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French Au Pair from Bucks County Valentine won 2017 Au Pair in Excellence Award!

Au Pair from Bucks County​, Valentine Morel from France, recently won the first award and became 2017 Au Pair in Excellence.

Au Pair from France Valentine Morel joined the DeHaven family, a grandmother and two kids who live in Bucks County, PA, in September 2016. The grandmother was struggling to keep up with taking care of two girls, "I am a single, self-employed grandmother who has had custody of my two granddaughters- now 10 and 3 - for going on two years. I was almost forced to put them in foster care because I just did not think I could do it by myself anymore. ...Valentine has become our godsend."

The girls love Valentine like a big sister. Valentine is patient, kind and always doing fun things with the girls. She is a big help around the house doing laundry and organizing girls rooms. Mrs. DeHaven said, "Valentine has touched our hearts forever and I honestly do not know how we could have gotten through these last few months without her in our lives."

The DeHaven family nominated Valentine for the Au Pair of the Year Award telling, "We feel like Valentine has always been in our lives and she will ALWAYS be a part of our family—she is “THE BEST” and is truly deserving of being awarded Au Pair of the Year—she is definitely our Au Pair of the year for our little family.”

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Valentine won Go Au Pair's Au Pair in Excellence Award, which was created to honor the Au Pairs who changed the lives of their Host Families. Valentine definitely changed to the better lives of two kids and their grandmother who believes that"Having an Au Pair has made a BIG, positive difference in our lives!!" See more at: http://www.goaupair.com/respon...

Go Au Pair is one of the country's oldest and most respected au pair agencies. We are one of the original six agencies designated by the US Dept of State to participate in the Au Pair Program since its inception in 1989. We have representatives in over 60 cities across the land, as well as a professional staff in Salt Lake City to handle all the details and logistics for our clients, both American families as well as international visitors interested in cultural exchange, childcare and learning about the American way of life.

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