Host Family Needed for French Exchange Student this Winter--Interested?

We’re looking for a third family to apply to host an exchange student this coming spring, for part of the student’s nearly year-long stay here in Pleasanton. This student, a 16 year old from France, will be attending Foothill High School. We have the first family (summer to fall) and the third family (spring to summer) all set. Timing for *this* host family would be roughly Thanksgiving to the Springtime.

What are the benefits? There too many to list, but some of them learning about a foreign country and culture, and teaching about your own. How about learning a bit about a language you don’t speak, and “broadening your horizons?” All very possible!

A host family is a vital part of the cultural exchange, immersing the student in a variety of activities while in the host country. The host family plays a large role in offering the student a view of another country and gains the opportunity to learn about a new culture from a young leader.

Hosting is a tremendous responsibility and experience in which you can share in a young person’s hopes and dreams and develop a lifelong connection with a student and family from another country. It can be challenging to help a young person transition to a new culture and ease into the surroundings but the rewards are immeasurable.

Host families in the Youth Exchange program may include young children, older children, or no children at all.

If you’d like to learn more, please visit http://bit.ly/1DTnM0V, or speak with Kevin Greenlee or me and we’ll get you started.

Kevin Greenlee
Youth Exchange Chair
Pleasanton North Rotary
cell 925-381-7315
kygreenlee@gmail.com

Larry Smalheiser
Pleasanton North Rotary
cell 925-413-3137
smalheiser@yahoo.com