make a short film to explain what Adventures in Friendship is and what it can do for both the Americans and the Internationals who participate. When complete, this film will be made available on Facebook.Com as well as at service clubs and other venues, to aid in publicity and also to make sure the explanation is clear. Avoiding misunderstandings is difficult enough when everyone speaks the same native language, and it’s been a real challenge!

Don Gregory (SHS 96) of PinkCat ProductionsLLC will assist us.

I will do some of the filming personally, but it will all be subject to Don’s approval.

Filming the internationals this year is impossible, because 100% of them went home at the beginning of August. For all international former AIF participants, here is what I would like: I would like you to send us a short video of yourself answering these questions: “What did you get out of participating in Adventures in Friendship? Why was it worthwhile for you? Did you learn anything you wouldn’t have learned otherwise? Did you do anything you wouldn’t have done otherwise? Did it change the way you visualized life in the United States?” We will contact you if we decide to use your clip in the film we make. At the very least, we will use your clip on the Facebook.Com site.

For the Americans, you may make your own film clip and send it to us at friendadventure@aol.com, or we can come and film it, which we really would like to do if we can. We would like as many immediate family members present as possible (Mom-Dad-kids), and we would like to film somewhere that typifies you, your job, your life, and the Erie County area. We intend to include Toft’s Dairy, Mulberry Creek, Firelands Campus, the Route 250 area, and we need more bright ideas including businesses and local scenes that we come up with. The questions we would like you to answer are: “What did you get out of participating in Adventures in Friendship? Why was it worthwhile for you? Did you learn anything you wouldn’t have learned otherwise? Did you do anything you wouldn’t have done otherwise? Did it change the way you visualized life in other countries?” At the very least, we will use your clip on the Facebook.Com site. Don Gregory would like to personally do your film for you, if at all possible, and he will be in Sandusky on either Wednesday or Thursday (I don’t know which) September 3rd or 4th, and we should try to make arrangements. I am looking forward to this new adventure.

Sincerely, Mary Baughman