Kato Sister City Friendship Delegation

Host August 4-13, 2025

OKSCA is thrilled to welcome 15 students and three adult chaperones from our Sister City, Kato. The 2025 Friendship Delegation will visit Olympia for ten days this summer, and we are seeking host families to continue this traditional exchange between our communities.

Here are the details:

  • Dates: The delegation will arrive in the evening on Monday, August 4 and depart the night of Wednesday, August 13. Students will have activities each weekday during their visit.

  • Hosting Requirements: We hope to place each student and chaperone individually with host families. The student needs to have their own room. Host families will drop their student off each morning at the meeting spot and pick them up in the late afternoon. Host families will provide breakfast and dinner each day. Host families will have the weekend to spend with their guest.

  • No Language Requirements: You don’t need to speak Japanese or have school-aged children to participate. All families are welcome!

In 2023, Kato students and their chaperones visited the Evergreen State College, the Capitol Building, City Hall, the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, Northwest Trek, and the Ohop Pioneer Farm Museum, among many other activities. Olympia will host another friendship delegation in August 2025. Host families are a vital part of this program.

To volunteer as a host family, please fill out the Google Form : https://forms.gle/ihWLnEvz7sTTP4cx6

For more information, contact Patricia Thulin at blueequest3@gmail.com.

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