Pan Atlantic Foundation, a well-respected, nonprofit student exchange organization, seeks volunteer host families to host exchange students for the 2023-2024 school year. Each year, Pan Atlantic Foundation provides over 500 exchange students from many countries, the opportunity to study in local public high schools for a five-month semester or a 10-month Academic High School Year program.
Host families make all the difference; they influence a young adult’s life, change worldviews, and make dreams come true. When a host family is willing to give, they have just as many rewarding and enriching experiences as the student.
Volunteer host families come from varied economic, religious, and racial backgrounds and include working parents, empty nesters, singles and single parents. Host families provide:
- Open communication, encouragement, patience, and sound advice
- A separate bed, which can be in a shared room with a host sibling of similar age and same gender, and a quiet place to study
- Three daily meals
- Local transportation (students are not permitted to drive while on the program)
- Treatment as a member of the family, which may include household rules, responsibilities and privileges.
While host families are not compensated, the Internal Revenue Service has authorized families to claim a $50 per month charitable contribution deduction on their itemized tax returns.
Students have their own accident and health insurance and bring their own spending money. Students are encouraged to participate in school-sponsored activities, community service and environmental programs. Pan Atlantic Foundation provides regular communication and support to both host families and students.
For more information, visit http://www.iwanttohost.org, email candicesparker@outlook.com or contact 208-284-6002.
