Host Families Needed for Gloucester/Tamano Homestay Program

Host Families Needed for Gloucester/Tamano Homestay Program

Let’s Show Our Sister City a Gloucester Hospitality!

We are super excited to announce that students from our sister city, Tamano City, Japan, will be visiting us this summer! To make their stay unforgettable, we need some awesome host families. This is a fantastic opportunity for fun and cultural exchange, and we would love for you to be a part of it!

Host Family Opportunity:
Students: 3 females and 2 males ages 15 to 17.
Chaperone: 1 female adult
From: Tamano City, Japan – Gloucester’s sister city
Dates: Arriving Wednesday, July 23 in the evening; Departing Sunday morning, August 3

Why Host?

Cultural Exchange: Enjoy a meaningful cultural exchange that enriches your family’s experience and broadens your global perspective.

Minimal Commitment: Students will be busy with English lessons and excursions during weekdays, so your primary responsibilities will be providing breakfast, dinner (during the week), and sharing all meals during the weekends with your family.

Self-Sufficient Students: Students bring their own spending money and manage their own lunch at local restaurants during the week.

Your Role as a Host:

Provide a welcoming and supportive environment.
Provide breakfast and dinner during the week and all meals on the weekends.
Share your local customs and family life.
Enjoy the company of your international guest during the evenings and weekends.
Join the Gloucester Host Family Community!
Be a part of an unforgettable experience that has brought joy and global connections to our community for years. Hosting these students is a wonderful opportunity to showcase Gloucester’s warmth and hospitality.

If you have any questions or would like to become a host family, please feel free to contact Jason & Shannon Hakes.  <jhakes1978@gmail.com>

 We are happy to provide more information and answer any questions you may have.

Let’s make this exchange program a success together and show our friends from Japan how welcoming Gloucester can be!

Thank you for your support

Mayor Kirk Makes The Tamano City Newspaper In Japan!

Hi Joey, my visit to our sister city – Tamano City in Japan – made this newspaper ! Third story down. Photo of me admiring public art with the Mayor – beyond that, I have no idea what it says! So happy to be home in Gloucester. Thx for all you do.

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Mayor Kirk Represents! In Japan

At the Mighty-Mac store.

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Still says “out o’ Gloucester”

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Kagoshima Mayor Kirk writes-

On a boat in Kagoshima observing fish being fed in their pens.   Active volcano behind me.

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Farm caught fish being packaged fresh.

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MF Greg Bover Representing In Japan

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This is the gate house to the Todaiji Shrine, also in Nara. The scale of this woodworking is awe inspiring. That fluorescent green dot is my adult son Nick.

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Karen Pischke Represents! At the Cherry Blossom Festival In Japan

Hey Joey-
SAKURA is in full Bloom in Japan! A year ago my elderly mother wondered why
I had to go to Kyoto, Japan for Sakura (Cherry Blossom Festival,) since
‘D.C. has beautiful Cherry Blossoms.’ I told her, because D.C. does not have
my Reiki teacher, Inamoto Sensei. Despite the disaster      in Japan, we
felt it important to continue our trip as planned in support of the Japanese
people. And Hyakuten assured us- "Kyoto is safe. You should come." And so,
3/30/11 we flew. One year ago today was our first full day in Kyoto! It
felt(and still feels!) surreal to be there. While there I also represented
GMG! You can find photos from this journey on Facebook Pages- Dreamtime
Wellness, Komyo Reiki Kai/New England and Komyo Reiki Kai Boston. And now,
Hyakuten will be coming to Boston/New England for the 1st time this October!
Hope you get a chance to meet him! Enjoy the photos. Note: Before the trip
and upon my return, we have organized fund raisers for Japan for continued
support at our monthly Reiki Clinic and Meditation Events. The gentleman in
the picture at the food stand kept saying- "Sank you. Sank you vely much."
The Japanese people we met were most grateful we were there, and Japanese
people still need our support! Thanks Joe! For all that you do! It ‘ripples
out’ to many!!    Karen Pischke, Dreamtime Wellness
(www.dreamtimewellness.com.) 
Peace, love, and light,  Karen