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Fire trucks on their way to Soledad!

On Friday, Aug. 27 the two Friendship Fire Trucks departed Burlington for Soledad de Graciano Sánchez. They had a proper send-off at Burlington City Hall with numerous dignitaries, reporters from the Burlngton Times-News and Channel 2 television, and many interested people. Speakers included Mexican Consul General for North Carolina Carlos Flores Vizcarra, Burlington Sister Cities President Dr. Janyth Frederickson, Councilman Steve Ross, Burlington Fire Chief Jay Smith, Alamance Rotary Club President Pete Beck, and Dr. Beth Powell, originator of the Fire Truck project. We are extremely privileged to have this opportunity to partner with the Rotary Foundation on this wonderful project and Soledad now has two fire trucks for their new fire station.

See the send-off program listing speakers and other information here.

Watch a 45-second video of Smoky the Dalmation being loaded for her trip to Soledad de Graciano Sánchez here.

Read the front page article in the Burlington Times-News here. Our thanks to the Burlington Times-News for allowing us to link to the article.

See 34 photographs of the send-off program here. Our thanks to Graham Rotary Club member Mark Ryman for his wonderful photographs.

Watch WMFY News 2 coverage of the event here. Our special thanks to WFMY News 2 for allowing us use of their news video.

San Luis Potosi Tutoring Trip.

In early May Burlington-Alamance Sister Cities had their 5th English tutoring trip to Soledad de Graciano Sánchez. It was a very successful trip to the Instituto Tecnológico Superior de San Luis Potosí. You can click here for the report of the trip (it may open in a new window).




Friendship Fire Truck.

Burlington-Alamance Sister Cities, in cooperation with local Rotary Clubs, is donating a fire truck to our Sister City in Mexico. Photos are below. Click on the thumbnails to see a larger image.

Photos from our October 2008 San Luís Potosí are now on-line.
Click here to see the photos.




Universidad Tecnológica de Monterrey Teachers Visit
The recent visit by several teachers from Soledad and San Luís Potosí was a great success. Click here for the story of their visit.



Recent Tutoring Visit to San Luís Potosí
A recent very successful visit of Burlington-Alamance residents to San Luís Potosí to serve as tutors was reported in the Burlington Times-News. Click here to read the article.