Interview with Kyle Butcher, June 19, 2021
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Kyle Butcher served as a Community Development sector Volunteer in Peace Corps Macedonia from 2016 to 2018. Prior to Peace Corps, Kyle completed graduate school and worked as a scout in Major League Baseball. Kyle was inspired to serve, in part, by a cousin who served as a Volunteer for Peace Corps Thailand. His training cohort was MAK 21 and his pre-service training in language, culture, and technical skills were conducted in the city of Negotino. Following his swearing in as a Volunteer, Kyle was assigned two work sites in the town of Kriva Palanka near the Bulgarian border. Kyle also engaged in secondary projects in as a mentor for the GLOW Club of Kriva Palanka which provides leadership development and community service project opportunities for high school age girls. He also helped organized and run a week-long annual English-language summer camp for young men. Kyle completed his service and returned to work with Major League Baseball and he began as a sports management adjunct professor at Johnson and Wales University.Interview Accession
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Butcher, Kyle Interview by Cal Mann. 19 Jun. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Butcher, K. (2021, June 19). Interview by C. Mann. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Butcher, Kyle, interview by Cal Mann. June 19, 2021, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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