The American Women's Club in Denmark

The AWC is a non-profit, voluntary organization that provides fun, friendship and social support to its members living permanently or temporarily in Denmark and promotes mutual understanding between the US and Denmark, particularly through philanthropic work.

We raise money for annual philanthropic grants to projects in Copenhagen, tri-annual cultural awards to Americans in Denmark and tri-annual scholarships to Danes wishing to study in the United States. We encourage the American spirit of volunteerism among our membership by asking members to contribute time and energy to out fundraising and community efforts. If this sounds like fun to you, join us! You can e-mail us at membership@awcdenmark.org

We have about 200 members, both women and men, of numerous nationalities, though we are predominantly Americans (65%) and predominantly women (95%).

AWC is a member organization of FAWCO, the Federation of American Women's Club Overseas: a network of independent American and international volunteer organizations representing private-sector American citizens overseas.

It is a resource and channel of information for its member clubs, contributes actively to the global community and represents the interests of all Americans abroad. Founded in 1931, FAWCO has over 75 member clubs throughout the world with more than 15,000 members. A recognized non-governmental organization (NGO) since 1995, FAWCO was granted special consultative status to the Economic and Social Council of the UN in 1997.

US Embassy News - from Bob Jachim, Consular Services

So, another year is upon us.  2012 will be busy for the Embassy with our upcoming elections and the Danish EU Presidency for the first half of the year.  Nonetheless, we will continue to offer friendly and efficient service to American citizens in Denmark.  We continually update our web site (http://denmark.usembassy.gov/service.html), so if you have a question and haven’t visited our web site in a while—take a look!

I often get asked about dual nationality, and while the new government has made some positive comments, I don’t have anything concrete to report.  We are following this closely and will share any information as we can.  Please send us any information that you feel will be of interest!

Passport Renewals for Vacations
With the winter and Easter breaks in the not-so-distant future, please make sure that you apply for new passports in advance.  We often receive passports back from the US in only 10 days, but please apply at least two weeks before your travel plans.  Better safe than sorry!

Election 2012
We’re planning to work with the AWC (shout-out to Mary Stewart!) and Democrats Abroad on non-partisan voter registration events during the next few months.  I want to make sure that everyone who wants to vote, can vote!