PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
The Youth Ambassador for Peace Program
The Youth Ambassador for Peace
Program celebrates the first ever delegation from Frederick!
Sponsored by the Frederick
Sister Cities Association, The Youth Ambassador Program celebrates the
promotion of citizen diplomacy through cultural understanding. This
year the Frederick Sister Cities Association has elected Mr. Austin
Lewis & Miss Caitlin Holtzinger as the recipients of this year’s
awards. Frederick’s Youth Ambassadors will travel to one of
Frederick’s Sister Cities to initiate diplomatic relationships with
individuals from Aquiraz, Brazil & Schifferstadt, Germany.
Information on applications
for next year’s Youth Ambassador for Peace Program will be available
at the “Brazil Day” celebration – Frederick Sister Cities Association
booth at the Humanitarian Causes Pavilion – location 12 at the Event’s
Map. Applicants may also obtain applications on line at www.chocolategala.com. Please join us for the vesting of
our youth ambassadors at the Official Ceremony at the BandShell at 4:30pm,
at Baker Park.
Aquiraz/Ceara Exhibition of Arts & Crafts Expo
Don’t miss visiting the exhibition of Arts and Crafts at the Aquiraz/Ceara booth, brought to Frederick, exclusively for the Brazil Day Festival. Have the pleasure of meeting representatives from the Ceara State, including the 1st Lady, Maria Celia, who has made this exhibition possible, by bringing products from CEART (Ceara Handcraft Center), where artisans from all over the State, including Aquiraz, work and produce the legitimate regional - “cearense” handcrafts.
You can do your shopping for Xmas this
year at the Aquiraz/Ceara Booth - from wicker products, macramé hammocks,
straw baskets, ceramics, hand-painted greeting cards, embroidery and
needlepoint, lace, candles incorporating fruit or shells and the most
popular souvenir --- bottles of all sizes filled with colored sand designs
depicting villages, the sea, waving palms, even one’s name.
Humanitarian Causes to be Benefited
School for the Deaf in the State of Ceara/Brazil
(Exchange of information & technology).
Shipping cost for the ambulance donated to Aquiraz/Ceara-Brazil.
Launching of the permanent exposition of Arts and Crafts from Ceara-Brazil.
Kid’s Corner
Kids and families will enjoy a fun day in the park including pony rides, crafts, face paintings, soccer goals try-outs on Areas 6, 7, 8 on the park map. A Kid’s Patriotic Fashion Contest will take place at the Mid-Field Stage, at 2:00pm. Some activities charge a small fee. Partial proceeds from crafters will benefit Brazil Day Festival’s selected humanitarian causes.