Konnichiwa  • こんにちは
Welcome to the Ketchikan • Gero • Kanayama Exchange Web Site
33 Years of Friendship ~ 1986-2019


KGK Board
President - Pat Perrier
V. President - Elizabeth Avila
Secretary - Michele Cornwall
Treasurer - Colleen Castle
Student Reps - Olivia Berg
Japanese Teacher - Kanai Yasue
​Teacher to Kanayama - Archie Inocillo
Past President - Sarah Campbell 

Members
Board Members:
Gail Alguire
Dan Berg
Pam Christianson
Michele Cornwall
Heizelle Jones
Dave Kiffer
Debbie Merle
Pat Perrier
​Penny Ranniger
​Lisa Spencer
Ole Sullivan
Kelly Trugon

Honorary Board Member:
Christa Kotrc





Student & Chaperone Evaluation
Due October 31st
Must be MAILED in
TRAVEL 2019
APPLICATIONS DUE OCTOBER 31st
​Chaperones 2019
​Students:

Kanayama Japan

Looking For Alumni

If you have been a part of the Ketchikan Kanayama Exchange over the past 30 years ... a student who went over, a chaperone, you housed someone, you were an exchange teacher.  Please go to the contact page and let us know how we can get in touch with you. 

​If you have any pictures from your time with the exchange, please attach them and send them to us.  We are also looking for photos from the past 28 years.

CONTACT
Ketchikan Gero Kanayama Exchange
P.O. Box 6774
Ketchikan, AK 99901

email:
info@ketchikangerokanayama.org

​Pat Perrier - President
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Webpage:
www.ketchikangerokanayama.org

 Gero City Mayor Visits Ketchikan July 4th 2015

Photos taken by several people over the weekend.
Mayor Nomura travelled with: Gero City Council Chairman Mr. Tatsuya Nakashima, Kanayama International Exchange Association President Ms. Yoshiho Furuta and Kanayama International Exchange Association Vice President Ms. Fumiko Hanabusa and Tony Hatano-Worrell, Coordinator for International Relations travelled to Ketchikan arriving July 3, 2015 and departing early on July 5, 2015.  This year marks ten years since Kanayama became a part of Gero City.