Don’t worry! There’s still time to record any completed contacts and visits after our students have returned home.
Tag: Hosting
Below are articles that mentioned AFS in the media within the last several weeks. Please use them as applicable in promoting our work and mission. AFS Returnees Visit their Host Community, Forty Years Later Two AFS Returnees from Belgium and South Africa, respectively, visited the Illinois high school they attended during their exchange year. “I’m […]
Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Reel Life Contest— Lison R. from France and the Lounibos Family from California. We would like to extend our gratitude for your support during the contest. Thank you all for your hard work, from encouraging host families to enter to gathering votes for families in your […]
Did you know we have audio files of our exchange students introducing themselves? Hearing a student’s voice is a great way to help them seem more “real” to potential host families! Check out this article to learn how to share audio files on social media.
Interested in learning more about MyAFS? Excited about the new and improved Hosting Placement Widget? Wondering – what’s a widget? Curious about Help & Learning and how it’s replacing the AFS Wiki? We have the answers! On Wednesday, June 27th at 2pmET, 1pmCT, 12pmMT, or 11amPT, the webinar will provide an overview of these exciting […]
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 […]
Champions Month starts Tuesday, June 12th! Visit and bookmark this page for resources you can use to find host families for students from certain countries, on certain programs, or students who have special needs or placement restrictions.
Today’s resource is a Press Release Generator that will email you a customized AFS press release and an email template to help you pitch the story to local media outlets. Once you fill out the form, you should receive your new press release in your email inbox. (Check your spam/junk folder if you can’t find […]
Thanks for sharing those Reel Life contest entries yesterday! Today, create a free account on Nextdoor.com, a website designed to help neighbors connect and communicate online. From there, you can post a “host families needed” type of message using our sample below as a guide. Or, write your own message! Sample Nextdoor.com Message Subject: Seeking […]