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.