Would you like to make a real difference in the world? Share a rewarding cross-cultural learning experience in your own home with an international high school student eager to experience life in America. Help a foreign teenager to develop a deeper understanding of the real America and its people.
AYUSA volunteer host families cultivate lifelong bonds of global friendship with young people from more than 75 countries worldwide, including Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Taiwan, and Yemen.
Students range in age from 15-18, are covered by medical insurance, and have adequate spending money for personal expenses. Please open your heart and home in 2008-2009. Students are waiting now to hear from you. For additional information, go to www.ayusa.org or call Anne Raybon at (828) 298-8873.
Arts & EntertainmentIt’s ALL a FestivalSaturday, 10 July 2010Bele Chere 2008 Photo: Urban News
There’s no shortage of things to do for families, couples, singles, music-lovers, gourmands, and creative types this summer… you name it, there’s a festival in or near Asheville to cater to... + Full Story
Arts & EntertainmentBiltmore Concert SeriesSaturday, 10 July 2010
Enjoy performances on the South Terrace with its breathtaking sunset views. And, new this year, take in live music at our Diana at Biltmore location — set on a high hill with sweeping views of Biltmore House framed by the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Generation NOW Entrepreneurs Open Shop in HendersonvilleSaturday, 10 July 2010Ron Hall and Melvin Hunt, owners of X-TA-C.
Photo: Urban News
By Wallace Bohanan
Ron Hall and Melvin Hunt are owners of X-TA-C, Wearable Art & Do Dirty Entertainment, a new shop that just opened on Seventh Avenue in... + Full Story
Generation NOWYoung, Gifted, and BlackSaturday, 10 July 2010(L-R) Ms. Eula Shaw, Chris’s senior English teacher at
Asheville High School, Chris Chalk, and Betty Cooper,
Eula’s sister. Taken backstage the Cort Theatre, after the performance of “Fences.” Photo: Urban... + Full Story
