| Dear AFS-USA Volunteers,
Regardless of all that we’ve encountered this year, the adjustments we’ve made, and the resulting sacrifices we’ve faced, I am extraordinarily thankful for all that AFS-USA Volunteers have accomplished this year. Whether it was helping facilitate the mass repatriation of our students, moving full-speed ahead with family-finding, implementing new methods for engaging with host families, students, and other volunteers, or any of the multitude of investments of time and talent, you have kept the AFS mission alive and well.
We know how much more the world needs citizen diplomacy and I am grateful for your commitment to helping us heal from the devastating blow that our organization suffered this year. AFS-USA is rising to the occasion thanks in large part to you.
At the AFS-USA Virtual Summit, a testimonial to the importance of AFS volunteers was delivered by AFS returnee, AFS-USA President’s Council Member, and NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent, Richard Engel. I’m delighted to share his message with you AND to say that his sentiments are well-deserved by the committed, capable, empathetic, and generous AFS-USA volunteer force.
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