Today Spirit Cultural Exchange is participating in Exchange Day, a nationwide celebration of the incredible benefits of international exchange on American host communities.
This day aims to celebrate the significance of cultural exchange through three key themes – Eat, Play, Give. Spirit Cultural Exchange Work and Travel participants will give back to their American host communities and have some fun. Thanks to the Alliance for International Exchange in Washington, D.C., Exchange Visitor visa sponsors and Host Employers are provided with materials and tools to plan their own Exchange Day events all across the country.
You can read about today’s Exchange Day event with Spirit Cultural Exchange participants in the Wisconsin Dells below.
Volunteer Event with International Crane Foundation
On August 7, 2023, Spirit Cultural Exchange hosted an event in the Wisconsin Dells in partnership with other BridgeUSA J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor sponsors, bringing international program participants together to #EatPlayGive as they participated in an organized community service project.
The Exchange Day event took place at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin. This organization “works worldwide to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, watersheds and flyways on which they depend.” In partnership with Alliance Abroad Group and Intrax, the participants helped with some light landscaping and cleaning around the organization’s main welcome sign.
This was followed by free lunch and a tour around the organization. During the tour, Exchange Visitors got to learn about cranes, which are found in the Wisconsin Dells and all over the world, and take beautiful photos of the birds.
This event provided the opportunity to raise awareness about the many ways in which the American people and communities benefit from people-to-people diplomacy.
Thank you to the International Crane Foundation for a wonderful day!