For nearly 50 years, Concordia Language Villages in the beautiful North Woods of Minnesota has been boldly and optimistically pursuing a vision of peace through understanding by educating young people in the languages and cultures of our world.

Since 1961, Concordia Language Villages has grown from offering one German language program for 75 youth, to offering programs in 15 languages to 9,500 youth each year. What began as a program for young people aged 7-18, now includes adults and families, with graduate credit seminar programs for teachers, adult and family weeks, family weekends and Elderhostel programs.

Concordia Language Villages envelops the idea of global understanding: through language, through culture, through the building of Village community, and most importantly, through a fun learning experience. Your gifts help us to enrich the program, provide scholarships and ensure ongoing support for years to come. Together it is possible to pursue a vision of peace through understanding that extends throughout our global community.

Leadership Fund

Your support for the Leadership Fund provides the financial backing to expand successful programs and pursue new opportunities, such as adding additional languages or developing programs for adults and families. By advancing efforts to reach language learners around the world, your gift to the Leadership Fund will help Concordia language Villages achieve the inspiring potential of its mission. To learn more about the Leadership Fund and how to support it please
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Village Vision Fund

The Village Vision Fund enables Village deans and program directors throughout the organization to pursue ideas that capture new facets of the cultures their programs represent, finding fresh and exciting ways to bring those horizons into focus for the villagers they teach. Donations of both culturally authentic materials and financial gifts help make these visions a reality. To learn more about the Village Vision Fund and how to support it please click here.

Passport Scholarship Fund

The Passport Fund provides scholarship dollars that enable bright, motivated young people with limited financial means to attend Concordia Language Villages' summer language immersion programs. A gift to the Passport Fund gives young people the opportunity to discover new languages and cultures through Concordia Language Villages. To learn more about the Passport Fund and how to support it please click here.

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Building Lesnoe Ozero

In the early 1960s, as the United States saw the need to become increasingly more competitive internationally, interest in Russian language and culture soared. In 1966 the opportunity was prime for Concordia Language Villages to add Lesnoe Ozero, the Russian Language Village, to teach language and culture to young people in the context of peace through understanding. Now, Concordia Language Villages has begun construction for a Russian Language Village on its property on Turtle River Lake near Bemidji, Minn. Lesnoe Ozero is the sixth year-round architecturally authentic facility. To learn more about how you can help build Lesnoe Ozero please click here.

Village Advocates

If you've ever shared a Program Guide with a friend, encouraged neighbors to send their children, or invited family to attend International Day, then you could be a Village Advocate!  Village Advocates volunteer their time to assist Concordia Language Villages in our goals of promoting language learning, cultivating peace and keeping Village supporters connected to each other. To learn more about how you can become a Village Advocate please click here.