Submitted by International Cultural Exchange Services
Are you interested in different countries, cultures and languages? Would you enjoy teaching a young person about the American culture and lifestyle? If so, you are an excellent candidate for hosting a high school foreign exchange student!
ICES (International Cultural Exchange Services) invites you and your family to join thousands of other families across the U.S. who enjoy the enriching and rewarding experience of becoming a volunteer host family.
ICES is a nonprofit organization to promoting a peaceful world by increasing international awareness and understanding through cultural sharing experience. We offer students aged 15 to 18 the opportunity to live with volunteer host families and study in local high school for a semester or an academic school year.
You and your family will learn first-hand about a foreign country from the perspective of an exchange student and you will have the chance to establish a wonderful friendship. The exchange student will become a member of your family and you will share many adventures together.
ICES host families represent the diversity of American culture from varied academic, religious and racial backgrounds, including couples without children, singles, single parents and empty-nesters.
Host families are expected to provide the exchange student with his/her own room or a separate bed (if they share a room with a host sibling of similar age and same gender), daily meals with the family and some local transportation. All students arrive in the USA with medical insurance, their own spending money and proper visa documentation.
ICES has a strong and dedicated network of Local Representatives and Regional Directors that will help you to find the perfect foreign exchange student that will fit into your family. The Local Representative will also provide support for you and your student and prepare you and your family before the student’s arrival. Throughout the year we will be available to you for supervising your student through monthly communication by phone, in-person casual meetings or student/host family group activities.
So don’t hesitate and call or send an email to our Local Representative for Thurston County to get more information and get started with your amazing adventure as a host family.
Contact Information: Vera Peppler (Local Representative) vera.peppler@googlemail.com, 360-688-3001
