Volunteer: Host a Foreign Exchange Student!

Edutrav; Forest Lake (MN); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a rewarding volunteer opportunity to host a foreign exchange student at a leading organization. Help international students transition into American culture by providing a safe, loving home and mentorship during their stay. This unique experience enriches your family life while benefiting students from around the world.

Benefits

Earn the Presidential Volunteer Service Award

Looks great on college applications and job resumes

Qualifications

• Provide a safe and nurturing home environment.
• Give love and support to the student.
• Transportation to and from school and for extracurricular activities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe and nurturing home environment for the student.
• Provide students with a room and 3 meals per day.
• Families with or without children are accepted.

Job description

Volunteer: Host a Foreign Exchange Student!

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Volunteer: Host a Foreign Exchange Student!

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ETC provides inbound program opportunities for high school students throughout the world to study in an American high school and live with an American family. ETC's outbound program offers students the chance to study and live in a foreign country. Education Travel & Culture is a unique, personalized organization whose first goal is to provide exceptional support for both students and host families through a network of local coordinators and dedicated office staff.

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Earn the Presidential Volunteer Service Award by hosting a foreign exchange student! You can earn up to 25 hours per week. This looks great on college applications and job resumes.

ETC works with the U.S. Department of State to find homes for foreign exchange students coming to the USA on a J-1 visa. We have students arriving from 15 different countries, ages 14-18, who are looking for an American family to share this once in a lifetime experience with.

What does being a host family entail?

• Ensure a safe and nurturing home environment for the student
• Provide students with a room (can be shared with a similar aged host sibling) & his/her own bed
• 3 meals per day
• Transportation to and from school and for extracurricular activities
• Give love and support to the student
• Families with or without children are accepted
  
  

What are the students like?

• Bring their own spending money and health insurance
• Have good English skills
• Are highly screened for the program
• Excited to meet their American family!
  
  

Why should we become a host family?

• Learn a new culture by tasting new foods, listening to new music, and speaking a new language
• Share your culture with an exchange student
• Add another member to your family
• Help an exchange student get an American education and the experience of a lifetime!
  
  

Still not convinced? See what The Rogers Family (former host family) has to say about their experience

"Our exchange student has been such a blessing in our lives. We had no idea we were missing anything until she came into our lives. Having a host daughter has made us laugh harder than we ever have before. It’s been so special to see my kids love her, bond with her, and my daughter’s closest confident in a time of her life. She has become not just a daughter to me, but my friend."

This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

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