Sister Cities of Greenfield is holding a tree sale to help enhance Pennsy Trail in Greenfield, while also supporting the Sister Cities program.

Today I went to the otonakko matsuri, which is a festival where adults become kids again.

After an extra-long travel day to arrive in Indianapolis, our guests from Kakuda enjoyed an activity-filled nine-day visit to Greenfield.

This past weekend was the first time I could relax Friday night through Sunday in several weeks.

Sister Cities of Greenfield worked with Nashville, Tennessee artist Lucie Rice to create a new logo for the organization, based on images from the Sister City Park along Pennsy Trail.

The board of directors and friends of the Sister Cities of Greenfield gathered on Sunday, March 11, to mark the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Every year, Kakuda has a dontosai festival, which takes place on January 14 in the frigid cold.

Your donations help Sister Cities of Greenfield cover expenses for our students and their chaperones to visit Japan every summer.

We are now accepting applications for families interested in hosting a student or chaperone from Kakuda.

Sister Cities of Greenfield President Robert Young gives a speech before the organization planted a tree commemorating the anniversary of last year’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

I was excited to think that in six months, the flakes will be replaced by thousands of fireflies, but for now I am enjoying the scenery of Kakuda while everything is covered with snow.

Teacher Sandy Hall recently unveiled a painting she worked on with the Art Club at Greenfield-Central Jr. High School and with the 2010 Kakuda Wing during their visit to Greenfield. The painting will be on display at Greenfield-Central Jr. High School.

Channel 13 news reporter Richard Essex did a story on the Sister Cities of Greenfield the day after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Ayaka and the Kakuda Exchange Students

Greenfield Mayor Brad DeReamer issued a proclamation at a recent city council meeting, announcing the city’s week of compassion for the people of Kakuda City and Japan.

Lyndi joined the board of directors in 2004. A 1997 graduate of Greenfield-Central High School, she first made the trip to Kakuda in 1994. She received a bachelors degree from the University of Evansville in the spring of 2001 and a master’s degree in art therapy from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in May 2003. […]

A video slideshow put together by a Greenfield student who traveled to Kakuda in 2007.

Richard Essex, a reporter with WTHR-TV (Channel 13) in Indianapolis, came to Greenfield and interviewed Sister Cities President Jeff Myers about how the earthquake in Japan is affecting the organization. Click here to read the story.

Visit often for information about our plans to help Kakuda City recover from the March 11 earthquake.

TRAVELERS Each year the Sister Cities organization chooses a group of 7th grade through 11th grade students from Greenfield-Central Schools to travel to our sister city in Kakuda, Japan, and live with a host family for approximately ten days. They are accompanied by adult chaperones who are Greenfield-Central teachers or who have hosted a Japanese […]