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PTPI offers a variety of international educational and cultural programs and activities and at the same time, one is able to partake in the movement towards peace through understanding. We wanted to be a part of that movement. Change takes years and years, but one must start somewhere. Anyone can make a difference, no matter how small. So, what's the story behind the founding of the PTPI Värmland Chapter, Sweden? It just so happens that Antoinette Mc Intyre-Andersson and one of the board members of the People to People Sports Ambassador Programs, Rafer Johnson, grew up in the same hometown in California: Kingsburg - "the Swedish Village"; which is also one of the sister cities of Sunne, a town situated just 60 kilometers from PTPI Värmland Chapter headquarters, Karlstad. Antoinette touched base with Rafer in May 2005, as she was interested in initiating some type of sports and cultural exchange between Sweden and the states. In that same phone call, Rafer mentioned the People to People International organization. After some research, a few phone calls, discussion with friends and acquaintances...
...28 August, 2005 - Antoinette Mc Intyre-Andersson, Dine Bolmstedt och Christina Leander fattade ett gemensamt beslut att bilda en lokalförening i Värmland:People to People International Värmland Chapter.
Från vänster: Dine Bolmstedt, Christina Leander & Antoinette Mc Intyre-Andersson
People to People International Värmland Chapter Chartered! 15 September, 2005 - Efter månader av förberedelser med stöd av PTPI huvudkontorert i Kansas City, Missouri, USA, och Head of European Operations i Berlin, Lars Poignant, PTPI Värmland Chapter blev den 50:e PTPI chapter i Europa, och den enda i Sverige. Cornelia Siegenthaler från PTPI Bern Chapter, Schweiz och Kassör, PTPI Europeiska Rådet, och Lars Poignant, PTPI Europa's Verkställande Direktör, presenterar "the charter" till President & Founder av PTPI Värmland Chapter, Sweden, Antoinette Mc Intyre-Andersson.  Från vänster: Cornelia Siegenthaler, Antoinette Mc Intyre-Andersson & Lars Poignant Nedan ser du ett foto av Cornelia Siegenthaler, Lars Poignant och de första (interim) PTPI Värmland Chapter styrelsemedlemmarna: Christina Leander, Antoinette Mc Intyre-Andersson, Zeldi Jansson & Jonas Knochenhauer. Dine Bolmstedt finns ej med på bild.
Från vänster: Cornelia Siegenthaler, Christina Leander, Antoinette Mc Intyre-Andersson, Zeldi Jansson, Jonas Knochenhauer and Lars Poignant
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