Selected Events 2006

Consul General Mark Scheland (center) and students both from the Nativity School and St. Ignatius School in Cincinnati, Ohio, with principal Robert Herring

August 9, 2006
Consul General Mark Scheland and Public Affairs Assistant Beate Renker represented Ambassador Timken in rural Güntersberge at the closing ceremony of the 10th EuroCamp for Kids. Over 250 children from 20 countries, including an American delegation of 18, came together for 10 days to participate in creative activities, including dance, an international games evening, talks with members of the Lions Club and business representatives, visits to exhibits and trips to Magdeburg (including the State Parliament) and Wernigerode. Consul General Scheland joined diplomats from the Embassies of Israel, South Africa, Senegal, Russia, Kazakhstan, Hungary, and the Czech Republic as well as Saxony-Anhalt Chief of Protocol, Minister Rainer Robra, in conversations with the kids, aged 12-13, and with organizers. Mr. Scheland shared ideas on school exchange programs with the principal of Nativity School of Cincinnati, Ohio, which participated in EuroCamp for the third consecutive year. The school principal applauded what he learned about Mission Germany's school outreach, support for Sister Cities, and other people-to-people programs addressing youth. The EuroCamp was repeatedly featured in the newspapers Mitteldeutsche Zeitung and Volksstimme Magdeburg during the first week of August.