Archives for the ‘Information’ Category

Sister Cities of Greenfield seeks host families for 2024 visit

By • May 13th, 2024 • Category: Information, News

Learn more about hosting one of our guests from Kakuda in August 2024.



Calling artists! Sister Cities to celebrate 35th anniversary with downtown mural

By • Feb 1st, 2024 • Category: Information, News

Sister Cities of Greenfield is commissioning a mural to celebrate the 35th anniversary of our partnership with Kakuda, Japan.



Applications now open for 2023 Kakuda trip

By • Dec 5th, 2022 • Category: Featured, Information, News

Join us for an informational meeting about our June 2023 trip to Kakuda, Japan on Dec. 8, 2022 at Greenfield-Central H.S.



Meeting for 2018 Kakuda trip set for December 11

By • Nov 24th, 2017 • Category: Featured, Information, News

An informational meeting for those interested in applying for the 2018 trip to Kakuda will be held Monday, December 11 at 7 p.m.



Applications for 2017 Kakuda trip open until Dec. 23!

By • Dec 13th, 2016 • Category: Featured, Information, News

Sister Cities of Greenfield is now accepting applications for our 2017 visit to Kakuda City, Japan.



Applications available for 2016 Kakuda trip

By • Nov 18th, 2015 • Category: Featured, Information, News

Learn more about how you can apply to take part in the 2016 visit to our sister city in Japan.



Applications

By • Oct 26th, 2007 • Category: Information

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 […]



Memories

By • Oct 26th, 2007 • Category: Information

A Celebration of Sister Cities…It’s Never Really Over Surely you have your own abiding memory of your experience(s) with the Sister City Program – send us your essays, comments, poems, songs or pictures ‘that speaks a thousand words’. We hope you will feel sufficiently encouraged to send us your own submission. Send an e-mail to […]



About Kakuda

By • Oct 26th, 2007 • Category: Information

 Although steeped in natural beauty and a long history, Kakuda City is also home to two of Japan’s leading space development facilities: the National Aerospace Laboratory of Science and Technology and the Kakuda Propulsion Center (a branch of the National Space Development Agency).  Centrally located in the city is Daiyama Park, which features an observation […]