| Back |
GFWC Pennsylvania
International Affairs Department
The GFWC Pennsylvania International
Affairs Department promotes a wider interest, greater understanding and
participation in world affairs. GFWC programs include CARE, Heifer International,
Operation Smile, and UNICEF. Members of GFWC may use the following
links as resources for developing club projects and programs.
AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE ( AFS )
Intercultural Programs
506 SW 6-th Avenue, 2-nd Floor
Portland, OR 97204
1-800-237-4636
Fax: (503) 229-0753
E-mail : afsinfo@afs.org
Internet : www.afs.org/usa
Contact : Information Center
AFS is an intenational, nonprofit,volunteer student exchange organization.
AFS
provides opportunities for American students to travel abroad and for American
families
(including single people,, retired people, and families with or without
children) to have an
international experience without leaving home by hosting a foreign student.
CARE
151 Ellis Street, NE,
Atlanta, GA 30303-2440
(404) 979-9544 or 1-800-422-7385
FAX : (404) 589-2651
E-Mail : sdrake@CARE.org
Internet : www.careusa.org
Contact : Shannon Drake, Marketing Manager, Special Initiatives
PLAN USA (former CHILDREACH)
155 Plan Way
Warwick, RI 02886-1099
(401) 737-5770-ext, 1215 or 1-800-556-7918
FAX: (401) 732-0625
E-mail : janet.moretti@PlanUSA.org
Internet : www.PlanUSA.org
Contact : Janet Moretti, Manager, Corporate & Group Alliances
CURE International
701 Bosler Avenue,
Lemoyne, PA 17043
(717) 730-6706
E-mail : lwolf@cureinternational.org
Internet : www.cureinternational.org
Contact : Lisa Wolf, Director of Communications.
GLOBAL VOLUNTEERS
375 E. Little Canada Road,
St. Paul, MN 55117-1628
(651) 407-6100 or 1-800-487-1074
FAX : (651) 482-1074
E-Mail: mclark@globalvolunteers.org
Internet : www.globalvolunteers.org
Contact : Melissa Clark - Larson , Volunteer Manager
HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL
1015 Lousiana Street,
Little Rock, AR 72202
1-800-422-0474 (Call Center) or (501) 907-2600
(501) 907-2978 (Tony Woodell, Direct)
FAX: (501) 907-2602
E-mail : tony.woodell@heifer.org
Internet : www.heifer.org
Contact : Tony Woodell, Director, Community Relations.
OPERATION SMILE INTERNATIONAL (OSI)
6435 Tidewater Drive,
Norfolk VA 23509-2600
(757) 321-7645
FAX : (757) 321--7660
Anyone interested in obtaining
a copy of the pattern
for the Operation Smile gown, please contact:
E-mail :
Internet : www.operationsmile.org
Contact : GFWC Project Manager
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Dwight D. Eisenhower Building, 110 South Ferrell St.,
Spokane, WA 99202-4800
(509) 534-0430 Ext. 485 or 1-800-669-7882
FAX : (509) 534-5245
E-mail : dawnd@ambassadorprograms.org
Internet : www.ambassadorprograms.org
Contact : Dawn Davis, Ext. 7485
People to People was founded by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 to foster
international peace and understanding. U.S. student and adult ambassadors
travel
abroad for several weeks during the summer on educational programs. Part
of their
experience includes a home star.
SAVE THE CHILDREN
54 Wilton Road,
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 221-4030 Donor Serices
(203) 221-4018 ( Gail Arcamone Direct )
FAX: (203) 222-1067
E-mail : mstramski@savethechildren.org
Internet : www.savethechildren.org
Contact : Mary Stramski, Direct Marketing Manager
U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR WORLD FOOD DAY
2175 K. Street, NW ,
Washington, DC 20437 202-653-2404
FAX : (202) 653-5760
E-mail : patricia.yound@fao.org
Internet : www.worldfooddayusa.org
Contact : Patricia Young, National Coordinator
SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING, AT WORLD LEARNING
Kipling Road,
P.O. Box 676,
Brattleboro, VT 05302-0676
(802) 257-7751 or 1-800-257-7751
FAX : (802) 258-3248
E-mail : info@worldlearning.org
or info@sit.edu
Internet : www.worldlearning.org
Contact : Carol Bellamy, President, World Learning School for international
Training.
The School for International Training educates leaders capable of bridging
differences
between people and nations in an effort to build a more peaceful and sustainable
world.
YOUTH FOR LUNDERSTANDING USA (YFU )
6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 100,
Bethseda, MD 20817
(240) 235-2108
1-800-424-3691
FAX : (240) 235-1104
E-mail : admissions@yfu.org
Internet : www.yfu-usa.org
Contact : David Barber, Admissions (ext: 124)
YFU-USA is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting international
and world peace through exchange programs for high school students.
AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE ( AFS )
Intercultural Programs
506 SW 6-th Avenue, 2-nd Floor
Portland, OR 97204
1-800-237-4636
Fax: (503) 229-0753
E-mail : afsinfo@afs.org
Internet : www.afs.org/usa
Contact : Information Center
AFS is an intenational, nonprofit,volunteer student exchange organization.
AFSprovides opportunities for American students to travel abroad and for
American families (including single people,, retired people, and families
with
or without children) to have an international experience without leaving
home by hosting a foreign student.
UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMS: Objective: Educate members about United
Nations Program concerning women and children, and support GFWC's
presence as a UN Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Observer.
UNITED NATIONS: Founded in 1945, the United Nations is committed to
maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations
among nations, cooperating in solving international economic, social, cultural
and humanitarian problems, promoting respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms: serving as a center for harmonizing the acitons
of nations in attaining these ends.
U.S. FUND FOR UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Attn.NGO Department,
333 East 38-th Street, Sixth Floor
New York, NY 10016
1-800-UNICEF or (212) 922-2618
E-mail: kweber@unicef.org
Internet : www.unicefusa.org
or www.un.org
Contact : Kate Weber, Deputy Director,
To order boxes for October 24 (United Nations Day) - NGO's
Founded in 1947, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work in
this country through education, advocacy and fundraising. The U.S. Fund
organizes its work around five core themes that are consistent with UNICEF's
organization priorities. Engage Club and Community member in activities
that
fulfill the goals of UNICEF.
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF THE USA (UNA-USA)
801 2-nd Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Phone : (212) 907-1300
Fax: (212) 682-9185
E-mail: thenrichsen@unausa.org
Internet : www.unausa.org
Contact: Tina Henrichsen
UNA-USA is a grassroots membership organization dedicated to strengthening
the United Nations system, and the role of the U.S. in that system, and
to
promoting multilateral efforts to advance the goals of the UN Charter.
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOP,MENT FUND FOR WOMEN (UNIFEM)
304 East 45-th Street, 15-th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 906-6390
Fax: (212) 906-6705
E-mail: joan-libby-hawk@undp.org
Internet : www.unifem.org or
and click on Book Club for books concerning women.
Contact: Joan Libby Hawk, Public Affairs
UNIFEM, the women's fund at the UN, provides financial support and technical
assistance to innovative program promoting human rights, economic and political
empowerment and gender equality. * Explore how to become involved with the
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM0, which provides direct
technical and financial support to programs that empower women'
2006-2008
