Family Fun Night stronger than ever!
Thanks to all who attended another successful Family Fun Night. Money raised will be enough to continue the Ulster Project for another year! Start planning your 2010 St. Patrick's festivities now by penciling us in!
Ulster Project Milwaukee always recruiting for future projects!
After recently attending an international conference of all Ulster Projects across the United States and Northern Ireland, volunteers for UP Milwaukee are gearing up for the coming year! However, we cannot even think about a successful Ulster Project without the help and support of Milwaukee's families!
If you and your family are interested in hosting a teen from Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the month of July, 2010, please read the following letter and FAQ's to see if Milwaukee Ulster Project can be a part of your family next year, and consider contacting someone for more information!
Ulster Project Milwaukee Featured on WUWM!
Hear from Susan Bence, one of WUWM's reporters, about the recently completed summer project, Milwaukee's goals, and interviews with both teens and leaders, who were all featured in the radio report about Ulster Project Milwaukee. Click here for the full story!
America's Longest Running Ulster Project Continues to Educate and Serve in Milwaukee
Ulster Project Milwaukee was established in 1979 to help promote trust, tolerance and understanding among potential leaders from the two Christian traditions in Northern Ireland. Through this project hundreds of Milwaukee area families have played a role in resolving issues that have divided the peoples of Northern Ireland.
For four weeks each summer, Northern Ireland teens are guests in homes in the Milwaukee area. Belfast area Protestant and Catholic 14 to 16 year-old boys and girls live with host families and get to know youth of a different faith tradition. Hosts have been families from Milwaukee and surrounding suburbs.
Belfast participants are selected based on their interest in the program and their leadership potential as perceived by the selection panel in Belfast. The month-long stay includes a series of educational, recreational and ecumenical activities. The objective is for the Northern Ireland teens to be taken out of the stressful “we vs. them” atmosphere and brought into a neutral zone where Catholic and Protestant teens can explore conflict resolution and other issues in a thoughtful manner. Other goals include learning, making new friends and having lots of fun.