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The Gateway Council needs you now more than ever.
Your generous contribution will go a long way to support our mission, our programs, and our vision to open a new hostel in
St. Louis.
Seeking
Volunteers, Travel Writers
& Interns
Click here for more
information!
The Gateway is published four times a year. Our
members receive their copies in the mail, but copies are also
available at most area bicycle shops and in .PDF format by clicking here.
Gateway Council
Cycling Page
Be sure to check out HI-USA's
website, with lots of information on
organization membership, hostels, booking reservations, HI-USA
programs, travel resources, and much more.
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Judy Noah is Midwest Region Secretary for
Hostelling International and also serves on the Advisory Board
of the HI-Gateway Council. She has hostelled in the U.S. and
abroad.
Her poem exemplifies some of the forward
looking vision of the Program, “Opening Doors, Opening Minds”.
For more information on this travel exchange and educational
program, go to www.hiusa.org.
and click on “Programs”. Judy has dedicated her poem to
Phyllis South of the Central & Southern Ohio Council for
her support and inspiration.
Open Doors, Open Minds
By Judy Noah
I have wandered the world to find
An open door that opened my mind;
And in my young heart grew a vision:
If everyone would stop their busy pace and listen,
Oh, what a peaceful place this world could be.
If only caring world citizens we would see
Through tolerance, international exchange, and the earth’s
preservation;
The youth have been sent out on a mission
Through travel comes understanding of the world and its
people
And Hostelling International provides the steeple
Through your travels may you find
The world is small and not your mind!
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