Clubs and Organizations
Basel
Bern
Geneva
Lausanne
Lucerne
St. Gall
Ticino
Zug, Lucerne
Zurich
Basel
American
Women’s Club of Basle
President
P.O. Box 2161,
4002 Basel
Phone: 061 261 40 55
e-mail: president@awcbasel.org
220 members; founded 1947
Purpose: Other social relationship among members; promote friendly relations with the host country; contribute financial aid to primarily local Swiss philanthropic organizations.
Swiss American Society Basel
President
Hirzbodenweg 81,
4052 Basel
Phone: 061 312 93 61
Fax: 061 312 93 66
e-mail: marg.geo.segal@datacomm.ch
300 members; founded 1963
Purpose: Promotion of Swiss-American relations. Programs relate to economic, financial, political, social or cultural affairs. Meetings usually with speaker at lunch or cocktail time
Other organizations
English-speaking Community Center (Basel)
International Club (Basel)
Open Door (Basel, for families with young children)
Bern
American
Women's Club of Berne
President
Secretary
P.O. Box,
3000 Berne
e-mail: information@awcbern.org
165 members; founded 1949
Purpose: Social and charitable
Swiss American Society Bern
President
Untere Zollgasse 5
3072 Ostermundigen
Phone: 031 931 15 15
200 members; founded 1948
Purpose: Promotion of Swiss-American relations
Other organizations:
International Club (Berne)
English-speaking Mums Group (Thun)
Geneva
The American International Club of Geneva
Kirsten Stromstad, Executive Director
c/o Hotel Intercontinental
P.O. Box 371,
1211 Geneva 19
Phone: 022 910 25 80
Fax: 022 733 62 52
e-mail: admin@amclub.ch
1300 members; founded 1951
Purpose: Social
The American International Women's Club of
Geneva
President
111, Route de Chêne, 1207 Geneva
Phone: 022 910 25 80
Fax: 022 733 62 52
e-mail: aiwc@bluewin.ch
900 members; founded 1958
Purpose: Community service, social and cultural activities
American Citizens Abroad
World Headquarters
Executive Director
5 rue Liotard,
1202 Geneva
Phone: 022 340 02 33
Fax: 022 340 04 48
e-mail: acage@aca.ch
approx. 2000 members; founded 1978
Purpose: To provide information and to act on legislative concerns of Americans abroad (citizenship, taxation, representation, etc.) through newsletter, handbooks, meetings, etc.
Democrats Abroad
Switzerland
Chair
P.O. Box 1017,
1211 Geneva 1
Phone: 022 349 72 67
Fax: 022 349 38 26
e-mail Chair:
chair-ch@democratsabroad.org
Republicans Abroad Switzerland
Country Chairman
4, avenue Krieg, P.O. Box 510, 1211 Geneva 17
Phone: 022 840 50 00
Fax: 022 840 50 55
e-mail:
chairman@republicansabroad.org
Other organizations:
The Golden Group (Geneva, for retired and semi-retired people)
Lausanne
The American Women's Club of Lausanne
President
6, Avenue Eglantine,
1006 Lausanne
Phone: 021 320 26 88
Fax: 021 320 26 88
e-mail: awclausanne@hotmail.com
500 members; founded 1968
Purpose: Social, cultural and philanthropic activities
Other organizations:
International Club Lausanne
Lucerne
Swiss-American Society Lucerne
Linda Britschgi,
President, P.O. Box 4305, 6002 Lucerne
Phone: 041 370 89 76
Fax: 041 370 89 54
e-mail: info@sasl-lucerne.ch
130 members; founded 1962
Purpose: To promote social, economic and cultural relations between the USA
and Switzerland.
