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Dies ist die Geschichte von Lynn Brooks<\/strong>, der Gr\u00fcnderin von Big Apple Greeter, dem allerersten Greeter-Ziel \u00fcberhaupt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Geboren und aufgewachsen in den fr\u00fchen 1900er Jahren lebte Lynn ihr Leben in New York, wo sie – leider – 2013 verstarb.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=“2_5″ _builder_version=“4.27.7″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_image src=“https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lynn-Brooks.jpg“ alt=“Lynn Brooks und ihr Ehemann“ title_text=“Lynn Brooks und ihr Ehemann“ _builder_version=“4.16″ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=“4.27.7″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.27.7″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text admin_label=“Text“ _builder_version=“4.27.7″ text_font=“||||||||“ header_font_size=“40px“ header_2_font_size=“40px“ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“top_left“ background_repeat=“repeat“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=“Text“ _builder_version=“4.27.7″ text_font=“||||||||“ header_font_size=“40px“ header_2_font_size=“40px“ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“top_left“ background_repeat=“repeat“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Ein Jahr zuvor nahm sie am globalen Treffen der Greeter-Destinationen in Br\u00fcssel teil. Im Video erkl\u00e4rt sie die Greeter-Idee:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=“https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lynn-Brooks-Founder-of-Big-Apple-Greeter.mp4″ image_src=“https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lynn-Brooks.jpg“ thumbnail_overlay_color=“rgba(0,0,0,0.6)“ admin_label=“Lynn Brooks video“ _builder_version=“4.27.7″ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=“Text“ _builder_version=“4.27.7″ text_font=“||||||||“ header_2_font_size=“40px“ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“top_left“ background_repeat=“repeat“ custom_padding=“19px|||||“ hover_enabled=“0″ global_colors_info=“{}“ sticky_enabled=“0″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lynn hat ihre Stadt schon immer geliebt. Nat\u00fcrlich war ihr durchaus bewusst, dass New York schwere Zeiten durchgemacht hatte, vor allem gegen Ende des letzten Jahrhunderts. Dennoch beschloss sie, dieses Bild zu \u00e4ndern und die Welt zu ver\u00e4ndern \u2013 \u201eauch wenn es nur ein kleines bisschen ist\u201c, pflegte sie zu sagen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deshalb hat sie Greeter ins Leben gerufen \u2013 eine Idee, die ebenso einfach wie genial war: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lynn begann, mit Freunden und Menschen, die bereit sein k\u00f6nnten, sie zu unterst\u00fctzen, \u00fcber diese Idee zu sprechen. So gr\u00fcndete Lynn Brooks 1992 die erste Greeter-Gruppe in New York City. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Im Jahr 2002, zehn Jahre nachdem Lynn Big Apple Greeters gegr\u00fcndet hatte, gab es f\u00fcnf Greeterorganisationen weltweit, 2010 waren es rund 25, 2015 waren wir bereits \u00fcber 100! Das Konzept zeigt, dass Menschen auf der ganzen Welt ber\u00fchrt werden. Daher erwarten wir, dass die Anzahl der Greeter-Destinationen in den kommenden Jahren rasch ansteigen wird.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lynn Brooks – so fing es 1992 anDies ist die Geschichte von Lynn Brooks, der Gr\u00fcnderin von Big Apple Greeter, dem allerersten Greeter-Ziel \u00fcberhaupt.Geboren und aufgewachsen in den fr\u00fchen 1900er Jahren lebte Lynn ihr Leben in New York, wo sie – leider – 2013 verstarb.Lynn Brooks in Br\u00fcssel, 2012Ein Jahr zuvor nahm sie am globalen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38170","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38170"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97433,"href":"https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38170\/revisions\/97433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalgreeter.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Lynn Brooks in Br\u00fcssel, 2012<\/h2>\n
So startete Lynn Brooks die Big Apple Greeter<\/h2>\n
New York, Anfang der 1990er<\/h3>\n
Eine brilliante Idee: die Greeter<\/h3>\n
\u201eIch m\u00f6chte, dass andere Menschen New York so verstehen, wie ich es tue. Ich m\u00f6chte, dass sie die Stadt so erleben, wie ich sie erlebe. Und alles, was ich daf\u00fcr tun muss, ist, Besucher einzuladen, etwas Zeit mit mir oder einem anderen New Yorker zu verbringen \u2013 um ihnen das verborgene und sch\u00f6ne Leben in dieser Stadt zu zeigen. Wir zeigen ihnen das Deli, in dem wir unsere S\u00fc\u00dfigkeiten kaufen, erz\u00e4hlen ihnen von den sch\u00f6nen Musikveranstaltungen in kleineren Theatern, erkl\u00e4ren ihnen, wie man sich zurechtfindet, und berichten ihnen von unserem Leben.\u201c<\/p>\nVon der Idee zur Wirklichkeit<\/h3>\n
Die lokale Presse griff ihre Geschichte auf, ebenso wie die \u00fcberregionale Presse. Durch diese Berichte lie\u00dfen sich Besucher von ihren Erlebnissen inspirieren, und einige gr\u00fcndeten ihre eigenen Greeter-Organisationen. Also organisierten Lynn und ihre Mitarbeiter im Jahr 2005 ein Treffen, zu dem sie alle Greeter-Organisationen weltweit einluden \u2013 so gr\u00fcndeten sie das Global Greeter Network (aus dem sp\u00e4ter die International Greeter Association hervorging).<\/p>\nEine Erfolgsgeschichte<\/h3>\n