Activities

WATFORD, ENGLAND

10/22-26 Official Visit Wafter Schools to Colonial School District

Watford 1/18 - 29/00 Official Visit by Julie Nishimura, Danny Peak, and troupe to perform their dramatic reading "Distant Voices" in schools and other public venues

Watford/ Wilmington 2/00 Official Exchange of male and female runners for Watford and Caesar Rodney Half-marathons

Watford Official Visit by runners from Pike Creek Valley Running Club for Watford Half-marathon

Watford/Wilmington Official Exchange through Sister Libraries: A White House Millenium Council Project, between Kingsway Infant and Castle Hills Schools

10/02 Wilmington Official Visit (proposed) by Kingsway Infant and other schools to the Colonial School District

10/18/02-26 Official Visit from several teachers at Watford Schools to the Colonial School District. The purpose of the visit was to see our schools and , perhaps, establish and exchange program involving students and teachers from Watford area schools and Wilmington area schools.

FULDA, GERMANY

Fulda 10/01 - 21/03 17 Students and 2 Teachers visited Glasgow Highschool for 3 weeks

Fulda 09/13 - 28/01 Official Visit SYNE artist Rick Rothrock to Fulda Vonderau Museum for scupture symposium

Fulda 05/00 Official Visit by SYNE group of artists to open their exhibition in the Vonderau Museum

Fulda 08/00 Official Visit by UD Foreign Languages student to Fachhochschule Summer School program in international studies

9/00 Planning trip by Delaware Economic Development Office (DEDO) for the state's economic development visit to Germany in December

Wilmington 10/6 - 11/00 SYNE Exhibition; Tower Hill School

Wilmington 12/00 DEDO economic development visit to Germany

Fulda Official Visit by UD Foreign Languages student to Fachhochschule

09/01 Summer School program in international studies

OLEVANO SUL TUSCIANO, ITALY

In early March, 2004, the Wilmington-Olevano Committee, in cooperation with Sister Cities of Wilmington, Inc., conducted a reception/fund raiser to assist in the support of upcoming exchanges between Olevano and Wilmington. The event specifically identified the need to support of the arrival of two chefs from Italy, Clemente Gaeta and Gerardo Denza, to participated in the renowned Meals On Wheels Meals fund-raising events - Meals with the Masters and Celebrity Chef Brunch which were held on April 16th and April 18th respectively.

With support from the special fundraiser, two educators, four middle school students and two parents from Olevano Sul Tusciano came to Wilmington on an educational exchange with St. Anthony of Padua’s Elementary School.

“Wilmington Through Italian Eyes’, a collection of photographs of Wilmington, the Italian Community and St. Anthony of Padua’s Italian Festival in Wilmington by Giuseppe D’Inca, photographer from Olevano Sul Tusciano, has been in negotiation fro publication over this year.