St. Gall
Swiss-American Society St. Gallen
Thomas Lee Hingston II, President
Kolosseumstrasse 30
9008 St. Gallen
Phone: (071) 244 29 08
Fax: (071) 244 29 11
e-mail: cadprofi@bluewin.ch
200 members; founded 1965
Purpose: Social
Ticino
American Women of Ticino AWOT
J. Andrews-Reichmuth, Contact Person
Casa Mimosa
6914 Carona
Phone: (091) 649 66 13
Fax: (091) 649 66 13
e-mail: jonsi@bluewin.ch
80 members; founded 1991
Purpose: Information on rights and responsibilities for Americans living abroad. Informal monthly meetings, usually featuring a guest speaker. Main function: support group
Zug, Lucerne
Swiss-American Society Lucerne
Linda Britschgi,
President, P.O. Box 4305, 6002 Lucerne
Phone: 041 370 89 76
Fax: 041 370 89 54
e-mail: info@sasl-lucerne.ch
130 members; founded 1962
Purpose: To promote social, economic and cultural relations between the USA
and Switzerland.
Other organizations:
International Women's Club of Lucerne
International Men's Club of Zug
Zug International Women's Club
Zurich
American Women's Club of Zurich
President
Secretary
Schöntalstrasse 8
8004 Zurich
Phone: 044 240 44 55
Library: 044 240 44 59
Fax: 044 240 44 57
e-mail: webwoman@awczurich.org
530 members; founded 1931
Purpose: To bring together American women living in Switzerland, to further their companionship and mutual interests, and to give them a better understanding of Switzerland
American Club of Zurich
Ellen Frick-Delman, President
8000 Zürich
Phone: (079) 243 56 81
Fax: (086) 079 243 56 81
e-mail: info@acz.ch
www.acz.ch
350 members; founded 1963
Purpose: Promote a community spirit amongst American and Canadian residents through cultural and social events
Swiss Friends of the U.S.A.
PD Dr. Daniel Girsberger, President
Dufourstrasse 56, P.O. Box,
8034 Zurich
Phone: 044 563 33 33
Fax: 044 563 33 66
e-mail: d.girsberger@wengerlaw.ch
363 members; founded 1920
Purpose: Social, luncheons with prominent speakers, scholarships
Swiss-American Society for Cultural Relations
President
c/o
Badertscher Dörig & Poledna
Mühlebachstrasse 32,
8024 Zurich
Phone: 044 266 20 66
Fax: 044 266 20 70
e-mail:
jghandchi@bdp.ch
170 members; founded 1940
Purpose: Lectures, special events, promotion of Swiss-American relations
Harvard Club of Switzerland
Chairman
President
Bellevue Holding AG
Seestrasse 16,
Postfach,
8700 Küsnacht
Phone: 044 267 67 80
Fax: 044 267 67 78
e-mail: cps@bellevue.ch
750 members; founded 1960
Purpose: To bind the Harvard University alumni in Switzerland and promote their interests in the academic and extracurricular activities of Harvard, to promote and encourage communications between Harvard University and its alumni residing in Switzerland.
University of Michigan Business School Alumni Club of Switzerland
Beat M. Geissler, President of the Executive Board
Egon Zehnder International
Toblerstrassse 80,
8044 Zurich
Phone: 044 267 69 16
Fax: 044 267 69 67
e-mail: beat.geissler@ezi.net
Stanford St. Moritz Conference, Inc.
President
Bahnhofstrasse 24, 8001 Zürich
Phone: 044 221 11 55
Fax: 044 212 17 17
245 members; founded: 1987
Purpose: Organization of conferences for interdisciplinary exchange of
thoughts among Stanford University alumni and their friends. Worldwide
membership.
Republicans Abroad Switzerland
Alfred S. Farha
Chairman, Swiss-German Region
Bahnhofstrase 71, 8001 Zuerich
Phone: 044 212 71 21
Fax: 044 212 71 29
Other organizations:
Professional
Women's Group of Zurich
Zurich vicinity
Other organizations:
English-speaking Club of
Baden/Brugg
October 20, 2005
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