Live the languages and culture of Switzerland this summer duringHELVETIA SWISS WEEK, the new immersion adventure. Located at the beautiful Turtle River Lake site near Bemidji, Minnesota,Helvetia Swiss Weekoffers a great experience in Switzerland's three major languages - German, French, and Italian - together with exciting discoveries in Swiss culture and cuisine. Kids 8 - 18 can come on their own or bring the entire family. Youth participants will be housed together in cabins named after Swiss cities, and make friends from across the country. Family participants will also have housing together as a family.

Information/Schedule/registration: -http://clvweb.cord.edu/newsite/Languages/German/helvetia.php

Work at the camp: -http://clvweb.cord.edu/newsite/work1.php

General info on Concordia: -http://clvweb.cord.edu/newsite/about1.php

Swiss Roots is a new partner of concordia language center. Swiss Roots was created in spring 2006 to reach out to people of Swiss heritage and also those with an affinity to Switzerland. The program's centerpiecewww.swissroots.orgis an interactive website that serves as a cultural gateway to the "globally Swiss"-people who identify with "Swiss-Ness" either through heritage or cultural affinity. The members are from the United States, Switzerland and nations from all over the globe and they together form an international and interactive web community.http://www.swissroots.org/swissroots/en/userstories/cat1/1209798449946