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Sarasota News Leader March 1, 2013 Page 85 SISTER CITIES TO PRESENT ONE WORLD AWARD DURING GALA The Sister Cities Association of Sarasota (SCAS) will kick off its golden anniversary year Sunday, March 3, at the Sarasota Bay Club, 1301 N. Tamiami Trail, by honoring fivetime Sarasota Mayor Lou Ann Palmer and the Sarasota Christian School with its One World Award, the City of Sarasota has announced. The gala is open to all who wish to honor the 2013 award winners, a news release says. Tickets are $125 per person and available in advance. The SCAS annually presents its One World Award to a remarkable Sarasota individual or organization that has ���enhanced world understanding and respect��� through extraordinary international work, volunteer service or philanthropy, the release points out. bration Concert, directed by Artistic Director Bruno Giuranna at the Sarasota Opera House on April 14; and the Florida Studio Theatre���s Young Playwrights Festival on May 11, the release adds. In addition, the SCAS will host the Florida Sister Cities State Conference at the Helmsley Sandcastle Resort May 2-4 for Florida���s 70 sister cities associations. It also will host a ���Sustainability Through Renewable Energy and Aquaculture��� conference Nov. 13-15 in cooperation with the University of South Florida-Sarasota Manatee. ���The Sister Cities program of citizen diplomacy continues to be a community asset which encourages international visitors to learn firsthand about Sarasota and the Cultural Coast,��� Palmer will be recognized ���as the ���gold stan- the release continues. dard��� for city mayors (2,500 worldwide) con- ���These visitors, welcomed as individuals or necting in a significant way with their over- delegations, can be counted on to return again seas sister cities, as she traveled, at her own and again following discovery of our diverse expense, to four of Sarasota���s eight sister cit- cultural offerings and our bounty of climate, ies during her tenure as a city commissioner,��� beaches and friendliness,��� SCAS President the release notes. Tom Halbert says in the release. He also notes The Sarasota Christian School is being honored for the student relationships it carries out in each grade, K-12, with students in 13 different countries, including Iraq, Palestine, Cambodia and other troubled areas of the world, the release adds. in the release that Sarasota���s volunteer citizen diplomats ���create a truly robust marketing campaign to promote our region in meaningful international markets.��� Sarasota���s eight sister cities are Dunfermline, Scotland; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Merida, Former One World Award winners include Mexico; Perpignan, France; Siming (Xiamen), Robert Roskamp, ���Nick��� Bollettieri and ORT, China; Tel Mond, Israel; Treviso, Italy; and the worldwide Jewish educational organiza- Vladimir, Russia. tion. For more information about the One World Other major events during SCAS��� golden an- Award gala and Sister Cities call 378-0085 or niversary year include the La Musica Cele- visit SarasotaSisterCities.org.