Show i T- T r. r f tb ui tui t t- t tV V e Yr r J R 1 A r r rr Sr J D 1 r f fr f r t Jd 1 f A 6 BUILDS JuAn s FRIENDSHIP FRIENDSHIP FB lEND ST-HP ST The American Field Service has built many friendships across and around the world during recent years The south Davis area hasmet hasmet has hasmet met many students from the far corners of the world also Under Under Un Un- der the theme of Building Blocks of Friendships the will It is time once again for forthe forthe forthe the annual American Field Service dinner given to raise funds by the Women's Fellowship Fellowship Fel Fel- of the Bountiful Community Community Community Com Com- Church The theme for this year is Building Blocks of Friendship A SHOWING VING of the new film This is which tells the story of how the organization functions will be bea a part of the evenings evening's pro pro- gram The public is invited to attend at the Viewmont High School cafeteria Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day April 4 at 7 pm p.m. Donations Donations Do Do- Donations nations for the dinner are Besides the film fim there willbe will willbe willbe be students from 13 countries that are attending high schools all along the Wasatch Front These young people will present present pre pre- sent the rest of the program THE AMERICAN Field Service is a profit non-profit non nonsectarian nonsectarian nonsectarian sectarian organization which through its international scholarship programs at secondary secondary sec sec- school level endeavors ors to bring about understanding understand understand- ing among people of many nations by providing a new dimension in in the living and learning experience of teenage students This is done by placing foreign students in in American homes for a year and in turn American students students stu stu- stu- stu dents go abroad and live with foreign families for either three months or a year Many organizations such as the Bountiful Community Church contribute to the program as well as individuals als foundations and corpor corpor- The state department offers its facilities for screening screening screening screen screen- ing of candidates abroad Family circles are enlarged willingly and without pay av to welcome the students The Community forms a volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer leer chapter to look after alter the students and pool their resources resources resources re re- re- re sources to raise the participating participating paling contribution for each one and the general public contributes additional necessary necessary necessary sary funds WHEN WE speak of funds we are talking of oC the that each chapter must raise from these various sources for Cor every student who is brought here Thus the American Field Service has the cooperation of oC many helping hands in its effort to open wide the door to a friendlier world Each year the program grows This year there are over o students from Crom 61 countries in the United States and some 1400 American students in 44 foreign countries In the past 22 years a total of over young people have participated participated participated par par- in the scholarship scholarship scholar scholar- ship programs These are the small blocks which we must continue to use to build a better understanding between nations hold its annual d dinner to ra raise se funds on April 4 4 Helping with plans are I to r Mrs James R R. R Baker Herma Hofstede from the Netherlands Nether Nether- lands Nora from Germany and Mrs Ward Dixon |