Peace Corps Brazil
1962-80

Hosted by Gene and Junelle Jefferies
203 Pine Drive P.O. Box 58
Twin Pines Subdivision
Loreauville, LA 70552
Tel: 337 229-8350

October 15-18, 2010

Here is some initial information regarding our location and highway access:

• Loreauville is about 8 miles northeast of New Iberia on Highway 86
   
• 23 miles southeast of the Lafayette Regional Airport via St. Martinville
   
• 70 miles southwest of Baton Rouge on I-10 via Lafayette
   
• An easy two hour drive northwest of New Orleans on Hwy. 90 (future corridor for Interstate I-49).
   
• From Houston International Airport, about a 4 hour drive east on Interstate 10.

 
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In the near future we’ll be sending information on hotel and B&B accommodations. New Iberia has a number of fairly new hotels and several B&Bs. Of course, Lafayette also has many hotels.

Tentative schedule of activities:

Friday

• Gathering and greeting at our place on the Bayou Teche. Food,etc.

Saturday

• Morning brunch at the locally famous Café des Ami in Breaux Bridge with authentic Zydeco band that plays from 8 am ‘til about 11:30

Sunday a.m.

• Farm tour with local farmer of sugar cane harvest in the field and sugar mill operation.

Sunday p.m.

Entertainment by local Cajun musicians at our place.

Monday

• Avery Island—TABASCO factory and pepper fields.

This should get ya’ll started.
 

REUNION

Pernambuco Ag Co-op Vols Reunion, Sept. 25-27, 2009 in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Pernambuco ag cooperative RPCVs will celebrate 40 year anniversary at a reunion in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia on the weekend of Sept. 25-27, 2009. We will stay at the Cacapon State Park in cabins or the lodge. Any Brazil RPCV is welcome to attend. We have invited a Pernambuco repentista and poet to attend to commemorate our 40 years of friendship with Pernambucanos.

For more information, contact: John Reeder (Email JReeder123 (at) msn.com)

1812 N. Huntington Street, Arlington, VA 22205

Set for Saturday, September 20, 2008 at:

John and Mary Kavaliunas
4608 Chevy Chase Blvd.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Tel: 301-657-4326
email: kaval001 (at) hotmail.com

BRAZIL VII

POST:  28 Feb 2008

POSTED: Dec 06

A few of us in NYC are trying to organize a reunion of BIBOCA trainees. If interested, please send email me an email from the Training Group page

Ernesto Power - ES 67-79

Brattleboro, VT July 67

Pernambuco ag co-op volunteers - September 2004

POSTED: Aug 04

See Photos

POST: FEB 04 

BRAZIL 7

We are having our 40th reunion on April 9,10, &11 of this year.  It is for the group that trained in Florida in 64, Brazil 7.

This will be the 6th reunion of our group, but we have lost contact with some of our group.

The reunion will be in Marble Falls, Texas

If anyone is interested please email for details.  teaff@yahoo.com. or call 830-693-5910

Brazil 1 & 6 groups and Paraíba PCVS

POSTED: Jan 04
"Concerning the RPCV reunion in João Pessoa, August 4-7, 2004 we would also like to invite any Paraíba RPCV as well.  As a matter of fact, I am sending individual e-mail's to the Paraíba RPCV's on your Web pages.  If you want to mention this in your home page, as well as post the letter about the joint RPCV/Lions Club Eye Hospital service project I sent earlier, that would be appreciated.

POSTED: 28 Sept 03
Gerlane (my Paraibana wife) and I will be hosting a reunion of the Brazil 1 & 6 groups (4-S Club Program) on August 4-7, 2004, in Joao Pessoa-Paraíba. Information will be mailed directly to all persons for whom we have current addresses. Every RPCV who worked with the 4-S program is welcome to attend. Persons wishing to update their contact information are encouraged to contact me at: 
Nelson Jacob (Brazil 1)
8707 Benttree Drive
College Station, TX 77845
(979) 693-6971
nelsonjacob@cox-internet.com

POSTED: 24 April 03

POSTED: 10 Apr 03

Alan Kline, Milwaukee, PA 67-69
PC Group reunion is in early planning stages. Please contact me or others from our group to lend your ideas and support.

Obrigado, Aluisio

POSTED: 23 Aug 02 

Blair Cooper's site of Ag Coop PCVs in Para.  Photos of previous reunions.

40TH + 1 peace CORPS ANNIVERSARY 
WASHINGTON D.C. 

The reunion last week was lots of fun and very inspiring. The President of Peru became friends with two PCVs who helped him get to the US where he got a BA, MA, and PhD. He had tears in his eyes as he was finishing his speech and there were lots of others tears in the audience. The friends of Ethiopia and Eritrea have been very active his negotiating a peace between the two countries. Ken Dunn got an award a few years ago for his work in establishing a curb side recycling program in Chicago.

It was great getting in touch with people again and hearing what everyone was doing.

We made two contacts at the reunion that you might want to follow up with.

Gene Whitmer, who trained with several of us in Tempe, Arizona has started a web page, at http://www.expcvsbrazil.com. It has lots of interesting items including a picture of Gail on horseback in Mato Grosso. Another attempt is being made to restart the friends of Brazil group. The contact is randle@ou.edu. If you have any ideas of what projects the group should do send him an email.

There is some more about the group on Gene's web page. If is OK with you I will send your email addresses to these two contacts in a few weeks.

I have added Pat Day's email address. She has been providing a great deal of help to Gene with his work on the web page.

We did not do a very good job of taking pictures, but here are a few from  the march across the Memorial Bridge to Arlington Cemetery.

Let us know if you get to DC and have any time for a visit and think about the 45th in four years.

Doug
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POSTED:  8 Dec 01

Karen Gabriela Taylor PB & PE 65-67
I am retired from a community college teaching career in health sciences and also from a B&B here in my home on Kauai. I am now a full time ceramic sculptor and enjoy frequent trips to Asia. I visited the Amazon in '96 and am planning another trip to Brasil with other ex PCVs next year. Would love to have a reunion for my group on Kauai.