CALLING ALL FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE GUAM NIKKEI ASSOCIATION

Hafa Adai!
I hope this email finds you well this Easter season. We are happy to report that the GNA has been meeting regularly on every second Thursday at 6 pm at the Tamuning Senior Citizens Center. I hope that you've been getting our reminder emails. Nonetheless, we have a few events coming up and are hoping to garner a some support from our friends.  
One project in particular has us needing to reach out to you is the upcoming Okayama City International Exchange student program. We hope that you will consider supporting this project. 

In 2017, the Okayama City Inernational Exchange Program reached out to the Guam Nikkei Association seeking support of it summer exchange program. In an effort to promote goodwill, members of the GNA agreed to host six (6) Okayama city exchange students for one (1) week to learn about Guam, its culture and daily life. The students report that this once in a lifetime experience gave them the drive to study harder to improve their English so that they may return to Guam in hopes of furthering their international studies.  

In 2018,  the GNA helped to send six (6) local students to visit Okayama to experience the same. Our Guam team visited Okayama University, the Museum of Natural Science and went peach picking, just to name a few. They all agree the experience was amazing and are greatful for the rare opportunity to interact with students from other countries such as China, Korea, and Bulgaria. This exchange program continues to help build our sister city relationship with Okayama City and create far-reaching connections with our global neighbors.    

In 2019, we are hosting eight (8) echange students from Okayama from July 20 to 26. Their visit aligns perfectly with our Liberation festivities as we celebrate 75 years of liberation and the end of WWII. We are sure to show them how we celebrate things here on Guam! 

We are seeking families with high school aged children to host these students and show them our CHamoru/island hospitality. The GNA will host a welcome dinner for the host families and students and also arrange some other activities that showcase our culture, island and hospitality 

If this  project is one that you can get behind, we'd like to hear from you. Come to our next meeting scheduled for April 11, at 6pm at the Tamuning Senior Citizens Center. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please respond by clicking the button below. Your support of this project is sincerely appreciated. 

Domo Arigato Gozaimasu 
Si Yu'os ma'åse, 

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