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Intergenerational 2011 Eco-Exchange Was a Great Success!

Congratulations Milwaukee!  Once again you have taken on a challenging project and made it work through extensive planning and club participation. The German and Japanese grandparents and grandchildren were thoroughly pleased with the week in Milwaukee and all of the wonderful friendships they made. The kids loved the active schedule which included tubing on Pewaukee Lake, sailing on the Denis Sullivan, canoeing in the Lagoon on Milwaukee’s lakefront, hiking the bluffs of Devils Lake, learning about birds at the Audubon Nature Center and the International Crane Foundation, and experiencing an educational River Monitoring Project and the IMAX film “Tornado Alley”. They even had an opportunity to record a hip hop song with a professional musician. How cool is that!

There is a long list of people who need to be thanked for this exchange.

• Exchange Committee: Dave Kalan, Doris Mueller, Donna Baldwin-Haut, Mary Goeks, and Beth Kealy.
• Home Hosts and Their Grandchildren/Children: Charlotte Ann Button, Jim and Delores Cornwall, Mary Goeks, Donna and John Haut, Beth and Peter Kealy, Doris Small and two families outside of our club, Lisa and Bill Mitter and Shaku Menon.
• Day Hosts: Doris Mueller, Pat Tremaine and Bev Hotchkiss.
• Dinner Parties: Doris Mueller (organizer), Gayle Best and David Martinez, Suzan Hester and Robert Byrne, Joseph and Barbara Geck and Iva Richards.
• Food Preparation: Amalia Biester, Donna Baldwin-Haut, Gordy and Barb Birschbach, Gary Drescher, Claire Fowler, Bev Hotchkiss, Dave Kalan, Iva Richards and Doris Small.
• Tour Guides: Pat Tremaine, Rita Czukas and Judith Ruland.
• Exchange Booklets: Amy Bley.
• Contribution to Exchange: Delores Schmalzer.