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The Friendship Exchange promotes international understanding and good will between Rotarians in different countries through reciprocal visits.
Co-Chairs: Carl and Linda Grovanz, Ontario/Walworth
Email: cgrovanz@rochester.rr.com
Additional committee members:
Bob (PDG) and Pat Gaffney
James (PDG) & Jane Holden
Charles Lewis
Godfrey (Doc) Malchoff
Gerald & Alice Thompson
England in 2008
The Friendship Exchange committee has finalized arrangements for a 2008 Rotary Friendship Exchange with District 1070 located north of London and east of Birmingham in England.
District 1070 will be sending us five couples and two singles for a period of 14 nights. The team includes Brian and Shelagh Dawson (Team Leader), John and Barbara Malpass, Peter and Christine Bambra, Brian Norrey, David and Lesley Whalley, Brian and Marguerite Armstrong, and Johg Segley.
They will arrive on May 22, 2008 and depart on June 5th. During their stay, we intend to have three hosting sessions: May 22 - 26, May 27 - 30, and May 31 - June 5.
Three different hosts have been assigned to each England District 1070 team member. The first hosting session will be in the northern portion of our district, the second in the southern and the final host will be in the central area of our district.
Sweden in 2006
The most recent Rotary Friendship Exchange was in Sweden from June 1 to 10 in 2006, prior to the International Convention 11-14 June 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark & Malmo, Sweden.
The district we visited is on the Swedish west coast. It is from Varberg in the south to the Norwegian border and goes from 100 to 200 kilometers east.
They have 4000 Rotarians in the district and 67 clubs.
Gotenburg is the center and second largest city in Sweden.
Here you will find Volvo, IKEA & many large companies.
In the rest of the district there are smaller towns from 15,000 inhabitants to 100,000. The temperature is about the same as Rochester but expect many more hours of daylight in June.
The following Six Rotarian couples participated in the 2006 Rotary Friendship Exchange: Carl and Linda Grovanz, DG Elect John and Maureen Hall, Roy and Kay Herrmann, DG Jim and Jane Holden, Assistant DG Ken and Eva Steadman, Don and Bev Wooster.
In addition to the Friendship Exchange and International Conference, the team also toured Stockholm in Sweden, Olso in Norway and Reykjavik in Iceland
New Zealand in 2004
The previous Rotary District 7120 Friendship Exchanges was to the South Island of New Zealand in 2004. The team did a pre-exchange stop for several days in the Queenstown area and several nights in the North Island after the exchange.
Australia in 2003
A Friendship Exchange team visited Brisbane, Australia before and during the Rotary International Convention in 2003. The exchange continued on the Sunshine Coast after the conference. The team also made pre-exchange visits to Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef area.
The Australian exchange team visited our district in 2005.
Updated January 30, 2008
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