Welcome
Americans in Alsace, known locally as AIA, has been helping Americans and Canadians who are living in this region of France for more than 20 years. AIA is a strong and vibrant association and continues to grow each year. We currently have over 400 members. AIA offers opportunities to learn about French culture as well as providing beneficial resources that help people acclimate to a different way of life. We also bring a part of our own heritage to France, by recognizing major U.S. and Canadian holidays including celebrating some important ones, like the 4th of July, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. AIA is a unique organization that provides members that have arrived in Alsace from thousands of miles away an established network of friends where you are welcomed to the neighborhood as part of the “family”. Please look through our website and see if AIA has something to offer you!
Amy Swartz, President
Who We Are:
Americans in Alsace was founded in 1991 and is a registered association of North Americans living in Alsace and surrounding areas. AIA is financed through membership fees and, in part, by donations through North American corporations operating in the region.
What We Do:
Americans in Alsace functions as a support system by helping individuals and families identify with and integrate into the culture of eastern France. AIA promotes interest and awareness of local lifestyle through various association activities and helps members to develop new friendships and feel connected to the community, fostering a sense of familiarity in new surroundings. We cooperate with other English and French speaking associations, which, in turn, expand our local network.
What We Offer:
Americans in Alsace provides a forum for exchanging information via Monthly Newsletters and an internal email network. We also celebrate North American holidays such as the Fourth of July, Halloween, and Thanksgiving, and organize social gatherings including an annual family cook-out, monthly coffee mornings, weekly preschool children play groups and monthly book club meetings. Other activities are planned each month by the childrens and adult committees. AIA members also receive discounts to English Speaking adult and children’s movies at Star Cinemas.
About Being a Member:
Thank you for your interest in Americans in Alsace. We are a not-for-profit association headquartered in Strasbourg, France. AIA functions as a support system for North Americans living in the area, helping individuals and families identify with, and integrate into, their new environment. AIA promotes interest in, and awareness of, the lifestyle and culture of France, stimulates new friendships through shared social activities, promotes a positive image of North Americans to its French counterparts, and celebrates North American customs and holidays in a safe cultural harbor. We have approximately 100 member families.
Membership benefits
- Celebrate North American holidays like July 4th, Thanksgiving and Halloween
- Weekly preschool children playgroups
- Monthly coffee morning social group
- Attend other regular activities like book clubs
- Receive monthly newsletter with news and scheduled events
- Receive discounts to English speaking movies at local cinemas.
- Make connections for friendships and information
Become a member of AIA with an American or Canadian passport or Green Card. AIA membership dues are only €35 per year for a family and include many benefits: a monthly newsletter, scheduled weekly and monthly events for children and adults alike, and celebrations of typical North American holidays. We also offer regular playgroups for children and coffee mornings for adults.
AIA members share the collective knowledge they have gained living abroad on such issues as schooling, health care, working and daily living. AIA’s online message board can get your question or announcement out to most of our 100 member families. There really is no better way of quickly getting connected in Strasbourg.
Join now by filling out our membership application & renewal form 2011-2012. Mail it to our Membership Coordinator according to the included instructions.
Thank You To Our Sponsors:
