IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
2020-2021-2022 International Breakfasts Cancelled
Due to the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, Sister Cities has not been able to host our annual Fundraising Breakfast for three consecutive years. Please consider donating to our organization via the Peninsula Community Foundation's (PCF) GIVE LOCAL 757; click the image below to see our giving day page.
THANK YOU!

2019 International Breakfast
JAZZ - The International Language

Thanks to all who made the 2019 Sister Cities International Breakfast a success, especially our guest speaker Mr. Jae Sinnett, Board President Katie Stodghill and the 200+ supporters of Sister Cities who donated and attended! Enjoy pictures from the event below:
Friday, June 7th, 2019
8 AM @ CNU's
David Student Union Ballroom
with featured remarks by
Jazz Musician and Educator, Jae Sinnett

Thanks for making SCNN's 2018 Breakfast was a success!

Thanks to all who joined us Friday, June 15, 2018 to enjoy remarks by Captain Spedero and Merrill Eisenhower Atwater honoring U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, founder of People to People International and, the father of the Sister Cities Movement.
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Merrill Eisenhower Atwater - CEO People to People International and, Great-grandson of President Eisenhower
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Capt. Paul C. Spedero - Commanding Officer, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
Our 2015 International Breakfast was SOLD OUT with over 214 guests attending to hear remarks by Maurice A. Jones, VA’s Secretary of Commerce & Trade. With the support of our sponsors, over $6,200 was raised to support Newport News' Sister City programs (pictures below).
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What is SCNN's International Breakfast? Sine 2007, SCNN's Annual Fundraising Breakfast has generated support for cultural, educational and economic exchanges between Newport News and our partners in Japan, China, Germany and France. Our thanks are extended to the many speakers, corporate sponsors and attendees who have made this event SCNN's signature fundraiser for over a decade! Browse the pictures on this page to see what makes this event so special. And, be sure to attend our next event.
Thanks to these generous 2019 sponsors:
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Many thanks to 2017's Featured Speaker:

General Denis Mercier (French Air Force)
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT)
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  Engage America:
  Engaging Americans as Partners
  in U.S. Foreign Policy
  2016's Featured Remarks by:
  Karen Richardson
  U.S. State Department’s Deputy Assistant
  Secretary in the Bureau of Public Affairs
Thank You for making our 2016 Breakfast a success.The event was again SOLD OUT. Karen Richardson, U.S. State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Public Affairs, discussed the role of Citizen Diplomats in U.S. Foreign policy. With the support of our sponsors, over $5,900 was raised to support Newport News' Sister City programs.
SCNN's 2014 International Breakfast with featured speaker, Aubrey L. Layne, Jr., Virginia's Secretary of Transportation generated over $7,500 for our local Sister Cities program (pictures below).