Facts and Information

• 2012 is the twenty-seventh year of the PTSCA Youth Exchange Program.

• Over 160 American Youth Ambassadors have traveled to Tulancingo

• We hold a big fiesta/picnic with the whole association invited the day before our ambassadors leave

• The Pleasanton Rotary has provided Mexican and American Ambassadors with tickets to the Alameda County Fair for at over ten years

• The Exchange was started by Senor Bob Athenour, just two years after the PTSCA was formed. Senor Bob taught Spanish at Amador High School for twenty-five years and is still a regular visitor to Exchange events
  

Summer Activities in California during Recent Programs**

Pizza at Gay Nineties in Pleasanton • Welcome Party • Field trip to Sacramento -- VIP tour of Capitol & Old Sacramento - Lunch at Annie’s Saloon • Midnight Bowling in Livermore • Field trip to San Francisco - Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street, Chinatown, Twin Peaks, Grace Cathedral, Pier 39 • Day at Lake Del Valle • Stoneridge Mall • Oakland A’s baseball game • Independence Celebration at the Wayside Park • Fireworks on July 4th • Alameda County Fair & Fireworks • Overnight field trip to Monterey and Aquarium • City Hall tour and meet the mayor • Bike ride on Iron Horse Trail (25 miles) • Boomers - miniature golf and Go-Karts • Hike on the Pleasanton Ridge •  Rotary lunches at Rotary North and Rotary Downtown • Ice cream social with Senor Bob • Movie nights • Muir Woods • Disneyland • Union Square • Pool parties • Farewell BBQ

Summer Activities in Mexico during Recent Programs**

Visit the Pyramids of the Sun at Teotihuacan • See Mariachis in the Town Square • Shopping in Real del Monte • Tour City Hall and meet Tulancingo's President (Mayor) • Visit one of the Mexican resorts for a weekend • Visit Puebla and Pachuca • Eat guadaholes • Become a new family member • Attend one of the Tulancingo high schools for a few days • Tour Mexico City and see the Anthropological Museum

** We do not do every function or activity every year (nor the association in Mexico).  The organizations covers all expenses for program coordinated activities (text in green) other activities are undertaken by the families.  Not every family participates in every activity based on vacations, special situations and preferences.