Kicking Off Peace Corps Week with Some Peace Corps Humor

It's Peace Corps Week!

What's that you ask?

Well, on March 1, 1961 President John F. Kennedy signed the legislation that brought the Peace Corps into being.  Over the years that date...and now the whole week around that date...has been a collective occasion for returned volunteers to share their Peace Corps experience and host country culture in fulfillment of the third goal of Peace Corps*.

The fun-loving Friends of Ukraine have come with this list of ways to bring the world back home:

Stumped for ways to bring the world back home? Use this handy-dandy Top 10 List... Complete all 10 and you can get 1,000  CFA, pesos, rupees, or other under-valued currency of your choice :)

10. Tattoo your country's flag (and country of service flag too) on your bicep. Sexy and educational!

9. Rock music from your country of service EXTRA LOUD on your I-POD and educate your fellow commuters.

8. Go to work in host country dress.

7. Present to your local school/ Scout Troop/church group/nursing home/VFW/Moose Lodge/Knights of Columbus/Eagles/Toastmasters/

6. Show your Peace Corps photos to one person who hasn't seen them before.

5. Translate the phrase "Yes We Can" into your host country language. Post a related video on YouTube.

4. Make your favorite host country meal and take it to work. Everyone loves a free lunch.

3. Have a couple of friends over for the beverage ceremony of your service country. Bonus points for Eastern Europe volunteers who serve home distilled beverages.

2. Ask a non-family member to find your country of service on the map.

1. Spend the whole week starting every sentence with "When I was in Peace Corps." Of course, this would be no different from any other week of your life.

How are you marking Peace Corps Week?

*[Most people associate Peace Corps service with the two years a volunteer spends overseas in a host community, (1) helping that country meet its needs for trained workers and (2) promoting a better understanding of Americans.  Less known is the third goal of Peace Corps:  to promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.]