Dear Volunteer, I wanted to share a few words about our community of incredible, hardworking members like you. Today, the AFS mission is as important as it was 70 years ago when we began our first exchange program. The relevance of our work is sustained by what you and fellow AFS Volunteers do to […]
Tag: From the President
If you are wondering if there is one thing you can do to make an impact, please consider becoming a welcome family and hosting a student for up to 12 weeks.
On July 25th, the President and CEO of AFS-USA, Tara Hofmann, spoke before a virtual audience of AFS volunteers and staff. She shared a message that reminded us of why we do what we do and how important our work is to the world in which we currently live.
Over the past month, the Marketing Team has been developing a new national and local promotional campaign called “Before you know it” for host family recruitment that officially begins this week.
Over the past year, a working group comprised of AFS-USA staff, volunteers, members of the board of directors, and a facilitator from a firm specializing in effective strategic planning have worked together to develop AFS-USA’s Strategic Plan 2.0.
You are invited to join a Volunteer Town Hall call with AFS-USA’s President, Tara Hofmann, on Thursday, July 25 at 8pm EDT (7pm CDT, 6pm MDT, 5pm PDT).
Read about the highlights from last week’s NAFSA Conference in Washington, D.C. as shared by AFS-USA President, Tara Hofmann.
Our hearts are heavy upon hearing of the passing of Sen. Richard Lugar.
Over the weekend of February 8-10, nearly 200 AFS-USA Volunteers and Staff gathered in Dallas, Texas for the AFS-USA Hosting Conference. The conference agenda featured sessions on strategies to enable volunteer teams to reach their hosting placement targets, how AFS-USA can work more effectively with schools, and how AFS-USA can achieve our goal to expand […]
Over the weekend, AFS-USA Volunteers and Staff from across the country gathered in Dallas, TX for the 2019 Hosting Conference. President Tara Hofmann opened the conference by giving a warm welcome to attendees, sharing information about the priorities and challenges for AFS-USA in the year ahead, and highlighting the importance of our work in today’s […]