Exchange students seek homes

To the Editor:

Make a difference in the world - host an exchange student!

World Heritage, a public benefit organization, is seeking local families to host high school students from France, Germany, Thailand, Japan, Russia, China, Switzerland, Denmark and Italy. Students are already awaiting word on their host family for the 2006-2007 academic school year. Host families provide room, board and guidance for a teenager living thousands of miles from home. Students are well screened and are selected based on academic performance, English proficiency, teacher recommendations and personal interviews. Couples, single parents and families with or without children at home, who are adventurous, fun loving, responsible and most of all caring, are all encouraged to apply.

The exchange students arrive from their home country shortly before school begins in the fall. Each student is fully insured, brings their own personal spending money and expects to bear their share of household responsibilities, as well as being included in normal family activities and lifestyles.

For more information, call Jan Spence at (800) 8889040 or visit our Web site at www.worldheritage.org.

Jan Spence, World Heritage