Welcome to St. Louis - Stuttgart Sister Cities

Serving the St. Louis community since 1960, St. Louis - Stuttgart Sister Sisties (SLSSC) has been actively involved in encouraging multicultural experiences through 

Cultural events
Student exchanges
Business trade missions

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Would you like to experience one week full of fun, culture, sport? Then come to the UNESCO World Youth Festival July 13-19, 2009 in Stuttgart! 500 young people will meet in Stuttgart, Germany from all over the world to participate in sports, workshops on the environment and climate protection, in addition, to sharing their cultures with others from around the world. All lodging and many meals are paid for by the city of Stuttgart and its organizers. The international office in Stuttgart has extended an invitation to their sister cities around the world to send up to ten students from each city for UNESCO Youth Festival July 13-18, 2009. St. Louis-Stuttgart Sister Cities is offering $500 to each of five students to support their round trip travel to Stuttgart. To apply, please complete the application below and e-mail to Gary Bachman at garyb@umsl.edu. Deadline is April 20, 2009 for scholarships to attend UNESCO World Youth Festival. Click here for the application Click here for the UNESCO site

Revelers at the Winter ball

We would like to thank all of our guests for supporting this year's Winter Ball Karneval which included over 300 members, friends and dignitaries. In particular, we wanted to recognize our friends from the Germania Club of Kansas City. There was lots of fun, friendships newly created and old ones rekindled. Proceeds will go to scholarships and grants. Click here for photos

SLSSC Annual Meeting Attendees St. Louis-Stuttgart Sister Cities, Inc. cordially invited friends and guests to our 22nd Annual Christmas Party hosted by Jim and Joan Conway to benefit The Familiy Resource Center. Click here for photos

SLSSC Annual Meeting Attendees Annual dinner meeting with strolling accordionist, Charles Block Election of Directors to St. Louis-Stuttgart Sister Cities Board Presentation by David Luckes, President and CEO of the Greater St. Louis Community Foundation Presentation to Webster University IBIE in Partnership with the State of Missouri Presentation to German School Association Presentation to UMSL German Culture Center Presentation by Tori Lebsack and Christy Roeder about the SCI Youth Conference Recognition of Volunteers for December 2007 - November 2008 Click here for photos

Saturday, October 18, 2008 Time: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. in Spanish Lake, Missouri SLSSC Inaugural Oktoberfest Celebration - Guests enjoying a hayride. Everyone enjoyed a wonderful pig roast at a beautiful park-like setting and historical home previously featured in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. SLSSC extends a special thanks to the gratious hosts Joanne Gladney and Ron Naumer. Music was provided by Pat Auberry and Mike Orzel. There were games, a hayride and bonfire. Proceeds went to SLSSC scholarships and the 50th anniversary celebration fund in 2010. Click here for photos

The City of Kansas City, Missouri played host to the 52nd Annual Sister Cities International Conference from July 16-19, 2008. The Westin Crown Center Hotel was "home base" for meetings and the final evening Gala. Delegates from the following countries: Benin, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Ghana, Guyana, Japan, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Peru, Phillipines, Rwanda, Senegal, South Korea, Taiwan, and Uganda plus the United States gathered for the 4 day conference. A number of SLSSC boardmembers as well as boardmembers of other St. Louis Sister Cities were in attendence. Christi Roeder took part in the concurrent SCI Youth Conference that received youths from around the world. (Click here to read more of Christi's story) Keynote speakers for the 4 day event conference were: Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, a noted international speaker on Sustainability, Corporate social Responsibility, Population, Gender and Justice issues. Henrietta H. Fore, Administrator of the U.s. Agency for International Development (USAID). Goli Ameri, Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs. Senator Sam Brownback furrently serving on the Appropriations, Judiciary and Joint Economic Committees. He also serves in the Helsinki Commission on Security and Coopertaion in Europe, co-chairs the Senate Cancer Coalition and the Human Rights Caucus, chairs the Senate Values Action Team and is a founding member of the Senate Fiscal Watch Team. Mary Jean Eisenhower, President and CEO of People to People International (PTPI). Click here for photos

St. Louis Sister Cities members at the convention

Jasmin Woehr with SLSSC members

On July 5, 2008, 20 members of St. Louis – Stuttgart Sister Cities welcomed Jasmin Woehr from Stuttgart as player for the St. Louis Aces for the 2008 season. Kids ages 6 – 13 were able to participate in a tennis block party – a tennis clinic taught by the Aces. Each child received a tennis racket and a t-shirt and they had a lot of fun. The matches started at 7:15 p.m. The St. Louis Aces lost to New York, but it was a great evening of tennis, particularly meeting Jasmin after the game. Click here for photos Click here for photos from other St. Louis Aces events

Bryan Hayes - SLSSC Half Marathoner	Bryan Haynes ran the Stuttgarter Zeitungslauf half marathon this past Sunday in Stuttgart. He did very well despite a foot injury. Bryan placed 4,999 out of 9,638 actual runners, with 27,000 registered participants. The marathon also includes wheelchairs, inline skates, seniors and kids. Thank you, Bryan, for representing St. Louis at this event!
Friendly Schwabians arch cooling veils of cold water over the streets of Stuttgart, Germany from their own garden hoses for the relief of ten thousand runners in the annual Stuttgarter Zeitung-Lauf half marathon run this past weekend... (Click here to read more of Bryan's story)

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