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As the temperature rises, the days become longer, flip flops are a uniform, and homework is put away until September it's hard to stay motivated. Whether the task is related to work or fun, occasionally one may find that summer is a mentality not just a season!
In the world of student exchange, the summer months are very busy and though year after year we say we will finish early and have the summer off, we spend our summers working extra hard. When all you want to do is be in the pool, at the beach, or BBQing, it's hard to take time out to place students.
Here are are few ways to help you beat the summer mentality and find families:
Seek out the popular outdoor activities in your town. Examples may be a community pools, summer schools, vacation bible schools, and talk to people, pass out fliers, set up a table for an afternoon with info about hosting.
Look for places where the AC is pumping! The mall, grocery stores, YMCA. On a hot day there is nothing cooler than staying indoors with the AC.
Set up an information session at the local park. Spend 20 bucks and give ice pops to all that attend.
Have the kids in your neighborhood set up a lemonade stand. For every glass of lemonade that they give out, ask them to give out a flier about hosting!
Find a local dog park, pass out dog bones and info about hosting.
On a rainy day, bring out your list of families and cold call. Pull out the phone book and call!
Remember, people want to host, they just don't know it yet! Educate about hosting and all the benefits it can bring, and you are sure to find families!
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Cybele Owen, an area representative in the Capital Region outside the Washington D.C. area recently had a special interest article written about her in a professional business online magazine. Here is what the magazine had to say about Cybele:
Travel
was in Cybele Owen's blood; she was a tour guide for several
years and loved learning about different cultures. But when the
hours and the demands of her position became too much, Owen knew
she needed a new job with the same stimulation as her old one.
Becoming a liasion for International Student Exchange was the perfect
solution.
"What I enjoy the most is meeting new people and
finding out their interests," Owen says of her new position,
matching students from around the world with couples interested in
hosting an exchange student for an extended period of time. "I
thought of the tours I really enjoyed, and remembered a tour of
nineteen exchange students in Florida. I really enjoyed learning
about them and their culture."
The host families provide room, board,
and a caring atmosphere, but they receive a lot in return,
" They don't get any financial incentive; it's about being
connected to the global environment. The host families get to learn,
on a first hand level, about other countries with no expense.
Traveling to these countries is very pricey, especially for a family
of four," explains Owen.
Working for a student exchange seemed a natural choice
for Owen, who was an exchange student herself for a year
and a half in China. She now works with students from China, as
well as from Germany, Vietnam, and Spain.
Special interest pieces are a wonderful way to network as well as being a proven method to spread the positive energy generated by student
exchange.
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