SISTER CITIES OF CARY, Inc.

A 501(c)(3) Corporation

Established 1989

Cary, NC, USA

SCA of Cary

919-466-0355

919-319-1848

NEVER DOUBT

THAT A SMALL GROUP OF

THOUGHTFUL   

COMMITTED CITIZENS

CAN CHANGE

THE WORLD.

INDEED

IT’S THE ONLY THING

THAT EVER HAS.

MARGARET MEAD

· February - First new members began serving on the Commission

· April - Killarney was determined to be too smallwithout any full time town officials to respond or show interest.

· May - Efforts to select a new sister city began.

· Letters were sent out to 20 cities in England, Germany, France and the Bahamas.

· Received 2 positive responses from French cities.

· The American hub at RDU with daily non-stops to Paris helped the Commission lean towards a selection.

· Summer - The commission received a request from Le Touquet to come for a visit.

· November 6 - Six members of the commission traveled to Le Touquet to survey the town, they were honored on Armistice Day by the mayor of Fourmies

· December - Recommendation was made at theTown Council meeting to adopt Le Touquet as Cary’s first Sister City.

· March - Hsinchu City, Taiwan was adopted as second Sister City following trip by Councilman Jack Smith, Howard Johnson and John Wei.

· Spring break - A youth delegation went to Le Touquet.  17 youth, 4 adults.

· May - Instructors from Le Touquet’s Hotel and Restaurant Management School (Lycce Hotelier du Touquet) came to plan a trip for their students.

· August - A college group from  Lycce Hotelier du Touquet came to work for three weeks.  22 students and 2 adults.

· September - Eighteen youth and four adults came from Le Touquet for home stays.

· July - Sixteen member delegation from Hsinchu City took a 3 day tour around the fourth of July holiday.

· August - Twenty plus students from the Lycce Hotelier du Touquet came with two instructors.

· September - The newly elected Mayor of Le Touquet came for a 2 day visit.  He met with some of the students who journeyed here.

· July - Mayor of Le Touquet returned for a brief visit.

· August - Twenty plus students from the Lycee Hotelier du Touquet came with two instructors.  Plans for a get together were cancelled due to FRAN.

· December - Mayor Booth faxed a request for Le Touquet to host CHS Band New Years 1998.

· January - Ken and Karen George travel to Le Touquet to make specific arrangements for CHS Band.

· August - Fourteen students and two instructors ended their three weeks working in America by staying the weekend with families, most of whom were band members.

· December - CHS band traveled to Le Touquet.  Sunday a.m. parade in the streets or Le Touquet, Orchestra performed for Mass, concert outside Cathedral, evening concert with over 2,000 guests, evening dinner with entertainment and catered for all students in the band, Monday parade in streets of Bolougna, visit to WWII cemetery and war museum depicting the freeing of Northern      France, shopping at the Cite Europa mall near the tunnel.