- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
AFS Host Family Opportunities
ORGANIZATION: AFS-USA, New Jersey
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Open your heart to a curious and engaging high school exchange student, next school semester and make a global connection: become a host family!
AFS-USA is always looking for open minded loving host families. By hosting an AFS Exchange Student, you and your family will help build bridges of intercultural understanding at home and abroad while connecting with an outstanding young person. Give your children the gift of an international sibling, it looks great on that college application.
Host families provide a bed and meals, share their daily lives with students, and help guide them as they would their own children. Students come with full medical insurance and personal spending money. They have been fully screened and accepted through a rigorous application process. Families and their hosted students receive individual support from AFS staff and experienced, local volunteers.
Jim Krantz is a NJ resident and AFS volunteer; "Throughout my senior year in high school I was host brother to a student from Japan. It was one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done. To this day I am still in touch with my Japanese brother." It was the beginning of a life long relationship".
AFS host families come from all backgrounds we welcome all types of families with or without kids, complete an application with background and reference check and select a student that is compatible with your family's interests
For more information about how to host a student with AFS visit,
http://www.afsusa.org/host-family/our-students/meet-students/
Enter your zipcode and meet some of the students coming to NJ this August.
About AFS
AFS, a worldwide, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, has been leading international high school student exchange for more than 60 years. Each year, AFS-USA sends more than 1,100 US students abroad, provides approximately $3 million in scholarships and financial aid, and welcomes 2,500 international high school students who come to study in US high schools and live with host families. More than 5,000 volunteers in the US make the work of AFS possible. With an unparalleled support system for host families and regular orientations for our students we are the leader in International Student Exchange.
More opportunities with AFS-USA, New Jersey
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About AFS-USA, New Jersey
Location:
120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, US
Mission Statement
AFS-USA works toward a more just and peaceful world by providing international and intercultural learning experiences to individuals, families, schools, and communities through a global volunteer partnership.
Description
AFS-USA (formerly the American Field Service), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a leader in intercultural learning and offers international exchange programs in more than 40 countries around the world through independent, nonprofit AFS Organizations, each with a network of volunteers, a professionally staffed office, and headed up by a volunteer board.
We’ve been exchanging students throughout the world for more than 65 years. That’s six decades of history and experience in international education with an exemplary record of safety, security, and service to students, parents, and educators.
AFS-USA Today- Sends approximately 1,100 participants abroad.
- Welcomes 2,300 international high school exchange students into the US.
- Is supported by more than 5,000 volunteers in the US who make the work of AFS possible.
- Partners with 2,100 US schools through hosting and sending.
AFS is a worldwide, nonprofit organization that has been leading international high school student exchange for nearly seven decades. The AFS network:
- Exchanges almost 13,000 individuals each year.
- Has more than 50 partner organizations including AFS-USA.
- Maintains an alumni network of more than 424,000 individuals who have studied abroad on an AFS Program.
- Is supported by more than 44,000 AFS Volunteers worldwide.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Harding RdLittle Silver NJ, NJ 07739
DATE POSTED
March 11, 2019
SKILLS
- Community Outreach
- Cross-cultural Communication
- English
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- Orientation or Training