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Host Families Needed for 2016-17 for Rotary-sponsored German Exchange Student

Host Families Needed for 2016-17 for Rotary-sponsored German Exchange Student

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2 Host Families Needed to Host LF/LB Rotary-Sponsored High School Exchange Student for 4+ Months of the 2016-2017 School Year:

Exchange students are thoroughly vetted by Rotary.

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Commitment is for about 4 months:

November - March

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March – July

2016-2017 student is a 16-year old boy from Germany.

Provides an opportunity to build life-long friendships with student and student’s family in his home country and to build good will internationally.

Responsibilities of host family are room and board, and transportation to and from School (can take bus). All school, activity, and sports fees are paid for by the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Rotary Club. Transportation to and from events often provided by Carol Buss, Rotary Youth Chair.

Think you might be interested? Please call Carol Buss, LF/LB Rotary Youth Chair, 312-231-4490 to discuss this opportunity in further detail.

It may sound trite, but host families truly receive more than they give when they host an exchange student – a friendship for life with a citizen of another country.

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