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KANDERSTEGINTERNATIONAL SCOUT CENTRE

nr 9 JUNE 2002

KanderInfo

John & Kati

director@kandersteg.scout.orgeurope4u@kandersteg.scout.org

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Dear friends,

A great deal has happened here at the Centre sincewe last wrote to you. We have just started our sum-mer season proper, having spent the last 2 weeks train-ing the new short term staff. In total, we have a staffteam of 46 people from 24 countries, the biggest andmost varied we have ever had.

The spring has seen a great deal of work to get eve-

rything ready for the summer season – the campsitehas been cleaned and prepared, the rooms madeready, shop souvenirs ordered (check out our internetshop if you cannot get here), activities organised forgroups and much, much more.

Over the first weekend of June, Kandersteg was en- joying wonderful sunshine and the Centre filled upwith the members of our association, for the bian-nual General Assembly. This year, as well as all the‘normal’ work, it was time to say thank you and good-

bye to several committee members and elect new ones

for the next four years. As well as a new committee,the new Director was chosen – Miriam Herzberg (NL)will take over from John in the autumn.

The current committee now includes elected repre-sentatives from the USA, UK, Netherlands, Germany,Italy, Finland and Switzerland, as well as the appointedpeople from the World, European and Swiss ScoutCommittees. In addition, Nicos Kalogeras (GR) whohas served as the Chairman of the Association for 16

years stepped down, and he was unanimously electedas an Honorary Member for all the work he has doneover the years. The new Chairman of the Associationis Thijs Stoffer (NL).

The weekend was also the time when you could seethe first results of our Members’ project for 2002.The front of the Chalet is now much brightened upwith the flags of all the countries that have alreadybeen represented in guests or staff this year, at themoment 36 of them, with more coming in the sum-

mer! Quite a few of our supporters were present forthe weekend.

As you can see, much has been done but there is stilllots more to do. Thanks for all your help this year andwe look forward to working with you in the future.

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During the next two months, we are expecting morethan 7’000 guests to stay with us here – it is a verywell booked season. The emphasis in the programmehas been on the In Camp activities this year, and theguests can find many new opportunities to create in-

ternational contacts and test theirown skills. New for this summer are

activities such as InternationalEvening, Pioneering competitionand Adventure Challenge.

Will you be at the World Scout Conference in Greecein mid July? If so, please send us an email to let usknow – John will be there to represent and promotethe Centre and we are looking for lots of people tohelp us promote the Centre there.

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nr 9 JUNE 2002

Are you...* over 18 years old?

* a member of a Scout or Guide Association?* able to speak English?

Then you could be a member of our Winter 2003 staffor maybe spend next summer in Swiss Alps as a“Pinkie”! If you are interested, contact us for moredetails and an application form!

What? - Your World Scout Centre, open since 1923.Where? - In the beautiful Swiss Alps!Why? - Because Baden-Powell wanted this to be a meeting place for all Scouts around the world.

When? - All year around for everyone!

Why YOU should visit - Because here you can live the Scouting spirit together with Scouts from all over the world!

NEWS from... KANDERSTEGINTERNATIONAL SCOUT CENTRE

Contact Details

Address: Kandersteg International Scout Centre,CH - 3718 Kandersteg, Switzerland

E-mail: reception@kandersteg.scout.orgwww.kisc.ch

Tel. +41 33 675 82 82Fax. +41 33 675 82 89

set up and run together with the Swiss Scout shop‘Hajk’. Most of our souvenirs can now be orderedand delivered anywhere in the world through thesepages. If you will be visiting us later on in the year,you can also contact us directly and make sure wewill have enough t-shirts or badges foryour entire group. These can also be sentto you in advance - a good way to standout when travelling!

We are very pleased to be ableto invite you to visit the

KISC internet shop

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Since the HAJK internet shop operatesin German, we now provide a step-by-step guide in English to ordering proc-ess. This can be downloaded from ourwebsite, where you can also find a linkto the shop.

www.kisc.ch/shop

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Where are you this winter?

Whether snow boarding is your passion or you lovequiet walks in beautiful surroundings; if you can’t sur-vive a winter without those black ski slopes or wouldlike to try something new and exciting like caving,curling or ice skating, winter here in Kandersteg canoffer all this!

Kandersteg itself has two ski areas, ex-cellent for beginners, and within anhours drive you can find two world cupareas, so there is something for all lev-els of skiers.

If you haven’t quite understood the joyin letting a machine take you up and

gravity down, there are plenty of oppor-tunities for winter hiking, cross countryskiing, sightseeing, or just relaxing withcoffee and a cake.

We can offer you everything from a fullSki Week package, including accommo-

dation, full board, lift passes, ski guides and eveningactivities, to just a place for your tent in the snow.

There are already times when our Ski Weeks are al-ready fully booked, but you can find more informa-tion on our website, or contact us for details. Letpeople know about the winter options at KISC!

Important staff dates for

 2002-03

15.09.2002 - deadline for applyingfor Winter’03 staff.

15.12.2002 - deadline for applying

for Spring’03 staff.15.02.2003 - deadline for applyingfor Summer’03 staff.