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May
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5/7/2010 10:15 AM
 All this month, I have the opportunity to live in Denmark with several other young professionals as part of a Rotary group exchange. The group I am traveling with are wonderful people with a diverse background .There are six of us in total. Our leader is a Rotarian and the five participants are all young professionals in different business sectors (non Rotarians).
The program that I am participating with (which is sponsored by Rotary International) is called Group Study Exchange or GSE.
This week, along with my my host family, I visited the local Red Cross location. They are set up differently over here than in America. They can best be compared to in the USA- Goodwill. They have donation sites all over the city of Bronderslev. Then volunteers go through the donations, clean the items, and sell them. If the items are stained they cannot sell to the public so they cut into the clothing into squares and sell to mechanics to clean their hands. Also they will take apart sweaters and other clothes like that and make hand made blankets. The city of Bronderslev and the Red Cross provide funding to help with clean water in Africa and they recently raised funds for Haiti.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. You can follow our group's journey on our Facebook page. Have a great day! Marie Major is the staffing associate for the St. Louis Area Chapter.
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Re: Marie Major – Sights from Denmark
Great pictures! Glad you are having a good trip!
By Nicole Holtgrefe on
5/7/2010 12:57 PM
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Re: Marie Major – Sights from Denmark
We can't wait to hear all about your trip when you return. Please learn their language (at least a few words) and teach them to us when you get back!
By Sherri Bitter on
5/7/2010 2:20 PM
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Re: Marie Major – Sights from Denmark
what a wonderful opportunity! I'm so glad you got to go!! Enjoy and looking forward to hearing some stories of your adventure! CIndy
By Cindy Erickson on
5/7/2010 3:31 PM
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