November 27, 2005: Headlines: COS - Liberia: Troy Record: Forty years after Harry Thornhill went to Liberia with the Peace Corps, he and his wife are still active with the international organization through the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Northeastern New York
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November 27, 2005: Headlines: COS - Liberia: Troy Record: Forty years after Harry Thornhill went to Liberia with the Peace Corps, he and his wife are still active with the international organization through the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Northeastern New York
Forty years after Harry Thornhill went to Liberia with the Peace Corps, he and his wife are still active with the international organization through the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Northeastern New York
The local organization, made up of former Peace Corps volunteers, hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's international students Saturday afternoon at the college's student union.
"We are continuing with the Peace Corps' goal of building friendships," Thornhill, a resident of Glenville, said about the event. "We want these international students to have a good image of America. This is a great way to show them another piece of our culture."
Forty years after Harry Thornhill went to Liberia with the Peace Corps, he and his wife are still active with the international organization through the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Northeastern New York
A meal for all cultures
By: Danielle Sanzone, The Record
11/27/2005
TROY - Forty years after Harry Thornhill went to Liberia with the Peace Corps, he and his wife are still active with the international organization through the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Northeastern New York.
The local organization, made up of former Peace Corps volunteers, hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's international students Saturday afternoon at the college's student union.
"We are continuing with the Peace Corps' goal of building friendships," Thornhill, a resident of Glenville, said about the event. "We want these international students to have a good image of America. This is a great way to show them another piece of our culture."
The event attracted about 100 people; a quarter of these were students and the rest were volunteers for the event and former Peace Corps participants. All of the people who attended the dinner were served a traditional turkey dinner and some international side dishes made by the students and volunteers.
"I had a very warm welcome to this event," said Fei Sun, a second year graduate student at RPI. "I usually just study during our breaks since I do not go home to China very often. And seeing the other students leave to see their families makes me very homesick. But this was a nice study break, and I get to learn more about American culture.
"Thanksgiving is actually very similar to the Chinese mid-Autumn harvest festival. "Our cultures are more similar than people would think."
"Our volunteers have lived all over the world and have been welcomed into many host families' homes," said Steve Hoyt of Schodack, the president of the local Peace Corps organization. "This event, which we have hosted for the past five years, is organized to return the favor for the hospitality that we received."
Peace Corps is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year and the local organization is offering to give presentations about the international program all year. Interested parties can e-mail Don Hegeman at hegemd@empireone.net.
©The Record 2005
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