Minnesota High School Student Wins AFS-USA’s Project: Change Contest The Grand Prize winner of this year’s Project: Change contest was featured in a local Minnesota publication. Clare Gagne, a student from Orono, MN, submitted a volunteer idea to use arts, music, and athletics to empower children in Kenya. As the winner, Clare received a full […]
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YES Student’s Experience at the UNICEF Annual Summit An AFS-hosted YES Student, Isheka Agarwal, talks about the inspirational experience she had at the UNICEF Annual Summit. Encouraged by the event, she plans to start a UNICEF club back home and hopes to start a children’s health program in her community. Read her story at YES […]
AFS Students Talk About Life in Minnesota Four AFS Students, who spent eight months studying abroad in Marshall, Minnesota, shared their experience with residents at a community center last week. Read about each of the students’ experiences at Marshall Independent. Local Cleveland High School Celebrates AFS Just in time for AFS-USA’s National Volunteer Assembly […]
This month AFS-USA is pleased to spotlight Diane Sarna of the E-Z Pass team, who has been an AFS Volunteer since 1986. Congratulations Diane!
Use these pieces to promote AFS in your area and as inspiration for pitching stories to your local media outlets!
Meet our newest AFS returnees, Claire, Paul, and Deb, who recently returned from an AFSNext program in Morocco.
AFS-USA is hosting a live Facebook Event on Wednesday, March 14, at 8 pm EST. AFS Host Mom Patricia and her international student Huda will be doing a live presentation and Q & A session about their amazing host family experience. Be sure to join the event today, and then invite your friends and any […]
Use these pieces to promote AFS in your area and as inspiration for pitching stories to your local media outlets!
This month we’re pleased to spotlight Kevin Nickels from the World Flags Area Team, who has been involved with AFS since 2013. Congratulations Kevin!
How Studying Abroad Has Broadened an AFSer’s Perspective Kyla McKim had a fruitful study abroad experience in Germany last year. As the recipient of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange scholarship program, she traveled from Pennsylvania to Germany to study abroad for 10 months. During her time as an exchange student, she learned how to assimilate to […]