AFS-USA is the leading exchange program in the world and has been successfully been hosting and sending students and teachers on exchanges for over 74 years to over 90 partner countries.. The new roster for 2021-22- hopefully will be impressive with many countries represented again. Last year, was a very difficult year with not hosting of AFSers in our area due to COVID.

Contact Becky Heywood, volunteer and are coordinator, at AFSBecky@comcast.net or 615-473-4389 to discover which volunteer jobs would be perfect for you. Some of the tasks are interviewing, transporting, planning and holding orientations, writing articles for the newsletter, becoming a host, liaison, aunt/uncle, speaking to school classes, civic organizations and church groups, returnee follow-up, fund raising, etc. One can register online at www.afsus.org/volunteer-with-afs.

Christina.pettinelli@afsusa.org serves as the sending coordinator for students who wish to go as foreign exchange students to one of AFS-USA's 40 partner countries. There are summer, semester, year long and gap year program. They may be viewed at www.afs.org/going-abroad. Many different types of scholarships are available and vary from year to year. Costs, available type programs, eligible ages, scholarships etc., may all be found at the above web site.

Contact Becky Heywood at afsbecky@afsusa.org if you are interested in hosting an AFSer for the fall and wish to see the students' mini-bios, (www.afsusa.org/host) ask questions and see full applications, plus make an application. All school systems are not accepting AFS international students this fall. Therefore, contact your school system to be sure they are accepting students this fall before making an application. AFS students scheduled to come in the fall may be seen at www.afsusa.org/host. You may see their mini-bios there.

Hope you will be joining us as as a host and/or volunteer.