We are excited to offer support and orientation volunteers the opportunity to apply for the 2018 Liaison and Orientation Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop in Baltimore, Maryland on October 24-28, 2018. The application deadline is Friday, September 28, 2018. Overview: The Training of Trainers Workshop is an intensive, five-day training workshop taking place October 24-28, […]
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RSVP for a special MyAFS Webinar for Liaisons on Thursday, September 27th at 8pm ET, 7pm CT, 6pm MT, or 5pm PT
Buon Viaggio to Vincenzo, Former President of AFS International, and his friends! This past week, they began their coast-to-coast bike trip across the U.S. Along the way, they’ll be raising money to help teens study abroad in Italy.
Dear AFS Volunteers, Last week, we welcomed over 1,500 international AFS Exchange Students into the U.S. for the start of their exchange year. We are so close to achieving our goal of placing every one of our students by August 30th for this school year, but there are still approximately 250 AFS Students without host family placements. […]
View our most recent annual report to read all about our accomplishments last year!
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Join a webinar on July 31st at 8 pm EST to learn more about the new and improved Hosting Placement Widget!
Dear AFS-USA Volunteers, This past Friday, we were deeply saddened and shocked to learn of the horrific shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper. Soon after, we were stunned to learn that one of the victims, John McNamara, was the husband of Andrea Chamblee, an AFS-USA Volunteer Liaison in our Capital Area Team. Together, John and […]
AFS-USA is in the process of making upgrades to its volunteer support and registration systems and processes, in an effort to improve the volunteer experience.
For this year’s AFS Reel Life host family contest, one family will be randomly selected to receive a trip to Orlando, FL with their AFS host student! The winner will be one of the 25 families below, whose entries received the most votes: Bronislav T. from Czech Republic and the Plofchan/Jeffries Family from Ohio […]