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"It was a unique experience for me personally," lie said. "But most rewarding was to get the kids over there - it was a big deal. They experienced something I never did as a kid. seeing our kids interact on a daily basis with their host families was the hallmark, definitely among the top-ten highlights in the [Jacob A. Riis] Settlement's history."
1996. The Danish Consul General of New York, Hans Grunnet, learns of the Riis Settlement and its founder's Danish connection, and takes an interest. He asks Danish businessman [C. Flemming Heilmann] to join the Settlement's Board. As Chairman, Heilmann plays a major role in the Settlement's Fundraisingand creates a link between the youth at the Settlement House and the children in Riis' hometown Ribe, Denmark. With the Danish connection re-established, HRH Princess Benedikte of Denmark becomes a patron and visits the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House whenever she is in New York."Let's say you do all white during the week," [Fredrik Larsson] says. "Then if you want it a bit more festive, you just add this turquoise bowl. That's another very Scandinavian concept, that everything works together and you can mix it all up and it still looks good."See the full content of this document
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Queens kids visit Ribe, Denmark
Over a century before the advent of the "social journalism" which helped launch TV-personalities like Anderson Cooper, Danish-born Jacob A. Riis made a difference to New York's poor and underpreviliged.Located in the Queensbridge Houses in Queens, N.Y. is the Jacob A. Riis Settlement, established in 1889. Although no flags herald its origins, the Settlement was created by a Dane, Jacob Riis (1849-1914), who immigrated to New York in 1870. Riis, who wanted to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate, created the Settlement House to offer the less-well-to-do sewing classes, health clubs, and summer camps. He was one of t...See the full content of this document
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