by Bill Magargal 

It is always nice to get positive feedback from participants in events we host, and this one is especially heartwarming. It involves Servas France member, Céline Boute, who attended the 2023 US Servas Conference last October in upstate New York. Céline was so motivated by the conference that when she returned to France, she immediately became a volunteer for Servas France. 

Céline and her husband Pat have been Servas members for eleven years, and in fact, the author and his wife were their first Servas travelers. They are wonderful hosts, but they never took particular interest in the inner workings of Servas France... that is until the US National Conference.  

On the weekend of May 17 & 19 Servas France held their national assembly in Blois, which is 45 minutes Northeast of Tours. Two hundred out of 2300 French members attended. At the conference Céline was elected vice President of Servas France In her words, "I am super happy to have been elected vice president of SERVAS France, an organization that is particularly close to my heart! I am very happy to 'do my part' and invest more in the association, after being a member for more than a decade and hosting some awesome travelers from around the world!” 

Viva la France! Viva Céline!