Sister Cities Association of Fishers Indiana

Sister Cities Association of Fishers, Indiana (SCAFI) is the nonprofit agency representing the city and community of Fishers in a long-term partnerships with international sister cities communities.  SCAFI was incorporated in 1986 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is a member of Sister Cities International, which was founded in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

 

SCAFI mission and goals focus on enriching the Fishers community through educational exchanges, business development opportunities, and citizen diplomacy via involvement in learning about solutions for global challenges and throught connecting with people from other cutltures.  Fishers has one sister city is Billericay, England.  Billericay (pronounced bill-er-ick-ee) is a family-oriented community 60 miles East of London.  Billercay Park, located on Promise Road and 126th Street, was named after Billericay, England.

 

SCAFI activities include working with the Fishers Parks & Recreation Department to create Billericay Park in Fishers, offering an international speaker forum on world issues, organizing and sponsoring the annual Fishers Renaissance Faire, administerting an annual Student Teacher Exchange Program (STEP) between Fishers and Billericay, and assisting with the organization of an elementary student art exchange program between Fishers and Billericay students.