Tuesday, February 7, 2012
ARRIVAL & GATHERING DAY
All Day: MINGLE WITH FRIENDS. REGISTRATION 1-6PM IN BALLROOM HALLWAY
Early Evening: 6-9 PM ARRIVAL DAY POOLSIDE RECEPTION – Reconnecting and go to dinner with friends
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
RECONNECTING
PEACE CORPS IN DR TODAY
Hotel offers breakfast, included in special reunion room rate, daily until 8:30 AM
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REGISTRATION continues for late arrivals
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ARTISAN FAIR & MEMORIAL, PHOTO, VIDEO EXHIBITS will be set up in the gathering area of the Hotel Jaragua for most of the celebration
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RECORDING YOUR HISTORY: Your opportunity for oral recording, digitizing photos & documents available with help from the current Peace Corps volunteers
Morning:
Lunch: VILLAR HERMANOS RESTAURANT, a superb Comida Dominicana y mas on their lovely Garden Patio, is but a short walk from the hotel
Afternoon:
PEACE CORPS TODAY breakout presentations resume
ICE CREAM SOCIAL & REFRESHMENTS - on the lovely Jaragua Grounds, sponsored by 
Mix & meet PCVs as well as old and new friends
take a PCV to dinner
Evening: On your own to dine, dance merengue, stroll through the Colonial Zone
Thursday, Feb 9, 2012
REMEMBERING & RECONNECTING
Hear from Dominicans about Peace Corps
Morning:
Working Lunch Together: Remembering Our Time Here
Bring your lunch to workshop for your program sector hosted and facilitated by Past & Present Peace Corps staff and APCDs – organized by program sectors based on pre-registration interest…especially remembering those Dominican partners in our communities and agencies that made our service productive
Afternoon: Social Time and Optional Activities
• PCVs & THE REVOLUTION OF 1965 - panel featuring former PC medical officer, and volunteers who lived through it
FREE TIME to visit Colonial Zone, ride new Metro subway, go shopping, pool swim & relax and catch up with friends
Late Afternoon: Gather at Peace Corps Office, Avenida Bolivar
• UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL FOR DR PCVs WHO DIED IN SERVICE - Aaron Williams, Peace Corps Director
• MEMORIAL FOR ANDRES HERNANDEZ, 1st Director PCDR
Evening: Embassy Reception
Hosted by the US Ambassador Raul Yzaguirre at the Embassy Residence --A celebration of 50 years of service by Peace Corps in the DR.
Friday, February 10, 2012
PC THIRD GOAL & RECOMMITTING
Morning:
Desayuno Buffet
Artisan Fair
OVERVIEW OF SUPPORTING PEACE CORPS WORK AND EL PUEBLO DOMINICANO
Friends of the Dominican Republic
Fondo Quisqueya
Andres Hernandez Foundation
$50,000 For The 50th: Supporting a Legacy of Our RPCV Programs
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Improving Education in the Dominican Republic and Latin America: The Challenges Ahead - Professor Merilee Grindle, Harvard University, RPCV DR 21
THIRD GOAL/CONTINUING SERVICE - Break Out Sessions
Focus on what else you can do such as assisting FDR Community Challenge Fund Projects, Using Your local Media at home for the Third Goal, joining Peace Corps Response, even Volunteering a second time
50th Anniversary Luncheon
KEYNOTE: US PEACE CORPS VIEW FROM THE TOP: Aaron Williams, US Peace Corps Director & RPCV DR
Afternoon: Social Time and Optional Activities
De-briefing meeting for Boards & 50th PCV & RPCV Committees
Evening Closing: FIESTA DE AMISTAD!
Museo Infantil Trampolín in the Zona Colonial
Invite your Dominican friends and colleagues a bailar y comer at our closing event. (Ticket included in registration; extra pre-paid tickets available for purchase for guests & sponsored PCVs at the Jaragua registration table.)