As I look back over the past year at what we have been able to accomplish, I can say without hesitation that our success is due, in large part, to the unwavering commitment of you and your fellow AFS-USA Volunteers across our nation.
Tag: From the President
Please watch this important video message from AFS-USA President Tara Hofmann. As mentioned in the video, you can view students still needing host families using our Meet the Students tool.
Please join me for a Town Hall this Tuesday, August 17th, at 8:00PM EDT.
In this video message, AFS-USA President and CEO Tara Hofmann shares a variety of updates on current activities, plans, and achievements. Bullet points of items discussed in the video are available so you can easily review and share these important updates!
Please view this important update from AFS-USA President Tara Hofmann to all volunteers.
No year has tested us more—we repatriated nearly 2,000 students and, as a result, faced unprecedented financial challenges. In true AFS spirit, volunteers, staff, supporters, and friends responded to the crisis by doing everything we could to move our mission forward. Please read and share Our Year in Review!
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.
Please join us and hundreds of other members of our AFS Family for the opening of our first Virtual AFS Summit—RISE! on Thursday, November 12th, from 8:00-9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. This will be an opportunity to learn how AFS-USA is doing in these trying times and the important work ahead of us.
I know that last week’s announcement indicating a significant change to our inbound FLEX and YES programs was not only disappointing, but also unsettling. Many of you have worked hard to place these students with host families while also looking for new host families to host the unplaced students. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed, regardless of this transition to a virtual-only program for the spring, and I am grateful for the work you’ve done on behalf of these participants.
Here is an update on our #ChaptersSupportingAFSUSA, an initiative suggested by April Murphy that we have put into motion. I am grateful for those who have stepped forward to contribute funds at a time when AFS-USA really needs your support.