Center for Cultural Interchange and Greenheart Blog

 CCI's Work & Travel staff recently traveled to Wisconsin, taking in the breathtaking landscapes of Door County and adventuresome recreation of Wisconsin Dells. Each year, the pleasing noise of Wisconsin tourism is amplified by international students and passionate employers and community organizations. Read more on Wordpress.

"...He wants badly to learn to ride, and has been working on it steadily. His prosthetic leg was causing him a tremendous amount of pain when he spread his hips to sit on the horse. It just dug into his hip and thigh." Read more on Wordpress.

 But don't worry... it's not a green bust... it's Center for Cultural Interchange and Greenheart's Carbon Offset Program (COP). Read more on Wordpress

 CCI Area Representative, Nancy Pittman, and her group of exchange students from Japan volunteered at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State. Nancy wrote, “We pulled ricefield bulrush, the highest priority wetland invasive plant threat on the Refuge." Read more on Wordpress.

A $1.50 doesn’t seem like much on a hot summer day. It’s just one water bottle. What harm could it do? Little do we realize that about 500 million other people in the US think the same way each week. That’s enough bottles to circle the globe five times! That $1.50 in reality, is contributing to a steadily growing problem: water overconsumption. Read more on Wordpress.

CCI was thrilled to meet 16 Moldovan and 4 Jamaican students in Raleigh, NC for a mini-orientation. The hot sticky weather and lack of sleep did not deter these go-getters from their excitement as they were getting ready to hit the beach! Read more on Wordpress.

 My exchange year is almost over, and my American dream is going to finish soon. I think that this year was the most successful, productive and fun year in my life. I can call it “a year of experiences” because I experienced a lot of new things, I learned and gained many useful skills for me and my country’s future improvement. I feel blessed, when I remember everything that I have done during this year, so I decided to share the experiences that were very important for me and will always stay in my memory. Read more on Wordpress.

 Greenheart Club members are making a difference!  This past spring, Jie Yin of Thailand came to the U.S. as a Work and Travel student working in Medora, North Dakota.  Medora is also home to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, a gorgeous park reserve containing an endless species of plants and wildlife, as well as the beautiful North Dakota Badlands.  This is where Jie Yin decided to focus her project! Read more...

Once a month from December to April, Area Representative Bunny Esposito picked up the CCI high school exchange students she supervised and drove them all to Oak Street Elementary School in Plattsburgh, New York. The students spent an hour working with 5^th graders on a Global Village project. The volunteer project culminated in Global Village Night, with displays, food, and the 5th graders - and CCI students - speaking new languages! Read more